Hi there, would like to check since you own both T480 and T480s. I am shortlisting a refurbished T480s.

Is the T480S noisy during normal operation or under light workload, or it is fairly quiet? Or does it run hot? The laptop will mostly be used for basic operation such as Microsoft Word and Excel, browsing the internet and music. No games or other heavy apps. I need the laptop to be fairly quiet as it will be used as a transport to play music.

I believe the screen although basic and not 4K WQHD is pretty decent unlike the lower spec 720p on the T480 non-S. The screen of the T480S looks decent isn't it?

This post has been edited by ryder_78: Apr 20 2022, 09:12 AM

Any other issues with the T480S? Things such as bloated battery, malfunction of trackpad etc.

Just to wrap it up. Bought a refurbished Thinkpad X1 Yoga instead of the T480S as planned earlier. The main reason for the change is the condition of the unit as I will only consider one which is in good or near mint condition without major scratches or marks anywhere on the unit. The T480s was in pretty poor condition so it was disregarded.

The Thinkpad X1 Yoga I got was an older Gen 2 model (latest Gen 6 costs RM7.8k to 8k+, pretty big sum of money there). Although there are few units of the same model, I was fortunate as there's one unit which was in pretty good condition, I would say 90% out of 100% although it's used. The rest of the units about 5 or 6 were in noticeably poorer condition.

An interesting feature which I like about the Thinkpad is the keys of the keyboard will automatically retract into the casing so that the entire surface would be flat, when the lid/screen of the laptop is pushed all the way to the bottom ie. when you switch off the laptop and push the lid down. The keys will automatically pop up when the lid is opened. Quite a cool feature. At first I thought the laptop was faulty with loose parts as the keyboard was moving when the lid was opened and closed. But it turned out that this is a feature of the Thinkpad.