Classic Models 14", 15" & 15.6" Mainstream T Series, a great start for your first Thinkpad!

s, a great start for your first Thinkpad! Used USA ThinkPad eBay Prices by xsauc V4.1 - COVID Overpriced Edition - August 2020 the
2003 Pent-M T41 44 70 110 2x DDR 2003 to 2007 - Classic feel but outdated https://dankpads.com/tpg pandemic raised prices on these DamnedPads
2004 Pent-M T42 50 80 140 2x DDR 2008 to 2012 - Good for web & photoshop 15" Mainstream Low Prices are averages of surplus auctions, sold as is, off lease
2005 T43 All 44 95 140 2x DDR2 2015 to 2018 - Good for a 4 year course in college T43 'IPS' 50 120 200 2x DDR2 equipment, possibly missing OS or Drive.
2006 C2D T60 All 45 90 145 2x DDR2 2012 & later ThinkPads have a 6 row keyboard layout T60 'IPS' 60 100 250 2x DDR2 Midrange Prices should have an OS, no locks, with a charger, can
2007 T61 35 75 120 2x DDR2 2011 & prior had the classic 7 Row keyboards have blemishes &/or in good working order
High Prices are my bidding limit for an excellent shape, higher
14" Mainstream 14" Slim/Lightweight Mainstream spec'd machine. Prices higher than this are from Micro$oft
2008 T400 45 90 130 2x DDR3 T400s 55 75 120 2x DDR3 T500 65 92 130 2x DDR3 Authorized seller & may have a 60/90/180 day warranty.
2010 Core 1st Gen T410 50 95 140 2x DDR3 T410s 55 90 135 2x DDR3 T510 60 130 180 2x DDR3
2011 2nd Gen T420 70 110 180 2x DDR3 T420s 80 140 240 2x DDR3 T520 95 150 220 2x DDR3 2015 & later have two CPU generations; new & previous gen
2012 3rd Gen T430 85 130 200 2x DDR3 T430s 100 180 250 2x DDR3 T530 110 180 250 2x DDR3 IPS displays re-entered in 2013 as FHD, WQHD, & 3K formats
T430u 75 140 200 2x DDR3 HD Displays are default on most 2010 to 2020 laptops, except
T431s 95 200 250 1x DDR3L T460s & later models had FHD IPS as standard & WQHD optional
T580 & later have FHD IPS as standard & 4K/UHD as optional
Modern Era of ThinkPads
2013 4th Gen T440 115 155 220 2x DDR3L T440s 145 210 290 1x DDR3L T540p 140 210 280 2x DDR3L Under $500 - T470, T450s, or T560
2015 5th Gen T450 165 220 260 2x DDR3L T450s 170 250 340 1x DDR3L T550 160 280 340 2x DDR3L Under $250 - T420, T430s & T540p
2016 6th Gen T460 219 290 350 2x DDR3L T460s 245 350 460 1x DDR3L T560 210 345 425 2x DDR3L 2016 & onward have two CPU gen options
2017 T470 280 400 560 2x DDR4 T470s 310 430 540 1x DDR4 T570 315 550 675 2x DDR4 T450 is at the sweet spot for budget/power/depreciation curve.
7th Gen T470 350 430 530 2x DDR4 T470s 350 460 600 1x DDR4 T570 350 450 590 2x DDR4 T400 can double in price bc of Libreboot demand
2018 T480 580 630 640 2x DDR4 T580 545 775 950 2x DDR4 2012 & later have an optional backlit keyboard. 2011 & prior, can't
8th Gen T480 550 680 800 2x DDR4 T480s 530 700 920 1x DDR4 T580 600 800 1050 2x DDR4 T25, & T440p models are in the workstation sector

2019 T490 670 875 1100 1x DDR4 T490s 700 1000 1300 1x DDR4 T590 780 930 1250 1x DDR4 Removable CPU - T430 & prior; T540p & prior.
10th Gen T490 860 1030 1120 1x DDR4 Since T440s, systems have two batteries for longer battery life
Ryzen 3000 T495 510 760 880 1x DDR4 T495s 670 800 1100 1x DDR4
2020 10th Gen T14 Intel 1200 1500 2000 1x DDR4 T14s Intel 1300 1750 2200 0x DDR4 T15 1050 1600 1880 1x DDR4 You can get integrated or discrete graphics on these systems
Ryzen 4000 T14 Ryzen 1100 1650 1830 1x DDR4 T14s Ryzen 1070 1200 1360 0x DDR4 New laptops depreciate about 5% to 25% after 6 months. Before
COVID, used laptops depreciate from $50 to $200 each year.

