Lisa solid review as usual. I say this every time but it's so true, you understand the target audience of all the laptops you review and tailor the review & benchmarks to that market segment. eg there's zero point in doing some gaming benchmarks on this laptop but a battery life test is super important. Would have been interesting to see the thinness of the T490S to a X1 they must be very close now. Soldered on RAM only is very annoying, don't see what Lenovo was thinking there. In a super thin X1 Carbon I'd accept that but not the Ts range. I won't be replacing my T460s with a T490s. I'll go back to the regular T series then when I'm due for refresh. Plus as a network engineer I still want my LAN port integrated and not a dongle.
Chang Ye That’s true until last year I was running a 2007 Black MacBook until the removable battery expanded causing internal damage as well as the frame, still a great piece of reliable Apple tech.
I am due to replace my t420 thinkpad (yes i upgraded it to a SSD years ago and its still pretty facE) and i cant figure out why Lenovo is making these more like a MacBook or something limiting your ability to expand it (soildered memory)? And this one can only go up to 24gb memory but the t480 can go to 64gb and no removable battery?
@@ewalker3 The weird part for me is, E series is obviously good now, so much that L series lost its place. Why not make L series the thin thinkpads(the t490s) and keep the T series like it was in the past, bring back the better keyboard, even more ports, the upgradability and especially the dual removable battery. No need to offer so many of the same laptop, bring back the bulky full of features T series and make the L series the new thin laptop that sits between the E series and X/P.
@@Wolar94 The really annoying thing is Lenovo expects that people who want that will purchase a P series or the X1 extreme, which are great laptops no doubt, but they are also absurdly expensive for IT deployment.
@@Wolar94 The E series can not replace the L series, it lacks the enterprise features. The L series is still very important for Lenovo, as many companies buy these machines. They are not made for consumers. Keeping the T series thick and making the L series thin would make no sense at all. The L series is traditionally thicker, heavier and cheaper than the T series. The T series is traditionally the "slim line" of the ThinkPad lineup. The "T" stands for "thin & light". Keeping it thicker while the rest of the market moves to thinner designs makes no sense. The truth is, almost no one needs the dual removable battery, so Lenovo discontinued it. Those people who do need extreme battery life can purchase an external power pack.
Thanks for the review. This channel is wonderful, especially for someone like me, who isn't in the loop on laptops. Lenovo currently has the 490s on sale with the i5 processor, 300 nit 1080p display, 16gb ram, and 512 gb SSD for $730 ... I picked it up for use as my grad school computer. I think I'll be satisfied.
@bark You saw that he said RAM first, but you went with storage? He could've meant SD card slots. And we all remember when removable batteries were standard. But when was RAM in phones easily removable? You missed an easy one.
Bc people going so shallow all they want is the the look of thin and bezel less wether laptops or phones i really miss old phones with bezel and thicker laptops that i would feel safe using it not worrying to drop and break cause its too thin
T480 / T490 is the better choice... The full-size SD card slot is eally useful if you still use a digital camera and do photo editing on the laptop. Plus, the non-S models have better upgradability (a base-spec T480 / T490 configured with best display, and with aftermarket maxed out ram/ssd is the way to go).
I went from a mid 2012 macbook pro retina to a Lenovo Y540 i7-9750h, 1TB SSD, RTX 2060. I replaced the 16GB ram with 2 x 32GB Samsung Dimm modules! Total 1760 Euro. Imagine the price for the same specced Apple alternative...The only "downside" FULL HD. Wished that Lenovo made 3:2 screens like Microsoft Surface or Huawei...
Sorry to be offtopic but does any of you know a method to get back into an instagram account? I was stupid lost the login password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me.
@Felipe Jorge Thanks for your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im in the hacking process now. Takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
@Felipe Jorge WTF IT REALLY WORKED :O I literally hacked my ig account after roughly 45 minutes of using the site. Had to pay 15 $ but for sure worth the money =) Thank you so much you really help me out!
It's surprising for me, since I bought a T480s and I could modify it with 24GB of RAM, added dGPU MX150 and a WQHD display... indeed it was expensive, but now with this t490s I see they went a little back and couldn't feel more happy with my previous purchase.
I don't mind this one. The one I'm upset about is the T490. Taking away removable batteries just to make it thinner is a shitty tradeoff, especially when they already have this.
@@IamDoogy Yeah, at least they didn't solder all of it, but agreed, anything that reduces expandability and repairability is silly in a mainstream laptop that isn't built to be super small.
