I'm a Linux user, and I currently have a T460s. It runs Linux very well (there's a video of the T460s running Linux on RUclips somewhere). I'd love to get my hands on the T495 with a Ryzen 7 (to use as a Linux workstation).
Just bought the T495 just to have as a front office PC. Nothing fancy just watch RUclips tutorials if I need instructions on how to fix something and print shipping labels for ebay stuff. I know it might be overkill for that but I hate a slow computer, so when I'm working having a computer that just does it without having to wait is required. I can't sit there fighting my laptop when i should be fighting someone else's crappy one lol
@@manCaveSweden Haven't got it yet but it was refurbished on ebay for like 200 bucks. So we'll see. how it works. Like I said just gonna use it for music, printing labels, and maybe looking up tutorials on RUclips. Regular office stuff. No gaming or editing.
@@Johnny_Fox_Show my only chalenge is when the laptops are constantly plugged in, the li-ion batteries are degrading fast. have not found the solution for this yet
@@manCaveSweden batteries only cost 20-30 bucks tops. Its not a big deal to replace one. My experience is they usually are fine for about 3-5 years. By the time u wanna change the battery you wanna upgrade anyway.
I have purchased recently a lenovo T460s ( i5-6200u, samsung SSD M.2 256 GB and 8 GB of RAM DDR4 ) and I must say I runs perfectly. I'm using Ubuntu on it and doing web programming. Keyboard is similar like on older macbook pro from 2010-2014 gen, very good and precise. I bought it from one big company in my country which sells new and refurbished PC, laptops and all of that stuff. My lenovo was $220 with new charger, battery health is around 67% ( 3 hours I got which is very solid ) and a one year waranty. If you ask me, this was a really cheap deal for such a small compact machine. I will buy soon in the future new Macbook Air with M2 chip, but for the second laptop, I will always have lenovo. I had Asus, Acer, Toshiba, Dell.. none was like a Lenovo...
I agree! it has an awesome keyboard! Now apple is trying to get the nice buttons back =0) And power-wise it's a beast! Commenting on the M2 chips from apple. Once you will try those you will most likely forget even about Lenovo =)
I believe the difference in materials is due to their respective models, rhe t495s would feel even nicer than the t460s, but the t460 feels cheaper than the t495.
@@hellsing0999999999 interesting! What I heard is that the more premium models allow lower quantity of defects as they are going through the more advanced process of quality control
indeed it should be possible. m2s should comply to the industry specs thus should be cross compatible between brands. Would appreciate if you get back and comment if your SSD fit and how it performs =)
hey there i have a T495 laptop and i’ve been trying to open it up to clean the fan however i can’t seem to open the undershell of the laptop or remove the screws
it can be tricky. You need to have a good screwdriver to begin with. Than the screws might be the ones tat always stay inside and don't fall off. This is actually good. So if you screw them out and you feel no more resistance and the screw is sort of just hanging there , it might be that it's already good to lift off the lid. Pry it up with small plastic tool or credit card so that it's not damaged.
Hi Karl, well, that's the question I was trying to answer with this video.. I'd say if the budget allows, go for a newer t495 but if you are a bit limited, go for an old faithful t460s (not sure if you meant t460 by asking for a t480)
I've got T480s (i7-8560) and T495 (Ryzen 5 3500U PRO) here. After a long consideration and comparison, I vote to keep my good old T480s. T480s pros: better build quality, no wobbliness, awesome touchpad, battery lasts longer, almost no cooling on idle or easy browsing. T480 negs: older CPU (spectre, meltdown), weak UHD 620 (barely runs 2009 games), reddish and low-contrast display T495 pros: sometimes faster cpu (on RT render test), newer cpu, 2-3x faster gpu (tested on GRIP), better contrasting display (texts more readable) T495 negs: no thunderbolt, doesn't talk with gen1 TB dock (dp-out doesn't work for some reason), horrible build quality, wobbly as T14s, no room for double-sided NVMe SSD, horrible touchpad (way less responsive), battery lasts 2 hours less on idle, cools a LOT. If you're a student and want a firmer laptop to sometimes game on, go into T495. If you're a businessman who needs his loyal, "throw-to-kill", "firm-as-brick", "never-to-fail-you" ally to work all day, go into T480(s). I choose the latter, because once you touch the brutal solidness, other laptops will seem gelly to you.
