I suppose it's not bad, but it's defiantly not good. I would strive to get something that has a better processor than an i3. I bet you could do better on ebay or craigslist.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834310636If you're going to be walking around with a laptop this would probably be a better option. 14 inches is a ton easier to deal with.
Also I am planning on upgrading it to an SSD so I don't need a kickass hard drive.
Most laptops allow you to swap out the Optical Drive for another Hard Drive bay, why not have both?
My god, that is amazing. You need an adapter though.
im fairly sure thinkpads can have their optical drives swapped out for numpad extensions.
Not sure why you'd want to do that, there are plenty of external numpads out there.
Where's my numpad extension slot? :(