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Originally Posted by oldsnail
i bought 6 of these in the last few months. i have techs that keep dropping laptops. i gave up and started buying refub. they have been solid.. i reccomend the 8gig over the 4gig of ram. for basic use, it is fine. no hdmi, but has display port.
pretty rock solid, but it is pretty ugly as well
LENOVO THINKPAD T420 i5 2.5GHz , 8GB, 320GB, LAPTOP ? refurb.io Canada
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This. Thinkpads are great for the purposes you wanted, and are dirt cheap, especially on eBay (like $150 for some of the models worth using). Most are lease returns from companies, and therefore are usually in decent shape. Toss in an SSD, and you're set.