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This refurbished Lenovo ThinkPad is down to $440

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This refurbished Lenovo ThinkPad is down to $440

TL;DR: The refurbished Lenovo ThinkPad L15 Gen 3 features a Ryzen 5 Pro processor, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, a 15.6-inch touchscreen, and Windows 11 Pro for 439.99 (reg. 799). It's almost unheard of for business laptops to have a cult following, yet ThinkPads somehow managed it. — Read the rest The post This refurbished Lenovo ThinkPad is down to 440 appeared first on Boing Boing.

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