I am not especially tech-literate and very clumsy. I want to buy a thinkpad that I can set up as a privacy machine. I mostly use my computer for web browsing and messaging and don’t need something especially powerful, just something that can run bloated web pages easily and I won’t have to think about again for at least half a decade.
Ideally, I want something around $300. Does anyone have recommendations for models to shop for? Anything the size of the T-Series would be adequate. I’m not a gamer or do video editing so no graphics card requirements.
I am thinking something like the T470 but wonder how futureproof that would be.
T480 is the one people tend to recommend. Processor not replaceable iirc so get the i7 gen 8 if you can find it.
Look to spend 100-200 on the chassis with the display you want and another 100 on the 32 gb of ram and ssd. 64gb of ram is the maximum but you might not decide you need that. You can use both a little baby nvme drive and a normal size sata disk in the 480.
I have a t420 and 430 in daily use too and they’re both perfectly fine despite positively ancient processors.