Lenovo ThinkPad T480
The workhorse of the T series — sturdy, repairable and easy to upgrade.
The T480 is the model we get asked about most, and for good reason. It is built to be carried every day, parts are easy to get hold of, and it can be expanded instead of replaced. For ordinary office work it is still plenty fast, years after it was released.
We do not hold it in stock. We source it per order — tell us the quantity and what the machines are for, and we come back with price and lead time.
The photos show the model type. Condition, specifications and quantity are agreed per order.
Typical configuration
Used hardware turns up in many configurations. The figures here show how the model is usually built — the exact configuration is agreed for your order.
- Model
- Lenovo ThinkPad T480 — 14" business laptop
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-8350U or i7-8650U (8th generation) — 4 cores / 8 threads, 1.7–3.6 GHz, 6 MB cache
- Memory
- 8 GB DDR4 — expandable to 32 GB
- Storage
- 256 GB M.2 SSD — replaceable or upgradable
- Graphics
- Intel UHD Graphics 620 (integrated)
- Display
- 14" anti-glare LED — HD (1366×768) or Full HD (1920×1080)
- Ports
- 2× USB 3.0, USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 (both with charging and display output), HDMI, dock connector, Gigabit Ethernet, card reader and combo jack
- Wireless
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
- Camera and audio
- Webcam, speakers and microphone
- Keyboard
- Full keyboard with TrackPoint and fingerprint reader — backlight optional, layout can be changed to Danish or Norwegian
- Optical drive
- No
- Operating system
- Windows 10 or 11 installed with drivers
Good for
- Office, administration and casework
- Staff who commute with the machine every day
- Fleets where everyone needs exactly the same machine
Worth knowing
- The screen comes as both HD and Full HD. If the machine is used all day, ask for Full HD — the difference is noticeable.
- An 8th-generation processor is plenty for office work, but not for heavy photo or video editing. For that we point at a workstation.
Why we often point at this model
- Built to be carried around
- Chassis, hinges and keyboard are made for daily transport. It is the same class of machine many companies and public workplaces ran on themselves for years.
- Spare parts are easy to find
- Lenovo publishes service manuals for the T series, and the parts are still easy to get. A broken screen, a battery or a keyboard becomes a repair instead of a new machine.
- Upgradable instead of replaceable
- The machine takes more memory, and the SSD can be swapped or made larger. If it has to last another couple of years, that is a cheap upgrade rather than a new purchase.
- The keyboard can be changed to a Nordic layout
- That is how we can deliver southern European machines with a Danish or Norwegian keyboard without it looking retrofitted.
- One dock for the whole fleet
- With Thunderbolt 3 and ThinkPad's own dock connector you can run the same docking station across every desk instead of one solution per machine.
- The battery can be swapped on the spot
- The T480 has both an internal and an external battery. The external one can be changed without tools, and a new battery costs a fraction of a new machine.
Do you need the Lenovo ThinkPad T480?
Tell us the quantity, what the machines are for, and when you need them. We then find them in our supplier network and come back with a concrete proposal — including if another model suits the job better.
Ask about this modelSee everything else we source within business laptops.
Let us find the right solution for you
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