Most Desirable Thinkpad Yet

What is the most desirable/best Thinkpad right now?

I have the option either to keep or upgrade my X300 whom i baby and love very much.

The X1 Carbon Touch is a very close, but for me; the non-user removable battery turn me off. And don't like windows 8 that much. Not too sure about touchscreen on a notebook; tried one before, the screen wobbles about. I like the carbon touch because they use gorilla glass screen. if only it has a removable battery... but i'm still open.

X230?

Anything in the T/W series?

if you're given the choice between X300, X1 Carbon/Touch, X230, T420/s/u, etc. which one would you choose?

 

I mean, desirable depends on what you're looking for right? If you're coming from an X300, then the X1C is probably the current model for you. You don't need (and shouldn't) get the touch one if you think it's a gimmick (and I think it is too). If you want a little more power, and don't want to sacrifice portability, then maybe the x230. Want and SV CPU and something higher res than vanilla HD? Then maybe the T430/s, etc, etc.

 

Still pondering on this?

 

LOL, yes! Hi lead org!

 

yeah... i'm undecided at the moment...

its hard as; i believed that there is no no-compromise notebook as the x300 right now... the x300 is like the whole thinkpad attributes packaged in a small package.

heard the x1c screen is grainy, which is another no-no for me. i wonder if x1ct alleviate that... but that gorilla glass screen is tempting.

i might look into the t430/s/u and x230 in more detail...

what is the difference between the t430 family anyway. its confusing... which one is the best.

is only the x1 carbon uses carbon fibre right now?

having just recently gotten my home internet back (albeit still on limp mode)...i havent be able to look at things in detail.

 

No. T430 and T430s use Carbon Fiber too, the T430s uses the same Carbon-Fiber as the X1 Carbon while the T430 uses a bit different, bit cheaper kind of Carbon-Fiber. Both use Carbon Fiber only for the lid, the bottom is Glass-Fiber plastic on the T430 and Magnesium on T430s.

T430u uses a Aluminum lid and a Glass-Fiber plastic bottom.

T430u is the thinnest and it meets the Intel Ultrabook specs, T430s is a Slimline-Notebook and slimmer than T430. T430 is the "normal bread-and-butter" T-Series and thicker than its thinner brothers.

Additional differences:
- T430u lacks a DVD drive, a physical docking-port, the backlight keyboard and a HD+ display. Also, the T430u battery is not an CRU. T430 and T430s come with all of these features.
- T430u has no Magnesium roll-cage
- The T430u has a clickpad, while the T430(s) has a normal touchpad with dedicated buttons

More infos about the T430u: Lenovo ThinkPad T430u in-depth review – Part 1 (Overview) lead_org also say something to the differences between the T430u and the "normal" T-Series.

 

Don't think that true. They never use the term "gorilla glass," which is a trademark name from its maker, Corning, who would insist on its name usage if it was genuine gorilla glass. X1CT may have something similar to GG, though again Lenovo makes no representation about glass strength in their marketing stuff, but it's probably not genuine GG.

 

The X300's screen was definitely nothing to write home about, so I don't think it'll be a step down or step up with the X1C's screen (although I haven't seen the X1C in person). In terms of a comparable laptop, the X1C is probably your best bet. You'll be losing screen resolution with either the X230 (which does have a nicer IPS display) or the T430u.

 

Well, I personally think the X301 / X300 series is the best / most desirable Thinkpad in a LONG time. I use my X301 as my travel / in vehicle laptop, while my T61 is still chugging long as my everyday desktop replacement ( at almost 5 years old, it still looks new too ! ).

If I were in the market for a new laptop and had to compare it with my current X301, I'd probably get the new X1 CF. Only problems I see are 1 - no optica drive ( which everyone seems to be doing away with anyway, pushing cloud storage ), and 2 - the non-removaable battery.

As of now, I'm perfactly happy with both my X301 and T61 and have no desire to get a new laptop anytime soon.

 

ThinkPad X301 is really good, since it has the displayport. I can use the displayport to drive two 1920x1200 monitors in extended mode with the Lenovo Displayport to Displayport splitter (Aftermarket one also works).

 

Love my X301.:thumbsup: If I was buying a new Thinkpad, it would probably be the Helix once it's released.

 

It would be great if the X301 were brought back to life with some modern upgrades. Like an i5 model (either Ivy Bridge or Haswell), 13.3" Samsung PLS LCD, USB 3.0 ports.

I would love to have that machine.