Hello everyone!
After much research I've finally settled on buying a t420 for college next year, even with the poor screen quality. Does anyone know if they are still shipping out with LG or Samsung panels instead of the dreaded AUO ones?
Also, money being a bit tight I'd like to wait a bit in order to be able to benefit of lenovo's "back to school" august discounts, does anyone know if the t420 will still be in production by that time?
Thanks a lot and best regards,
Arthur
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I think the current trend of late is that the undesirable AUO panels holds the majority share in T420's compared to the LG panels. It's unlikely you'll find a Samsung panel in a T420 as they're only available in the slimmer T420s models unless some happen to filter through.
By August time I think the T420 would be out of production since Lenovo would like to promote their T430 instead. Though if sales are a bit slow there may be a few left for them to clear their inventories. -
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Thanks for the reply!
pfff.. that's a real shame...
Ok, thanks for the info. Do you know exactly how good the lenovo deals are in august? For the moment the 430 appears to be about $200 more with an equal ish configuration... -
I am trying to get rid of my T420 it turns out. I still have 2 years left on the warranty, and it includes accidental damage.
PM me if you are interested! -
Thanks for the offer! Sadly I'm trying to go with discrete graphics and an i7....
Plus I quite like the idea of buying something new for once
Are you trying to get rid of it due to the screen?
The more I look at the new X1 Carbon the more it's starting to look like the perfect laptop! If the screen isn't crap.... -
Best of luck in finding your dream T420! -
I swear I saw a Sammy on mine when I first got it. I'll run the hardware profiler app and report back here.
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What poor screen quality?
You mean the visible grain from the matte screen? IMHO, that's not really "poor screen quality". The AUO panels have a more visible matte texture, but they're plenty bright and have average viewing angles, etc. They're not great, but I wouldn't call them poor.
You want a poor screen, take a look at an X301 some time... -
The thing is I don't recall Lenovo matte screens to be so grainy as it is now. The anti-glare panels on my T61 and R61 models were absolutely fine in that respect, i'm typing on my T61 as I speak. But when I switch to my T420 the graininess of the AUO panel hits you immediately and it makes you wonder how it became to such a state.
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Thors.Hammer Notebook Enthusiast
I say bull caa caa.
Screen quality is making a resurgence. Lenovo sources a single IPS model? The X220 and now X230? I really hope they are planning on having a 1600x900 14" Flexview on the X1 Carbon. -
Thors.Hammer Notebook Enthusiast
The T420 screen I am using right now is decent. Good enough. And all three were AUO panels.
You are right about the X301 screen. It is a step down. But my X301 is still freaking nice. Mint condition, 8GB RAM, 160GB Intel Series 320 SSD. It is a wonderful machine in many regards. -
Okay, then, the ThinkPad screens have been "not great" for a few years now.
People at Lenovo suppose those screens are "not too bad" and spend their precious time on the so-called "precision" keyboard. Why? Does it make the laptop any slimmer, any lighter? -
Thors.Hammer Notebook Enthusiast
But no such luck.
Seems to me the new ThinkPads should have been engineered to support either the traditional keyboard OR the backlit keyboard. I guess that would have driven up the number of SKUs to an unacceptable level. -
If they want to "cover all the bases" and push for "highest number of units shipped," I guess anything goes. -
Thors.Hammer Notebook Enthusiast
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Hey, at least they're not passive matrix anymore!
On the plus side, at least Lenovo doesn't have a "product" line the "RS/6000" where the same "model" referred to a range of workstations, servers, and even supercomputers over the course of a decade.
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As I said, I truly enjoy hearing @ThinkRob talk about ThinkPad.
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Thors.Hammer Notebook Enthusiast
Clearly that assumption was wrong. -
(That said, it doesn't seem like they flat-out ignore the preferences that their Human Factor group determines, so if you live near Morrisville...)
Yeah, if they're the same then I would expect at least a small reduction in thickness. Then again, maybe they figured "Oh, well it's a desktop replacement, so who cares about the thickness?" -
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