$450 Laptop Deal: Looking for feedback/opinions

[Joe_Kano]

Hello,

So I recently got offered a:

Lenovo Thinkpad w530 with an Ivy-Bridge 3720 chip (8GB DDR3 RAM, 500GB HDD)

for $450

The guy told me it was used for a couple of months and returned because the original user wanted something more sleek (it was a corporate user).

I've looked at the laptop and actually saw it switched on and it looks brand new (literally).

The only catch is that I need to buy my own adapter for it (which will cost around $60).

Do you think this is one of those bargains that come along rarely or am I being too hopeful that this offer isn't too good to be true?

My use-cases for for the laptop are:

Watching media (I'm not really the type who cares for HD or ultra-HD)
Doing software development
Some "light" Data Science (which will require decent processing)
Light-gaming (playing Steam titles like CS 1.6)

My main usage is for development.

 

[iceblitzed]

I think its a good deal even it ends up costing about 500-$.
If you would like a better idea of how much the computer has been used download a program called crystaldiskinfo - http/crystalmark.info/redirect.php?product=CrystalDiskInfo
Here is how the program looks lik

 

[Joe_Kano]

I think its a good deal even it ends up costing about 500-$.
If you would like a better idea of how much the computer has been used download a program called crystaldiskinfo - http/crystalmark.info/redirect.php?product=CrystalDiskInfo
Here is how the program looks lik

Thanks for the feedback.

Can you tell me what I will be looking for when using this software (to see whether the laptop is still in good condition) ?

 

[iceblitzed]

on the crystaldisk software you want to check the power on count and power on hours. Make sure as well the read error rate and reallocated sectors count are the same. I would also download a program called hwmonitor - http/www.cpuid.com/downloads/hwmonitor/1.25.zip

and check this info