Paper/Pen Laptop
2001 PIII 12" Ultraportable TransNote 115 155 250 1x SDRAM All X Series systems have a soldered CPU & integrated graphics
2003 Pent-M X31 55 100 150 2x DDR Tablet variants of the X Series generally have different mobos
2004 X40 40 70 130 1x DDR X Series used to be in 12" form factor, but in 2019 they are 13.3"
2005 X32 90 105 160 2x DDR 12" Swivel Tablet Laptop
X41 40 65 90 1x DDR2 X41t 55 70 100 1x DDR2
2006 C2D X60 65 90 130 2x DDR2 X1 Carbon isn't tough as the X Series due to it's thinner design
X60s 80 110 150 2x DDR2 X60t 50 95 120 2x DDR2 Late model X1 Carbons have the best displays for ThinkPads
2007 13.3" Pre-Ultrabook X61 50 100 155 2x DDR2 A275 & A285 are essentially X270 & X280 w/ AMD CPUs
X300 70 110 160 2x DDR2 X61s 60 95 140 2x DDR2 X61t 40 100 125 2x DDR3 X Series Tablets have IPS/WVA displays as default
From 2013 & onward, X1 Carbon & X Series have IPS FHD options
2008 X301 80 180 250 2x DDR3 X200 70 120 185 2x DDR3 X200t 115 150 180 2x DDR3
X200s 115 170 240 2x DDR3
2010 Core 1st Gen X201 90 130 160 2x DDR3 X201t 90 145 200 2x DDR3 X220 & X230 are best for a cheap no frills daily driver
X201s 160 190 260 2x DDR3 Under $500 - X270, A285, Yoga 370, X1 Carbon 4
2011 2nd Gen X1 130 185 275 1x DDR3 X220 95 160 240 2x DDR3 X220t 100 165 230 0x DDR4
2012 3rd Gen X230 95 170 220 2x DDR3 X230t 120 170 260 2x DDR3 11" Slate Tablet (removable keyboard)
14" Ultrabook Flagship S230u 100 135 165 1x DDR3 Helix 80 140 180 0x DDR3L
X1 Carbon 190 280 350 0x DDR3L
12" Sleek Mainstream 12", 13.3" & 14" Laptop Tablet 2-in-1 Helix 2 120 210 300 0x LPDDR3
2013 4th Gen X1C2 175 260 325 0x DDR3L X240 125 180 240 1x DDR3L Yoga S1 110 200 320 0x DDR3L
2015 5th Gen X1C3 260 370 500 0x LPDDR3 X250 220 260 380 1x DDR3L Yoga 12 190 215 360 0x DDR3L 12" 3 2 Slate Tablet
Yoga 14 180 215 330 1x DDR3L
2016 6th Gen X1C4 315 450 590 0x LPDDR3 X260 250 310 420 1x DDR4 Yoga 260 165 235 365 0/1x DDR4 X1 Tablet 265 345 450 0x LPDDR3
Yoga 460 200 300 375 2x DDR3L
2017 X1C5 315 475 630 0x LPDDR3 X270 320 450 510 1x DDR4 X1 Yoga 1 270 360 420 0x LPDDR3
Pro A10/12 A275 260 370 430 1x DDR4 Yoga 370 280 410 540 1x DDR4 X1 T2 320 400 550 0x LPDDR3
6/7th Gen X1C5 550 680 800 0x LPDDR3 X270 320 425 600 1x DDR4 X1 Yoga 2 430 560 700 0x LPDDR3
2018 7/8th Gen X1C6 620 880 1150 0x LPDDR3 X280 440 620 770 0x DDR4 X380 Yoga 430 680 760 0x DDR4 13" 3 2 Slate Tablet
Ryzen 2000 A285 335 460 650 1x DDR4 L380 Yoga 365 470 600 2x DDR4 X1 T3 620 945 1200 0x LPDDR3
X1 Yoga 3 600 830 960 0X LPDDR3
13.3" Sleek Mainstream
2019 8/10th Gen X1C7 830 1340 1800 0x LPDDR3 X390 570 765 1080 0x DDR4 X390 Yoga 530 750 1100 0x DDR4
Ryzen 3000 X395 450 610 740 0x DDR4 L390 Yoga 330 500 750 2x DDR4
X1 Yoga 4 900 1260 1560 0X LPDDR3
2020 10th Gen X1C8 1200 1775 1900 0X LPDDR3 X13 860 1145 1460 0x DDR4 X13 Yoga 975 1217 1400 0x DDR4
Ryzen 4000 X13 780 1030 1350 0x DDR4 X1 Yoga 5 1440 1670 1920 0x LPDDR3