I am very much looking forward to your reviews on the P53, X1 Extreme Gen 2 and naturally the new 7590 XPS 15 from Dell. The only thing keeping me from Dell is the constant issues I'm hearing about regarding latency and them blaming the customer. ugh.
Yeah, I don't get how this is useful. Those thing are very delicate and they don't swap around like full size SD cards. I never pull these out of a Gopro or my smart phone so I don't get the point.
Torrance Amie If the card does not stick out, it’s a cheap way to get some extras gigs of storage. Say, as a backup. Used this method back in the days of Surface Pro.
I hate that the power button is shiny. That looks doesn’t go along with the rest of the laptop. They need to go back to matte power buttons. I’m looking forward to the X1 Carbon Gen 7 review.
I see the Thinkpad T490s is only fitted with a Thunderbolt 2.5 port with 2 PCIe data lanes like its predecessor. In my opinion, this makes the X1 carbon 7th generation a better proposition, because its dual-port Thunderbolt 3 uses a chipset that needs 4 PCIe data lanes connected and using one of those TB3 ports with an eGPU becomes a viable option.
At around the 3:15 mark I heard you say that touchscreen is not available on the T490s. Lenovo's specs seem to indicate that it is indeed touchscreen. Am I misreading? Thanks for the great review.
I'd love to see that as a compare and contrast. As a casual gamer, was naively hoping that the Vega cores could actually do some games at 1080. My T460S is abysmal at anything other than solitaire.....
Hi Lisa, love you videos! I think there is another interesting comparison between the T490s and the p43s of Lenovo. It seems like they have the same specs, except T490s has a slightly bigger battery, but p43s has a better PGU. But the most surprising thing is that p43s is 300USD CHEAPER!
Yep I agree. 1GB LAN connection is faster than any Wi-Fi connection right now. I remember using laptops before integrated LAN become standard and recall the broken dongle hell of PCMCIA cards of the late 90's with Xircom cards until they created the their "RealPort" range of cards.
@@danielgostner2147 I've found the windows 10 battery saver mode to be super impressive. I currently still use a 7 year old Acer Travelmate (low end crappy "business grade laptop" but still built very solid compared to consumer models. The screen is trash though) with the original 66Wh battery. When it was new it got around 8-9 hours of battery life (Windows 8 power saver mode, light work). Now fast forward to today: With the battery being 7 years old, I was only getting max 2.5 hours out of windows 8 power saver. Recently, I installed windows 10 and now I am consistently getting 5 hours each day, sometimes even 6 with the new windows 10 battery saver mode (light work, taking notes, web browsing, wifi on, half screen brightness etc .). Even better, I found the windows 10 battery saver mode to feel noticeably faster than the windows 8 power save mode! Plus, this is all on the original 7 year old battery that was quite heavily used each day. Super stoked about it :P
I just got my T490s a few days ago. Amazing laptop so far, however I must admit, because it's so light, it feels fragile.The battery life isn't anywhere near as long as Lenovo advertises it to be.
@@dwighthoward54321 It depends on what you need. i had a macbook pro , it was very good when it worked, never had so many things to go wrong with one laptop. especially i still have the 2011 macbook 17 inch and it is still working on the original battery without a single failure. the 2016 macbook pro, New display, had flickering problem, new motherboard due to USBC port not holding the cable in. keyboard you know the issues with that. thank god it was still under EU warranty , otherwise the repair would have cost me 1000 Euros lol. fyi i take care of my laptops, never take them around , only used in the house. kept clean and handled gently . now i use a cheap lenovo 330s for 2 years not a single issue. yes vrap screen, poor battery because this one has 30 Wh lol fan is laud . but it works :). your experience may be different. now looking for a Thinkpad.
Waiting for your p53 review when it launches. I am going back to school to do Master's in Computer Science, and I want to know your opinion before deciding :)
Hi Lisa.... will it be possible to do a follow up review of this year's T14 and T14s for both the AMD and Intel versions? If possible also, a smack down comparison between all 4 models. Thanks :)
Will there be a review for the T495 with AMD Ryzen 5? Would be very interested in this one 🙈 I wonder, whether the saving of about 300€ compared to the i7 with 16gb ram and 512GB SSD will be worth the less powerful Ryzen 5 with 16gb 512ssd 🧐
When are you going to review the HP Spectre x360 with OLED screen? I believe it is already in HP website couple of weeks ago. I see nobody made a review on hand yet since it was unveiled on 2019 CES.
