Is this new ThinkPad E14 worth it to bother with warranty?

Question

So I bought a new ThinkPad E14 Gen2 for 560 euros in the Baltic market. It has 15.2 GB of usable RAM instead of 16GB stated and 930GB SSD instead of 1Tb stated by the vendor mdata.lt. No wonder they were reluctant for me to check the SSD storage upon delivery. Hope that they go bankrupt and hang their useless selves in theirs useless offices.It also has a backlit keyboard, aluminum casing on top and probably PC + ABS casing on the bottom, AMD 3 4300U 4 core CPU, Windows10 pre-installed, 2 year warranty.I can buy a refurbished T480 for ~500 euros with the 1Tb SSD and 16GB RAM + 2 year warranty for the Thinkpad and 6 month warranty for the battery from another vendor. Or a new L14 G1 with 8gb RAM, 256 GB SSD, AMD Ryzen 5 6 core and backlit keyboard for ~670 euros (no soldered RAM) from another vendor.Should I bother to send this E14 for incorrect specs (the discrepancy in which basically may not matter much for me for now)?

tredre3 · Accepted Answer

Your laptop has integrated graphics, which means some of the RAM will be reserved for the GPU. The amount is configurable in the BIOS but can't be 0. Any computer with iGPU will do the same thing, it doesn't mean they did not give you 16GB.As for the SSD it comes down to the units used by HDD and SSD manufacturers vs the ones used by operating systems, which is indeed misleading and bordering on fraud imho. But, again, your laptop certainly do contain a 1TB drive and you will find the same discrepancy in reported capacity even if you buy a 1TB nvme drive and install it yourself.

tmpburning · Answer

It doesn't make it right, but usable storage is always lower then what is claimed... either because of OS space usage, 1024 VS 1000 or filesystem...

amalgamated_inc · Answer

Your laptop is totally fine. The numbers are always slightly lower when shown this way, on any laptop. My "500G" hard drive actually reports 468GB. It also shows 15.3G of RAM instead of 16G. They just round the numbers so it sounds nicer in ads.Enjoy your new laptop. Thinkpads are awesome.

gregjor · Answer

The massive discrepancy in specs absolutely matters. It will reduce your productivity from 10X to a mere 9.99X. And forget about crafting professional artisanal code on that cramped toy setup. I would send it back tomorrow with something extra in the box to show your disgust with this scam.

amts · Answer

Battery is not mentioned in the user replaceable units. But it should be relatively easy to remove and insert or replace a battery on a thinkpad E14?

amts · Answer

What's funny, this lousy vendor was recommended to me by another lousy PC repair/retail shop (who has got an Facebook ad with this vendor) recommended by a 10x lousier CS teacher who teaches C++ in Windows.