It depends. The one I've got is full HD. And the beauty of most Lenovos is that you can always replace parts easily ;) Definitely not the best screens though, but decent enough for music production on the go.
@@AleSuggests Correct they made variations on the model but I know that the majority that were made don't have 1080, in fact 1366x768 was the standard on that model. I've managed a "fleet" of them.
@@brianwalton2602 I'd have guess so, actually. Often great Lenovo laptops lack in display specs. It's a shame! Once again, I'm pretty pleased with mine... nothing special, but it's alright. I did pay attention to this when buying it, though. Thanks for your feedback and for passing by ;)
@@AleSuggests This is true and you point out many specs most people overlook as it relates to music production. The T470 is a nice upgradable machine and can be docked for better display output. Only reason I mentioned it, is some plugins/daws endup looking less than optimized on the lower rez screen (those of us with the non-1920x1080 version anyway). As the newer models hit the market, we see fewer and fewer USB-A ports built in and you end up needing a dongle for actual music production use where the T470 is a great mix of USB-A and USB-C.
I'm not a musician but I liked the way you reviewed this. I still have my T420 and planning to upgrade to the T470 for future-proofing. Seriously the more you pointed out its strengths, the more I got convinced.
@@PsycosisIncarnated yeah the t470 and t480 are really similar machines, I'd still usually recommend the t470 over the t480 because it will still support windows 7 if grabbing the intel 6th gen version. Some people may still need this old OS for compatibility with old plugins/DAW. Also the t470 is easier to be serviced, can support dual drive, and has an extra USB 3.1 port which can be handy for midi controllers. If none of that is important, then the T480 should be the way to go, with it's much more powerful 8th gen CPU, and a less noisier fan! Thanks for passing by and commenting here btw ;)
@@AleSuggests no worries bro, thanks for the info on the t470, :) the t480 is also very easy to service, some people call it the last true thinkpad within the reddit thinkpad forum and other places. It also has a dual bridge battery system like my trusty x270 that im typing this from. Very useful when needing to change batteries on the go :) Hopefully one day we can see a sturdy thinkpad with an ARM processor so it lasts for 20+ hours. i subbed as well btw! keep the content coming.
@@PsycosisIncarnated I also have an X380 Yoga :) Thinkpad love is real :D Thanks for the tips... I will definetely look into the T480 a little more, and thanks so much for sticking around ;)
To remove the internal, you need to open the bottom shell. To remove the external, there are two pins. Engage both the pins and then slide the battery out.
T470 is awesome. Had one before and it had all the ports in the world. And I had the extra large external battery and easily get double numbers hours of use. Only thing that was kinda meh was the display but it’s a work laptop, not a museum piece. One of the last great laptops Lenovo made of the Thinkpad line. Pretty much switched to non external batteries, less ports, etc now
Hi tomorrow I’m buying this laptop from Amazon, I have two options excellent condition for £219 or good condition for £165.. Would you be able to comment on what could possibly be the difference between Ex and G because the specs are the same with each grade…
If it's the same specs and you can return it, I would try to save up some money and get the "good condition". If the seller is "Amazon Warehouse" often times their habit is to describe the item to be much poorer than what the item actually is... so in the end the item is in much better condition than expected. If, instead, the seller is a private and you cannot return it, I would try to get in touch? My take is that the "good condition" laptop will have more scuffs on the shell, less battery life and maybe a more warn-out mouse pad... but this is an absolute guess, so please take this with a pinch of salt. Also, mind that main plug... you want a genuine Lenovo charger to avoid noises when working with audio. I hope this helps, good luck for your purchase and thanks for passing by ;)
How is the performance of the T470 with DAWs and VSTs? Worried that the CPU might not be powerful enough for a bunch of VSTs and tracks working at the same time. Great video!
CPU will max out at around 50 vst synth tracks with 4 plugins for each track. And that's with 48Khz 24bit, latency buffer at 2048, wifi off and laptop set to "best performance". Sorry for the late reply but I wanted to find the time to double check and give you an exact figure. I hope this helps. Thanks for passing by ;)
Oh, just found your other channel... Italiano!! Well we do have a similar tone 😄 (I'm from Argentina) About this computer, for pretty amateur music production, 8gb of ram or 16gb? Is there much difference?