If you're looking to purchase this device in the US/CA and have any type of inquiry, feel free to reach out to me at: rcolby@lenovo.com to make sure you get the right device for your needs, or any device from Lenovo. :)
Would love to see a review in the new Lenovo idea l340 gaming they just came out with. Thinking about grabbing one next month. But can’t find much reviews with it being so new
Why are they soldering in RAM? If you add 16GB RAM in other port, is it a total of 32GB? It seems like it may be a different type of memory. I think their website calls the extra RAM slot, “selectable” memory.
from what i've gathered the x1 carbon weighs a a bit less (about 100g iirc) and that's basically it, besides the more expensive display options which imo aren't usually worth it (i think that money would be better spent buying a full sized monitor for home or office use). Btw, 7th gen has much better speakers at the cost of a slightly smaller battery. It also has the new intel cpus, but i've heard several reviewers state the difference is negligible this generation, so if you don't care about audio(e.g. you always use headphones), you might be better off doing what I did, i.e. buy a discounted 6th gen X1c instead.
Hi, Lisa. As always - great review. Kindly advise is it possible to make upgrade of T490S from 256GB to 2TB hard disk. I have a nice version with 400 nits panel, but need bigger storage capacity. Thanks in advance for the answer!
Lenovo, make the non S models without soldered ram, with a switchable battery (no bridge shit, with 3 different battery size options), option for 2 ssds, with a sd card reader, usb c for charging and a light charger. The t460 and t470 are almost perfect, just the bridge battery plus not being able to use two ssds sucks. I could do that with a x230. And make the back cover easily removable like it the s models and without clips that can get broken.
XPS systems usually have heat throttling issues, but usually when using high rescource-demanding applications for a while. i7 throttles more often than i5 for obvious reasons.
@@curiousgeorge6921 This is wrong. T490s has only soldered ram (the T480s was the last with one slot and one soldered), the T490 still has one slot, but not the T490s.
Nah......I think I've found my niche....the T450 / T460 / T470 / T480 series is thin, light, fast, fundtional and powerful enough for me. I don't want laptops that are so thin and light that they become useless and have to be treated like porcelain glass dishes from the 1800's.....at some point these manufacturers have GOT to know where to "draw the line"!......LoL!
Looking for thin laptop for my college kids....i'm thinking I5, 16GB RAM....490S or X1 Carbon? Is X1 Carbon worth the extra money or stick with 490S? (also open to other recommendations)
How come you don't review AMD versions of these laptops? Are they so much alike that it's not worth the extra effort? Do you prefer or believe users prefer Intel? You review the E490 but not the E495. This review is for the T490s but I'm more interested in the T495s. I've decided after what I've read about Intel's business practices, their security problems, and how well AMD has been doing compared to Intel that AMD, not Intel, is what I should use. I don't want an insecure, outdated chip from an unethical company in any computer I even think of buying.
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Got a notification on my computer that says: CAN'T SET UP MOBILE HOTSPOT BECAUSE YOUR PC DOESN'T HAVE AN ETHERNET, WIFI, OR CELLULAR DATA CONNECTION. What does this mean!??
I have a Dell Precison 7510 wit the folowing, is it worth trading it on this one?? Processor i7-6820HQ CPU @ 2.70GHz, 2701 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s) , (RAM) 32,0 GB , 256 GB solid state drive, Grpaphic card NVIDIA Quadro®M1000M with 4 GB GDDR5
I am in the market for a new laptop over the next few months. I recently bought a Lenovo X1 but the colors were washed out (had a resolution of 1920 x 1080 anti-glare). Additionally track pad was very small and made scrolling difficult along with thinner keyboard that made typing less comfortable. I was looking at the specs for both they seem pretty equivalent if I go with 16GB ram and 500gb ssHD and i7 processor. It appears that main difference is that the t490s has less ports, is thinner, and weighs less. Otherwise performance is comparable. However can anyone comment if colors are washed out or to circumvent this, would I need to upgrade to the higher grade display 2560x1440? My only gripe is that it is glossy. Anyway to circumvent this or should I be looking at a different machine?
Lisa, good thing you mention the fan noise, always do that. Maybe even include a sample. Thanks you
David Grishko who tf cares ofc fans spin under heavy load as on any other notebook ever made
Lisa solid review as usual. I say this every time but it's so true, you understand the target audience of all the laptops you review and tailor the review & benchmarks to that market segment. eg there's zero point in doing some gaming benchmarks on this laptop but a battery life test is super important. Would have been interesting to see the thinness of the T490S to a X1 they must be very close now. Soldered on RAM only is very annoying, don't see what Lenovo was thinking there. In a super thin X1 Carbon I'd accept that but not the Ts range. I won't be replacing my T460s with a T490s. I'll go back to the regular T series then when I'm due for refresh. Plus as a network engineer I still want my LAN port integrated and not a dongle.
