Hello,
Were there any other improvements or changes to the T450s I missed below?
1. New processor chipset
2. New trackpad with buttons
TABOOK still shows the FHD screen to be IPS. Any reason to believe that isn't true?
Thanks!
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Thors.Hammer Notebook Enthusiast
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Thats about it.
TABOOK mentions that the material of the base-unit might have changed (Magnesium/Aluminum instead of Magnesium Alloy)
Also, according to the parts-list, there are new display FRUs, replacing the old AUO and LG screens with new versions (LP140WF1-SPK1 gets replaced with LP140WF3-SPD1 for example). All the FHD screens used in the T450s are IPS. -
7265 WLAN vs 7260 WLAN.
Full HD panel is IPS. -
Oh, and with Broadwell comes the 16GB-DIMM-support. Haswell only takes up to 8GB-modules.
-> Haswell / T440s -> Max. RAM is 12GB & with Broadwell / T450s it is 20GB. (4GB onboard + 16GB-DIMM) -
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Regards, Jim -
If you truely only need and use 8gb, 2x4gb would be the best performance.
But, if you need more ram, once you hit that 8gb ceiling, your performance hit would be great.
I probably use mine harder than you, but i have 2x8gb in. With 20 chrome tabs, excel, one note, a vm (2gb ram dedicated), and itunes. I'm running at 15.5gb used and 95%. -
Same thing here - I have 16GB RAM in my 2760P EliteBook, usually without a VM. Opera (around 100-150 tabs I imagine), Outlook, OneNote, Word, Thunderbird ~10-12GB usage. With the VM I hit 14GB - which is still fine and gives me room to breathe for a youtube-video or so.
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Running mismatched sticks will not hurt your performance in any noticeable way. An 8GB stick will run in asymmetric DDR mode with the soldered 4GB of RAM, providing both the extra headroom and the improved integrated graphics RAM performance.
Don't overthink it. If your usage can utilize additional memory, go for an 8GB stick. Windows will made good use of "unused" memory for cache anyway, so any theoretical slowdowns would still be negated by the benefits of having more cache space.
T440s versus T450s
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