I have a lenovo t460s and i notice there are two wifi slots but the other one is empty .. is that only for WAN? or there are other uses of it? sorry for my english.
no sorry, your English is great! Regarding the second WiFi slot, I googled a bit and it seems there are few mentions about it but I could not find the detailed description of what it actually is. What do you think it might be ?
can you give me some temps on the t460s? im running a t460 with a i5 6200u and it hovers around 40-60c i tried changing the thermal paste but my screwdriver was too big and i feared i would strip the screw even further
the 40 is a totally normal temperature for almost any laptop. 60 is also fine. based on where you measure it. If this number comes from the internal sensor and you have a software, showing you 60c that is also more or less fine, as long as the fans are not going sky high. If 60c is what you measure on the keyboard, witht the external thermometer / infrared thermometer , only than you might want to start thinking about some measures. So let's assume your laptop goes vewry warm outside and the fans are blowing like crazy with no significant effect. In tat case your fans are clogged. You might want to add additional cooling to your laptop (temporary measure) and if that does not work, clean the fans. I have a video on that. ANd only if that would not help, than you change the thermal paste. Here is the video ruclips.net/video/feOv7kEErcQ/видео.html
@@LadyBovine thanks =0] I started the bee colony to keep my bitterness on the right level. But normal chocolate can also work. Nevertheless both of these remedies may not be accessible for everyone. =)
I'm a Linux user, and I currently have a T460s. It runs Linux very well (there's a video of the T460s running Linux on RUclips somewhere). I'd love to get my hands on the T495 with a Ryzen 7 (to use as a Linux workstation).
indeed the hardware on t460s is awesome but t495 pushes it even further so linus should wark realy well there as well
Just bought the T495 just to have as a front office PC. Nothing fancy just watch RUclips tutorials if I need instructions on how to fix something and print shipping labels for ebay stuff. I know it might be overkill for that but I hate a slow computer, so when I'm working having a computer that just does it without having to wait is required. I can't sit there fighting my laptop when i should be fighting someone else's crappy one lol
hope you'll like it!
How long does you battery hold ?
And did you get in new or pre-woned ?
@@manCaveSweden Haven't got it yet but it was refurbished on ebay for like 200 bucks. So we'll see. how it works. Like I said just gonna use it for music, printing labels, and maybe looking up tutorials on RUclips. Regular office stuff. No gaming or editing.
@@Johnny_Fox_Show my only chalenge is when the laptops are constantly plugged in, the li-ion batteries are degrading fast. have not found the solution for this yet
@@manCaveSweden batteries only cost 20-30 bucks tops. Its not a big deal to replace one. My experience is they usually are fine for about 3-5 years. By the time u wanna change the battery you wanna upgrade anyway.
Using t460s everyday and it works perfectly till today.
Oh no! I dread the day I must part with mine. What happened?
@@mikelaplante7873 what? Yur one died?
I have purchased recently a lenovo T460s ( i5-6200u, samsung SSD M.2 256 GB and 8 GB of RAM DDR4 ) and I must say I runs perfectly. I'm using Ubuntu on it and doing web programming. Keyboard is similar like on older macbook pro from 2010-2014 gen, very good and precise. I bought it from one big company in my country which sells new and refurbished PC, laptops and all of that stuff. My lenovo was $220 with new charger, battery health is around 67% ( 3 hours I got which is very solid ) and a one year waranty. If you ask me, this was a really cheap deal for such a small compact machine. I will buy soon in the future new Macbook Air with M2 chip, but for the second laptop, I will always have lenovo. I had Asus, Acer, Toshiba, Dell.. none was like a Lenovo...
I agree! it has an awesome keyboard! Now apple is trying to get the nice buttons back =0) And power-wise it's a beast!
Commenting on the M2 chips from apple. Once you will try those you will most likely forget even about Lenovo =)
I believe the difference in materials is due to their respective models, rhe t495s would feel even nicer than the t460s, but the t460 feels cheaper than the t495.
does it mean that one is sort of a premium ?