Sorry for the veeeery late reply :( I would say go for 16gb if you can. Amateur music producers usually end up using more VST and plugins than they may actually need, and it can be tricky to optimize a computer for music production at the beginning. So 16gb should offer some extra room. Actually, if you can, go for 32gb... but you can always upgrade later. Italiano, indeed. Adios mi amigo, and thanks for stopping around :)
Hi Ale! I found this computer at around £300 and I was wondering if it was good for amateur music production... Thanks for your video. By the way, por casualidad sos Argentino? :-P
Hola Mike. Did you buy it eventually? Depending on where you live, 300 bucks may be good or a bit pricey. Also, it heavily depends on the specs of the laptop, too. Are those 300 pounds or dollars? Did you take a look at the ebay links in my comment box... ? USA ebay.us/LEhbt4 UK ebay.us/JxmoOq ITA ebay.us/7LTFxa FRA ebay.us/ZrAEL8 SPA ebay.us/NfM2Ay GER ebay.us/NFnY4v CAN ebay.us/Jc0qhK AUS ebay.us/MstKWV Wishing you a good music production venture.
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Most T470 computers don't have 1920x1080 built in resolution though obviously handled external monitors of that resultion (and better)
It depends. The one I've got is full HD. And the beauty of most Lenovos is that you can always replace parts easily ;)
Definitely not the best screens though, but decent enough for music production on the go.
@@AleSuggests Correct they made variations on the model but I know that the majority that were made don't have 1080, in fact 1366x768 was the standard on that model. I've managed a "fleet" of them.
@@brianwalton2602 I'd have guess so, actually. Often great Lenovo laptops lack in display specs. It's a shame! Once again, I'm pretty pleased with mine... nothing special, but it's alright. I did pay attention to this when buying it, though.
Thanks for your feedback and for passing by ;)
@@AleSuggests This is true and you point out many specs most people overlook as it relates to music production. The T470 is a nice upgradable machine and can be docked for better display output. Only reason I mentioned it, is some plugins/daws endup looking less than optimized on the lower rez screen (those of us with the non-1920x1080 version anyway). As the newer models hit the market, we see fewer and fewer USB-A ports built in and you end up needing a dongle for actual music production use where the T470 is a great mix of USB-A and USB-C.
@@brianwalton2602 All very true. And I will pin your reply to make sure other people are aware of this if buying it ;)
How about T480?
I'm not a musician but I liked the way you reviewed this. I still have my T420 and planning to upgrade to the T470 for future-proofing. Seriously the more you pointed out its strengths, the more I got convinced.
I owned a T420 in the past for many years. Great laptop! Glad the review was helpful and thanks so much for passing by ;)
T480 even better :)))
@@PsycosisIncarnated yeah the t470 and t480 are really similar machines, I'd still usually recommend the t470 over the t480 because it will still support windows 7 if grabbing the intel 6th gen version. Some people may still need this old OS for compatibility with old plugins/DAW. Also the t470 is easier to be serviced, can support dual drive, and has an extra USB 3.1 port which can be handy for midi controllers.
If none of that is important, then the T480 should be the way to go, with it's much more powerful 8th gen CPU, and a less noisier fan! Thanks for passing by and commenting here btw ;)
@@AleSuggests no worries bro, thanks for the info on the t470, :) the t480 is also very easy to service, some people call it the last true thinkpad within the reddit thinkpad forum and other places. It also has a dual bridge battery system like my trusty x270 that im typing this from. Very useful when needing to change batteries on the go :)
Hopefully one day we can see a sturdy thinkpad with an ARM processor so it lasts for 20+ hours.
i subbed as well btw! keep the content coming.
@@PsycosisIncarnated I also have an X380 Yoga :) Thinkpad love is real :D Thanks for the tips... I will definetely look into the T480 a little more, and thanks so much for sticking around ;)
Just got mine!
Its nice and smooth!
Also love that it has 2 batteries
Great Vid!
Yeah, and you can also replace one of the two batteries with a bigger one too!
Enjoy your new laptop and thanks for passing by ;)
@@AleSuggests not a problem!
Altho how do i charge the other battery?
