Feast your eyes on the new leaked images of T410s

Look like they keep the good stuff and add some more extra in, including twin thinklight. This is a step in the right direction, I think. If you crop out the area of the screen, you'll see that it's still 16:10 aspect ratio. So hopefully this won't be a victim of the 16:9 conversion.

http://bbs.tt315.cn/thread-105058-1-1.html

 

one more is good

 

Hahah. Not to imply the T410 isn't a handsome unit, but feasting ones eyes on a Thinkpad is a bit of a strange idea, no?

 

Nice...
Having red circles around the important bits helped .

 

As strange as it may sound, some people love the way Thinkpads look. So to some, feasting is the right word

 

I hope they have a WSXGA+ option on the 510... My 3 year old T60 is getting long on the tooth and the ATI graphics card is not supported in Windows 7; leaving me beached dry with a "no-presentation" business laptop.

 

Doesn't look so good to me, seems every new model Lenovo is incorporating more and more of their "excellent amazing functional design", glad i opted for the T61p with the classic design cues. Sorry, but this just doesn't sit well with me.

 

What doesn't look good? This isn't drastically different from the T400s except with the changes noted. None of those should be of issue...

 

Eh, got the news that i didn't get a job i applied for so my temperament was a little exagerated. Sorry.

 

Is it me? Or does it really seem to have a magnetic latch??

 

no more lenovo! damn!

/me looks at my T400s

 

This machine looks dead sexy!

I just hope that the specifications will be up to our high expectations

 

this thing looks very nice. and errr... what the heck are you guys complaining about...???

 

Lenovo is just been pushed to use the 16:9 by cost pressure and lack of supply of the 16:10. If you look at the manufacturing date on some of the CCFL LCD that is used by the current thinkpads (even one that is shipped in the recent month), they are from 2007......

And to be quite honest, Lenovo have tried their very hardest to hold out the change of the LCD format. But lack of supply and the cost increase, have driven much of the format change in the computer industry from 4:3 -> 16:10 -> 16:9. Lenovo in all instances have been the last to change the format compared to either the HP, Dell or Acer (all tier one computer makers)......

So don't blame Lenovo, profit chasing by other laptop companies, have eroded the negotiation ability of Lenovo. Lenovo by itself can't push the LCD oligoarch such as Samsung, LG, etc to do anything.

 

well i meant the lenovo badge, actually

 

lead_org - relax.   the T410s is 16:10.

 

oh sh_t just realised this is t400s not t400...

no wonder it looks so much like a t400s

oh well...my 1.5month old t400s is obsolete...not that this is surprising, as gadgets work this way...

 

The T400s has the same mechanism...probably not as solid as the old Thinkpads IMHO.

 

With 2 eSATA ports, I wonder if this time, Lenovo will include a RAID controller onboard as both Dell and HP already have it in their current business notebooks. I'm also interested to know if better screens will be offered, though unlikely. HP's next gen 14" thin and light business notebooks will launch around the same time, and will have RAID, high capacity batteries and improved screens, so I hope the T410s can match this as I'd like to replace my X301 with this.

 

Could you give us some information on the upcoming elitebooks, chrixx? Sounds interesting!

 

How do you know? What about the x210 and t410?

 

what? magnetic latch? what t400s have you been playing? coz it sure doesn't exist on my t400s

 

It would seem from the alleged pictures that the screen is 16:10. That seems weird, though, since the supposed leaked specs for the T410 and T510 say they will have 16:9 screens (which makes sense).

I would definitely take these rumors with a grain of salt, since that could very well be a simple Photoshop job (removing the Lenovo logo, removing the "line" where the plastic joins, adding cooling vents and ports, etc).

 

Yeah, I somehow have a gut feeling this is a Photoshopped T400s. I hope not though.

 

That reminds me of this:



Anyways, it does seem a lot sexier than the T400 and the T400s.

I wonder the specs though and the price. The T400s has good specs, but a price tag quite elevated.

