my new T480 is one of the higher end non nvidia configs with the i7-8550u and a QHD screen as stock with the Windows hello face and fingerprint scanner

I ordered new internal and external batteries due to both being in terrible shape currently so hopefully that will get me some decent battery life.

I attempted to do a bios mod for the goal of undervolting but had failed so I reverted, all works fine after that little experiment.

I want to do some mods such as the X1 Extreme G1 trackpad and the magnesium back cover to feel even more solid and premium. I want to do some more interesting hardware mods, so if any of you have any good ideas for someone that is comfortable with tools, basic soldering and bios flashing, please suggest any additional mods you have done/seen as I want to make the "ultimate" t480

Performance (as ive seen posts about the t480 being "dated" and "slow") has been more than acceptable, especially with the i7 and stock single heat pipe. My tasks usually are rather heavy web browsing and while its not as fast as my 8 core dell latitude, its still perfectly usable especially with 32gb of ram and 1tb ssd

TL,DR: New t480 is a perfect laptop for me as its reliable, a higher end config, and better than other laptops to upgrade

also credits to u/Padgriffin for making the exploded view wallpapers for a lot of thinkpad models

Got myself a T480, and I have no regrets