To remove the internal, you need to open the bottom shell.
To remove the external, there are two pins. Engage both the pins and then slide the battery out.
As a Thinkpad T470 user myself i really agree with you
Nic one, and thank you for passing by ;)
T470 is awesome. Had one before and it had all the ports in the world. And I had the extra large external battery and easily get double numbers hours of use. Only thing that was kinda meh was the display but it’s a work laptop, not a museum piece. One of the last great laptops Lenovo made of the Thinkpad line. Pretty much switched to non external batteries, less ports, etc now
I agree 100%! Thanks for sharing and for passing by ;)
Great vid! Contemplating buying one for my mixing and programming needs.
Great laptop! Actually all thinkpads in general suited me well so far, but this one specifically. You'll be happy! And thanks for passing by ;)
@@AleSuggests That's settles it. Will definitely buy a ThinkPad with T470 as my top choice! And thanks for your input and for responding.
@@majimetanuki My pleasure ;)
T470s is also good?
Hi tomorrow I’m buying this laptop from Amazon, I have two options excellent condition for £219 or good condition for £165.. Would you be able to comment on what could possibly be the difference between Ex and G because the specs are the same with each grade…
If it's the same specs and you can return it, I would try to save up some money and get the "good condition".
If the seller is "Amazon Warehouse" often times their habit is to describe the item to be much poorer than what the item actually is... so in the end the item is in much better condition than expected.
If, instead, the seller is a private and you cannot return it, I would try to get in touch?
My take is that the "good condition" laptop will have more scuffs on the shell, less battery life and maybe a more warn-out mouse pad... but this is an absolute guess, so please take this with a pinch of salt. Also, mind that main plug... you want a genuine Lenovo charger to avoid noises when working with audio.
I hope this helps, good luck for your purchase and thanks for passing by ;)
@@AleSuggests Many thx for the rapid reply, I’ll definitely take the good condition and update you over the weekend on how it goes!
@@djwattsuk yeah, please keep us posted :)
Nice video.
Thank you ;)
How is the performance of the T470 with DAWs and VSTs? Worried that the CPU might not be powerful enough for a bunch of VSTs and tracks working at the same time. Great video!
CPU will max out at around
50 vst synth tracks with 4 plugins for each track. And that's with 48Khz 24bit, latency buffer at 2048, wifi off and laptop set to "best performance".
Sorry for the late reply but I wanted to find the time to double check and give you an exact figure. I hope this helps.
Thanks for passing by ;)
Oh, just found your other channel... Italiano!! Well we do have a similar tone 😄 (I'm from Argentina)
About this computer, for pretty amateur music production, 8gb of ram or 16gb? Is there much difference?
Sorry for the veeeery late reply :(
I would say go for 16gb if you can. Amateur music producers usually end up using more VST and plugins than they may actually need, and it can be tricky to optimize a computer for music production at the beginning. So 16gb should offer some extra room. Actually, if you can, go for 32gb... but you can always upgrade later.
Italiano, indeed. Adios mi amigo, and thanks for stopping around :)
Hi Ale! I found this computer at around £300 and I was wondering if it was good for amateur music production... Thanks for your video.
By the way, por casualidad sos Argentino? :-P
Hola Mike. Did you buy it eventually?
Depending on where you live, 300 bucks may be good or a bit pricey. Also, it heavily depends on the specs of the laptop, too.
Are those 300 pounds or dollars?
Did you take a look at the ebay links in my comment box... ?
USA ebay.us/LEhbt4
UK ebay.us/JxmoOq
ITA ebay.us/7LTFxa
FRA ebay.us/ZrAEL8
SPA ebay.us/NfM2Ay
GER ebay.us/NFnY4v
CAN ebay.us/Jc0qhK
AUS ebay.us/MstKWV
Wishing you a good music production venture.
I got my Lenovo Thinkpad T420 for 160 and the Lenovo Thinkpad T560 i7 for 190 on ebay!
The Perfect Linux platform.
I guess it could be, indeed.
Hey I hope you liked the video!!! Now don't be a stranger and subscribe so we can stay in touch 🤩
This a new channel, and it needs some extra love in order to grow... you're just one click away 🔔
Thanks so much for passing by 🙏