Can’t say I wish I went for the Ebuyer one now – but it does have its draw
All the pros you pointed out are completely valid but the following does play on my mind.
Ebuyer machine:
Its new – new lust – we all have it from cars to bikes to anything.
Its comes with a 1 year warranty. When things go wrong with desktops – easy – buy new part for peanuts and replace. Laptops on the other hand are harder to repair. Saying that T series machines are probably more supportable and repairable than others. For a start, the battery is designed to be swapped under normal operation.
Battery on T420 is used which will probably be the first thing needing replacing.
The 4th series i3 is a more energy efficient processor (hippy in me) not not much less top end speed.
Screen resolution.
i3 has better graphics capability (not that I will ever need it)
HDMI can be useful.
End of day, I have to say sitting in front of the T series makes me feel professional. I used one 16 years ago and it still feels the same – just right – like a old girlfriend.