T580 internal battery compatibility.
First and foremost has anyone successfully put a T470 / T480 24wh battery into a T580 ? Does it screw in properly ?
So, story time and a few more questions. I've been looking for a T480 at a reasonable price for a while now, not finding one, they're still way overpriced in Oz to my mind. I'm browsing here and someone brings up the 580 so I go look on ebay and lo and behold there's a minimum spec factory sealed unit going for $AUD600 ($USD410) because the battery is swollen. Buy was hit quickly I may assure you.
It arrived today and it was indeed factory sealed (yay, new computer smell) and there's been ups and downs, it was listed as having a backlit keyboard, it does not (boo), sdd was listed as 128Gb but it's 512 (yay, no, BOO spinning rust, just why?). no fingerprint reader (boo, but I'll be on linux anyway). Oh, look, low spec thinkpads come without an internal battery (BOO, I had no idea, so, not really a laptop yet). Still, very happy.
I have the choice of getting a 32Wh internal battery from the states for $200 or a local $70 T480 24Wh. Any other options happily heard, but I'll go 24Wh under the circumstances. Best I can see, genuine lenovo external batteries for these models are extinct, barring chineseium counterfeits, correct me if I'm wrong. That leaves Greencell and KingSener, guess I'll go the latter, I've had good luck with one of their T440p batteries so far.
Next upgrades (Sanity check welcomed)
TB3 patch as soon as winblows let's me. Updating...
4Gb RAM -> 2*16
2242 boot drive (B+M key, right? any brands to stay away from/prefer?)
2Tb Samsung SSD (any particular value to the nvme caddy ? at Pcie3x2 it seems marginal)
AX210
[Glass trackpad](https://old.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/s6akmg/t580_glass_touchpad_upgrade_the_guide_for/) ?
Screen, happy with 1080, I'd rather the battery life. Anyone with a touch unit, can you chime in with whether it's viable for drawing/note taking? Maybe a lower power or brighter or OLED replacement. We shall see.
Backlit keyboard when I find one.
Anything I'm missing ? Anything I should be testing while in refund period ?
Thanks for listening to my TED talk, but I am rather happy and wanted to share with those who get it.