15" Workstation 15" Ultrabook Workstation

2003 Mobile P4 2014 & prior systems have removable CPUs G40 70 100 130 2x DDR 2018 8th Gen P1 970 1300 1700 2x DDR4 Dell XPS, Precision 5530 & rMBP 15 rivals
2004 W7xxx, P5x, & P7x have dual fans & non-soldered GPUs G41 90 120 160 2x DDR X1 E 970 1150 1400 2x DDR4 Sytems are similar, quadcore or better CPUs
Pent M However, they can't be swapped from other systems T42p 65 90 120 2x DDR 2019 9th Gen P1 G2 1350 2100 2660 2x DDR4 P1 - Quadro Graphics | X1 Extreme - GTX
2005 Prior to W540p, 15" systems had no numberpad T43p 80 160 200 2x DDR2 X1E G2 1250 1800 2360 2x DDR4 Centered keyboard, no numberpad!
2006 C2D P7x, & P5x, have IPS FHD standard & 4K/UHD optional Z61p 55 - 170 2x DDR2 2020 10th gen P1 G3 2000 2700 3250 2x DDR4
W700ds & W701ds have a pull out 10" display T60p 50 110 180 2x DDR2 X1E G3 - 2980 3400 2x DDR4
2007 P7x & P5x systems are at least quadcore (P72, P52 are six) T61p 105 150 220 2x DDR2

14" Workstation
17" Workstation / Desktop Replacement 2013 4th Gen T440p 140 230 360 2x DDR3L T440p is dualcore or quad, & iGPU or dGPU
2008 W700 70 190 400 2x DDR3 W500 80 135 195 4x DDR3 2016 6th Gen P40 Yoga 320 400 700 1x DDR3L P40 is a dualcore pen laptop w/ quadro GPU
W700ds 490 600 840 2x DDR3 T460p 215 365 530 2x DDR4 T460/70p are quadcore (6 or 8 threads) w/
2010 Core 1st Gen W701 200 350 650 4x DDR3 W510 135 210 280 4x DDR3 2017 7th Gen T470p 400 500 840 2x DDR4 GeForce 940MX graphics, IPS standard
W701ds 650 900 1400 4x DDR3 T25 1300 1550 2000 2x DDR4 An exclusive T470 w/ 7 Row keyboard & WQHD
2011 2nd Gen W520 140 250 370 4x DDR3 2019 8th Gen P43s 950 1100 1300 1x DDR4 P43/14s are quadcore, & quadro GPU
2012 3rd Gen W530 225 300 450 4x DDR3 2020 10th Gen P14s 1055 1500 1900 1x DDR4 WQHD optional on all models, & UHD on P14s