@@manCaveSweden The models ending with S for slim are usually more premium in materials
@@hellsing0999999999 interesting! What I heard is that the more premium models allow lower quantity of defects as they are going through the more advanced process of quality control
Can I replace the SSD drive with any manufacturer m.2 SSD drive?
indeed it should be possible. m2s should comply to the industry specs thus should be cross compatible between brands. Would appreciate if you get back and comment if your SSD fit and how it performs =)
hey there i have a T495 laptop and i’ve been trying to open it up to clean the fan however i can’t seem to open the undershell of the laptop or remove the screws
it can be tricky. You need to have a good screwdriver to begin with. Than the screws might be the ones tat always stay inside and don't fall off. This is actually good. So if you screw them out and you feel no more resistance and the screw is sort of just hanging there , it might be that it's already good to lift off the lid. Pry it up with small plastic tool or credit card so that it's not damaged.
Which is bettery buy t480 with i7 or t495 ryzen?thanks
Hi Karl, well, that's the question I was trying to answer with this video.. I'd say if the budget allows, go for a newer t495 but if you are a bit limited, go for an old faithful t460s (not sure if you meant t460 by asking for a t480)
@@manCaveSweden thank you.new subcriber here
I've got T480s (i7-8560) and T495 (Ryzen 5 3500U PRO) here. After a long consideration and comparison, I vote to keep my good old T480s.
T480s pros: better build quality, no wobbliness, awesome touchpad, battery lasts longer, almost no cooling on idle or easy browsing.
T480 negs: older CPU (spectre, meltdown), weak UHD 620 (barely runs 2009 games), reddish and low-contrast display
T495 pros: sometimes faster cpu (on RT render test), newer cpu, 2-3x faster gpu (tested on GRIP), better contrasting display (texts more readable)
T495 negs: no thunderbolt, doesn't talk with gen1 TB dock (dp-out doesn't work for some reason), horrible build quality, wobbly as T14s, no room for double-sided NVMe SSD, horrible touchpad (way less responsive), battery lasts 2 hours less on idle, cools a LOT.
If you're a student and want a firmer laptop to sometimes game on, go into T495. If you're a businessman who needs his loyal, "throw-to-kill", "firm-as-brick", "never-to-fail-you" ally to work all day, go into T480(s). I choose the latter, because once you touch the brutal solidness, other laptops will seem gelly to you.
@@janrybar6471T480 has an mx150 variant but it's in low supply right now and prices are high.
@@janrybar6471thanks that helped me a lot
I have a lenovo t460s and i notice there are two wifi slots but the other one is empty .. is that only for WAN? or there are other uses of it? sorry for my english.
no sorry, your English is great! Regarding the second WiFi slot, I googled a bit and it seems there are few mentions about it but I could not find the detailed description of what it actually is. What do you think it might be ?
Is it possible to put an ssd on that port?
can you give me some temps on the t460s?
im running a t460 with a i5 6200u and it hovers around 40-60c
i tried changing the thermal paste but my screwdriver was too big and i feared i would strip the screw even further
the 40 is a totally normal temperature for almost any laptop. 60 is also fine. based on where you measure it. If this number comes from the internal sensor and you have a software, showing you 60c that is also more or less fine, as long as the fans are not going sky high. If 60c is what you measure on the keyboard, witht the external thermometer / infrared thermometer , only than you might want to start thinking about some measures.
So let's assume your laptop goes vewry warm outside and the fans are blowing like crazy with no significant effect. In tat case your fans are clogged. You might want to add additional cooling to your laptop (temporary measure) and if that does not work, clean the fans. I have a video on that.
ANd only if that would not help, than you change the thermal paste.
Here is the video ruclips.net/video/feOv7kEErcQ/видео.html
Can u say to me which model of ssd has the t495 model ? i've one and i wanna change it, but i don't know the model accurately
my friend sorry, i dont have it anymore, so it is only this video that I have left. Mut it's a standard m2 disk if i remember correctly.
Along as its an m.2 ssd you can use any of them
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thank you!
thanks
Always happy to help. Are you considering getting one ?
they're called screws, not bolts.
indeed! Its sometimes not easy to get the terminology right Infront of the camera, thanks for the remark! Hope it's ok and useful otherwise
@@manCaveSweden not really
@@rjbrake what were you missing? Maybe when I get it next time I can add it to the review ?
@@manCaveSwedenVideo was good. Some people are just bitter :D
@@LadyBovine thanks =0] I started the bee colony to keep my bitterness on the right level. But normal chocolate can also work. Nevertheless both of these remedies may not be accessible for everyone. =)