IF this is using Arrandale, as it is most likely, I am wondering what the graphics are. I dont think they are only using Intel ones...ok, I dont hope they are...lol

 

I would imagine that it would be around the same price that the T400s was launched at. Since it's a premium "s" model, it won't be any cheaper.

Also being a thin and portable "s" model, its target will not be those who have intensive graphics needs, so my bet is that it will be using exclusively Intel integrated graphics as well.

 

Even the roadmap says integrated graphics only.

 

Hmmm. I wonder how those new Intel Graphics compare to the 4500MHD

 

i don't know.   it's just fun watching everyone squirm when these rumor threads come out.   sarcasm doesn't always come across correctly online.

lenovo's policy is not to discuss unreleased products or services so the best you're going to get here are guesses.

(btw, those images are indeed photoshop hack jobs, fyi. )

 

Why am I not surprised?

 

I wouldnt be surprised either...but wouldnt it be nice if they were all truth

 

how about the other T and W series? will they be 16:10 or the 16:9. But anyhow, this is just matter of time that Lenovo will come to the pressure of the masses (from the LCD manufacturers not the customers) of moving the screen format. Just like how 4:3 -> 16:10 during the T60->T61.

 

Can't wait what they have for the W710!
Time for FireGL to comeback!

 

sorry, i was being sarcastic.   i should have used a face instead of a face.   even if i knew, i wouldn't be allowed to give a definitive answer to this.

however, i personally don't think 16:10 will be lost on all systems.

 

You know I have heard 16:9 and 16:10 so as of now Ill just wait for the actual release.

 

T series will be 16:9. Lenovo clearly just chases the cheapest LCDs and doesnt care about quality of that particular component. And the market is rapidly moving to 16:9, making 16:10 a sort of "luxury", niche component. Bottom feeders dont get to choose where they eat, so its pretty obvious to me that Lenovo will be shifting to 16:9 - unless they make a deliberate decision to move upmarket with this T series.

 

Cheap cheap cheap cheap, every year that word is the emphasis.. holy christ

 

to be very fair, thinkpad prices have gone down...my t400s is quite a lot cheaper than my previous mid-range t41

 

This is the trouble of commodisation of the computer/laptop industry in general, and unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it.

 

looks very nice but i wont be upgrading til usb3.0 or lightpeak or out.

 

No doubt - and the LCD quality is a core component of that. The first factor would be Intel's cost redcution in the CPU, which is the most expensive part of the PC. But then I think LCD comes next.

 

I just wish they would have an option for a better LCD, for those of us who want it. That way they could offer a more premium product while still maintaining a low entry price.

 

The cost is also in supporting it.

 

it isn't that simple
on a mass-produced product like a laptop
you have to be able to sell thousands and thousands of an option just to make it profitable to offer it

the market for very expensive, but quality screens...
it just isn't there for thinkpads
those of us who would gladly pay a lot for a great screen
there just isn't enough of us for lenovo to be able to offer the option

 

I disagree. I feel like if the market exists anywhere, its with business/professional consumers. People who need to stare at their screen for hours on end, who need perfect color reproduction and might need the screen to be viewable for more than a single person. In the same way, businesses would be the most willing/able to bare the cost, as well.

 

For corporate roll outs that is not the case.

Only graphics/photo/video professionals care about screen quality. For mass roll outs it is about total cost of ownership, serviceability, security, and overall durability.

 

You might disagree, but that what Lenovo said. So what are you going to do?

 

Be upset about it

 

Fair enough, heh.

 

Wrong, wrong, wrong. I am none of the above and I do care. I know lots of folks that do also. Screen quality is not merely about colour matching - it is about being able to see what you are doing well and wthout straining your eyes.

By the way even at corporate level applications such as video are increasingly used to communicate and get information accross. The screen matters - duh.

Equally important to understand is that users are increasingly having a say in what technology they use at work. Which is why, by the way the iphone one of the fastest growing corporate phones. Imagine all the people who claimed that such a phone had too many frivolous features and quality level that corporate users would not want. Boy, they were wrong - by a mile.

Lenovo needs to add quality screen options - period. There is no excuse for this state of affairs on a product that is essentially built to order.