2014 4th Gen W540 210 340 500 4x DDR3L

W541 250 400 580 4x DDR3L 15" Mobile Workstation
2015 5th Gen W550s 310 450 530 2x DDR3L All systems have a single fan, & quadro graphics w/ 2GB RAM
6th Gen P70 635 850 1100 4x DDR4L P50 515 630 880 4x DDR4 P50s 420 570 700 2x DDR3L P50s & prior had 3K IPS optional, P51s & later had 4K optional
2016 6/7th Gen P71 900 1300 1550 4x DDR4L P51 690 840 1170 4x DDR4 P51s 520 650 750 2x DDR4 P51s & prior are dualcore, P52s & later are quadcore
2018 8th Gen P72 1500 1820 2100 4x DDR4L P52 950 1200 1530 4x DDR4 P52s 730 920 1150 2x DDR4 These systems were essentially T5xx variants
2019 9th Gen P73 1370 1900 2650 4x DDR4L P53 1400 2070 3100 4x DDR4 P53s 950 1250 1400 1x DDR4
2020 10th Gen P15v 1500 1830 2880 2x DDR4 P15s 1070 1600 1970 1x DDR4

15" Economy Laptop 14 & 15" Economy Laptop 11" Education Laptop
2005 C2D Z60m 50 85 100 2x DDR2 R52 47 65 85 2x DDR 2010 X100e 55 70 90 2x DDR2 L Series are much different than T Series
2006 Z61m 50 70 110 2x DDR2 R60 50 100 140 2x DDR2 2011 X120e 45 80 110 2x DDR3 Mostly made out of plastic, & less options
R61 38 90 130 2x DDR2 2012 X130e 45 55 90 2x DDR3 Except 13" L had better options than 13" X
2008 R500 55 75 110 2x DDR3 R400 40 70 190 2x DDR3 X131e 40 70 120 2x DDR3 Skip E Series, or pay less than L variants
2013 X140e 60 105 130 2x DDR3
15.6" Small Business Laptop 14" Small Business Laptop 11" Education Laptop & Folding Tablet 11" X aren't recommended for daily, but can be
SL500 55 80 170 2x DDR2 SL400 37 60 80 2x DDR2 2014 11e 1 60 90 130 1x DDR3L used as one if one dgafs & needs simplicity
2010 Core 1st Gen L512 50 100 155 2x DDR3 L412 80 140 170 2x DDR3 2015 11e 2 60 145 210 1x DDR3L X130e & later grew in size for durability
2011 2nd Gen L520 95 115 150 2x DDR3 L420 60 85 150 2x DDR3 2016 11e 3 60 150 190 1x DDR3L
2012 3rd Gen L530 85 100 130 2x DDR3 L430 55 95 155 2x DDR3 2017 11e 4 125 165 210 1x DDR4/3L 11e are sometimes tablets or Chromebooks
2018 11e 5 185 280 380 0x DDR3L 11e do not have a trackpoint! :(
2013 4th Gen L540 125 150 280 2x DDR3L L440 87 130 166 2x DDR3L 2020 11e 6 600 640 850 0x DDR3L
2015 4/5th Gen L450 130 155 190 2x DDR3L
2016 6th Gen L560 110 200 255 2x DDR3L L460 150 195 240 2x DDR3L
2017 6/7th Gen L570 170 230 310 2x DDR4 L470 150 300 400 2x DDR4 13.3" Small Business Modded Thinkpads
2018 7/8th Gen L580 300 470 600 2x DDR4 L480 300 450 525 2x DDR4 L380 290 430 600? 2x DDR4 T61F/ T601 300 500 700? DDR3L T61 in T60 IPS
2019 8th Gen L590 580 660 800 2x DDR4 L490 450 490 750 2x DDR4 L390 350 550 800? 2x DDR4 T50 600 750 1000 DDR3L Arrandale T40
2020 10th Gen L15 640 700 1120 2x DDR4 L14 570 900 1200 2x DDR4 L13 Intel 510 750 950 2x DDR4 T70 850 1100 1300 DDR3L? Kaby Lake T60
Ryzen 4000 L15 Unreleased Aug 2020 2x DDR4 L14 800 880 1270 2x DDR4 L13 Ryzen Unreleased Aug 2020 2x DDR4 X62 700 950 1200 DDR3L? Haswell X61
X210 450 1000 1600 DDR4 Kaby R X201
X330 500 700 900 DDR3 13.3" X230