>Buy R500 online for dirt cheap, $100 with free 2 day shipping
>computer died and needed one fast, only had $150
>Fuck it let's do this
>"C grade, made have scratches or dents"
>alright whatever
>arrives, expecting the lid to be scratched, maybe worn down keys
>multiple cracks on the chassis, including one in a corner that allows the express port bay to be exposed
>lid scratches to all hell
>"Property of Walker Middle School"
Carved and sharpies on the back
>2GB Ram , 80GB harddrive
>Even with all of these cosmetic flaws, the hinges are rock solid and the thing feels like a god damned tank, even after being blatantly abused
IT RUNS LIKE A FUCKING CHAMP HOLY SHIT, all I need to do is pop 4GB ram and a larger HDD into it and I'm good to go, but holy dicks this $100 piece of shit is at least twice as fast as my girlfriends $500 laptop
>How
>Do
>They
>Do
>it
>>59155199
>r series
you fucked up you could have probably got a t500 for that price
>>59155242
Not with free 2 day shipping, needed it for work fast and just paid a fuck ton of medical bills
>>59155242
>>59155264
Got my T500 sans HDD and charger with free 2 day for $50.
Yeah, I bought a used 7 year old thinkpad and assumed that it would be equal to a new budget laptop of the same price, but no... It surpasses lots of mid range new laptops. I am pretty happy with Thinkpads even with lenovo doing them.
>>59155199
Do yourself a favor and put in an SSD. Good as new.