Lenovo is going very better when its about laptops/Notebook and they produces such nice and performance laptops and they always treid to do so and mostly they succeeds and this time Lenovo
hinkPad T430 is on the table and we saw it 1st time it does not Looks much different then their most laptops ooks.Lenovo’s range of laptops breaks down into the X series (lightweight), T series
(business performance) and W series (workstation). While the T series has features that many businesses desire, such as stress-tolerant magnesium-alloy rollcages, fingerprint readers and screen latches, these features are equally useful for anyone with younger children.The T430 is, admittedly, a little bulky, but you
can blame the rollcage, which also adds immense durability and resilience. You can stand on this thing - we watched the Lenovo product manager do exactly that. Having said that, I found it tricky to slot into the laptop pocket of my bag - designed for a 15-inch MacBook Pro.The 14-inch display has a 1600 x 900-pixel resolution (16:9 aspect ratio). The screen has an anti-glare finish, and seems a little wan compared to some recent laptops we’ve seen. The screen just doesn’t seem especially bright,though text and images are crisp and detailed, and colours are rich. The island keyboard is fantastic - not the usual square ThinkPad model, but curved to fit fingertips, and with rounded edges - the bevel and shape is designed to prevent mistyping. The idea is that you avoid the key behind, reducing the chance of hitting two keys at once. I found the keyboard comfortable, but you may have noticed that I’m quite fond of Lenovo’s keyboards
already. I’d suggest you try one for yourself, but you won’t find one at retail stores to try. If you trust my judgement, let me tell you that I’ve not had a more comfortable keyboard. Regular ThinkPad users may find that some keys aren’t in their usual positions, but hopefully won’t take too long to get used to the
new layout.With its 9-cell battery, the 5.2-pound, 13.1 x 9.1 x 1.2 inchT430 is on the heavy side of the thin-and-light notebook category. It easily outweighs the 4.8-pound, 13.2 x 9.2 x 0.81 inch Dell XPS 14, though this ThinkPad weighs the same as its predecessor. Nevertheless, the T430 can still slip in and out of
a messenger bag.Beneath the hood you’ll find a 2.8GHz third generation (Ivy Bridge) Intel Core i5-3360M processor, alongside 4GB of RAM. It’s not amazingly powerful in spec, but its benchmark scores are outstanding. For CPU-based tasks, it smashes most of the recent laptops we’ve seen. Only our top-performing second generation Intel Core (Sandy Bridge) Ultrabook, the Asus Zenbook, comes close, but the T430 has scores around 20% better across the board. However, the benchmarks also reveal the lack of
graphics grunt - most scores were around half those of Ivy- Bridge-based Ultrabooks with discrete graphics. This isn’t a laptop that’s great for gaming, at all, but it will carve through computational tasks like butter. That’s helped by the 180GB Intel 520 SSD, which is a powerful business-grade drive - consumers may
find only 180GB to be a little on the skimpy side for collections of video and music.The ThinkPad T430 will finally be equipped with USB 3.0 ports.Lenovo even included two of the new ports, which enable theconnection of fast flash drives without any losses in speed - atleast theoretically: Both ports are indented slightly into thecase which leads in many cases to a lack of space. Our CorsairFlash Voyager collided with the chassis and therefore it had tobe connected to one of the two USB 2.0 ports. One of these hasthe Powered USB feature enabling the charging of USB deviceswhile the notebook is off.Directly next to the two USB 3.0 ports the display output of the ThinkPad can be found, a Mini DisplayPort. The commercially liked HDMI output is not integrated and thus an analog VGA output is the only alternative for a
connection to an older monitor or LCD projector (apart from adapters). Another specialty is the scarcely used ExpressCard/34 slot which was also integrated into the predecessor.The connection slots of the T430 have been modified a bit, but can still be criticized. In addition to the badly indented USB 3.0 ports, the 4-in-1 card reader (SD, SDHC, SDXC, MMC) is not placed optimally. It would have been better to place the display output as well as the Kensington Lock next to the GBit-LAN on the backside and put frequently used connections near to the user.Typical for the ThinkPad series there is the connection for the docking station, which can be found underneath. Amongst others Lenovo offers the 'ThinkPad Mini Dock Series 3', which is available for a price of almost 150 Euros (~$196) and is equipped with further connections (6 x USB 3.0, DVI, a display port). Alternatively a simple USB port expansion can be purchased from
third-party suppliers.After watching a full-screen video on Hulu for 15 minutes, the T430's touchpad measured 76 degrees Fahrenheit. That's well below the 95-degree comfort threshold of what we consider uncomfortable. The space between the G and H keys and the bottom of the notebook were also fairly mild at 78 and 83 degrees.Hard-core fragging missions on the ThinkPad T430. However, thanks to the Intel HD Graphics 4000 GPU, you will be able to watch HD Movies as well.Top class battery life, yes best
of the best almost 900 minutes, isn't that exited ?
Lets do some tests...
- Out Class Extremely Long Battery Life.
- Quality.
- Good performance.
- Connectivity.
- Runs Cool.
- Display is a bit less brighter.
- Bad touch-pad buttons.
