Have T400s eval unit: My thoughts

[moore101]

I have been using the corp. eval unit (P/N: 2815-23U) that Lenovo sent us for the past few days. Here are a few observations:

X301 and T400s side by side- The T400s is barely thicker and only .5 wider than the X301, if you were to compare the separately the T400s could be mistaken for a X301. Same goes for weight. Build quality seems as good or better than X301.

T400 and T400s- T400 looks like a brick compared to the T400s.

Always on USB port for charging is only "always on" when NB is connected to AC power, seemed to charge my BB Curve just fine, while system was off

E-SATA/USB port seems to be the only one that will give enough power to see my 2.5" WD ext USB HDD at boot.

Keyboard keys seem a little squishy compared to my X301.

Touchpad supports multi-touch commands in Vista/IE7 at least to for zoom, didn't test other apps/functions (we disable touchpad on our images).

Thinklight does not interfere with integrated camera even though they are right next to each other.

System comes with 65w smaller power supply. Have not received a dock for testing yet.

Speakers sound better than any other Thinkpad that I have used (600x to T400).

For you enterprise techs:
Our current WinXP SP3 X301/T400 image loaded fine on the T400s and only the audio and ultranav driver was required to be updated.

All drivers/ thinkvantage apps we use were updated on the T400s (as of 6/28/09) and seems backwards compatible to the X301 (and probably T400 but have not tested yet).


As you can probably tell I am quite impressed with this new system and it will be replacing my current X301 and will probably be the new standard model we offer to our users. The lack of a dock on the X301 was almost unforgivable in a corporate environment but the T400s makes up for that and more.

[idxman01]

T400 and T400s- T400 looks like a brick compared to the T400s.

Does the T400 feel like a brick compared to the 400s? (weight or dimension-wise)

[moore101]

Weight and also looks. Footprint size (the space taken up on a desk) is the same or very close.

[bebzif]

I have a x300 and I am looking to upgrade to a t400s primararly for the docking availability.
Hows the screen compared to your x301 (viewing angles especially) ? Any change to post a couple of pictures side-by-side ?
Thanks for the report already, very useful.

[idxman01]

Weight and also looks. Footprint size (the space taken up on a desk) is the same or very close.

err.. Probably should have waited for the 400s. Guess I didn't search around here enough to see that it was on the horizon. Although I suppose the 400 should be fine. I mainly wanted less weight than a t500.

[ThinkP]

Pictures side by side next to an x300/x301 would be great if anyone has any....

different angles

mainly to see the thickness differences

and design differences.