Lenovo ThinkPad E480

If you are on a budget and care more about durability and raw performance than design, the ThinkPad E480 delivers reasonable bang for your buck, along with a comfortable ThinkPad keyboard.

Aluminum chassis; Competitive performance, thanks to eighth-generation Intel Core i5 chip; Respectable battery life; Comfortable keyboard

Big and heavy for a 14-inch laptop; Cooling fan frequently engages; No support for Thunderbolt 3

Lenovo ThinkPad E480 (i5-8250U, UHD 620, SSD) Laptop Review

The Lenovo ThinkPad E480 is an affordable office notebook with powerful hardware. Its Intel Core i5-8250U processor is a powerful yet energy-efficient CPU leading to a better than average power consumption that battery life most certainly benefits from.

stylish and robust case; excellent keyboard; decent touchpad; very good trackpoint; matte IPS panel with decent contrast ratio; fast processor; decent battery life; low power consumption; pleasantly quiet

slow PCIe NVMe SSD (write; MicroSD instead of SD card reader; 12 month warranty; just 4 GB of RAM

Lenovo ThinkPad E480

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Subtle yet solid body design; Already great keyboard now backlit; Charging via USB Type-C port

Grainy and dull HD Display; Lacklustre hard drive performance; Lifting it is a mini-workout

A faster and accurate keyboard with ThinkPad trackpad. A familiar ThinkPad design with TrackPoint and decent processor. It is on the heavier side in terms of weight. As a tech enthusiast, I measure the success of any product by looking at how constant it has been since its inception.