Still rocking the T480 thanks to your review.
That will last for another decade im pretty sure haha
@@donquixoterosinante7899 Well the T480 is more durable than a MacBook Pro lol.
@@brahsumatra I see lots of MacBook that's 7-8 years old tho
Chang Ye That’s true until last year I was running a 2007 Black MacBook until the removable battery expanded causing internal damage as well as the frame, still a great piece of reliable Apple tech.
Still weird to hear thinkpad t series with soldered ram
I am due to replace my t420 thinkpad (yes i upgraded it to a SSD years ago and its still pretty facE) and i cant figure out why Lenovo is making these more like a MacBook or something limiting your ability to expand it (soildered memory)? And this one can only go up to 24gb memory but the t480 can go to 64gb and no removable battery?
@@ewalker3 The weird part for me is, E series is obviously good now, so much that L series lost its place. Why not make L series the thin thinkpads(the t490s) and keep the T series like it was in the past, bring back the better keyboard, even more ports, the upgradability and especially the dual removable battery. No need to offer so many of the same laptop, bring back the bulky full of features T series and make the L series the new thin laptop that sits between the E series and X/P.
@@Wolar94 The really annoying thing is Lenovo expects that people who want that will purchase a P series or the X1 extreme, which are great laptops no doubt, but they are also absurdly expensive for IT deployment.
it's only a thinkpad in name- they have been ever since IBM sold the brand
@@Wolar94 The E series can not replace the L series, it lacks the enterprise features. The L series is still very important for Lenovo, as many companies buy these machines. They are not made for consumers.
Keeping the T series thick and making the L series thin would make no sense at all. The L series is traditionally thicker, heavier and cheaper than the T series. The T series is traditionally the "slim line" of the ThinkPad lineup. The "T" stands for "thin & light".
Keeping it thicker while the rest of the market moves to thinner designs makes no sense. The truth is, almost no one needs the dual removable battery, so Lenovo discontinued it. Those people who do need extreme battery life can purchase an external power pack.
Thanks for the review. This channel is wonderful, especially for someone like me, who isn't in the loop on laptops. Lenovo currently has the 490s on sale with the i5 processor, 300 nit 1080p display, 16gb ram, and 512 gb SSD for $730 ... I picked it up for use as my grad school computer. I think I'll be satisfied.
How powerful is it?
Hope it served u well
I'm thinking about getting one myself
I have this laptop! Very great performance, great battery life and amazing screen!
Which screen do you have on yours?
Lisa, in my eyes you have dethroned Dave 2D as the best laptop reviewer. Your reviews serve the people ✊🏾
"Even thinner, even lighter." Oh dear thermal gods...
“Even thinner, even lighter, even hotter, even less upgradable“
- All new notebooks of 2019
Thou shall not test the thermal gods
Computers are going the same sad path and diet as phones... with ram, storage and battery not removable... what a pity 😔
@bark You saw that he said RAM first, but you went with storage? He could've meant SD card slots. And we all remember when removable batteries were standard. But when was RAM in phones easily removable? You missed an easy one.
Bc people going so shallow all they want is the the look of thin and bezel less wether laptops or phones i really miss old phones with bezel and thicker laptops that i would feel safe using it not worrying to drop and break cause its too thin
T480 / T490 is the better choice... The full-size SD card slot is eally useful if you still use a digital camera and do photo editing on the laptop. Plus, the non-S models have better upgradability (a base-spec T480 / T490 configured with best display, and with aftermarket maxed out ram/ssd is the way to go).
Thinkpads war machines! Forget about your apple this is the real stuff of grown man right here!
Please compare the T4*0 and the T4*5 seires (Intel vs AMD internals)
I went from a mid 2012 macbook pro retina to a Lenovo Y540 i7-9750h, 1TB SSD, RTX 2060. I replaced the 16GB ram with 2 x 32GB Samsung Dimm modules! Total 1760 Euro. Imagine the price for the same specced Apple alternative...The only "downside" FULL HD. Wished that Lenovo made 3:2 screens like Microsoft Surface or Huawei...
I see the word ThinkPad and Lisa and I click like. Just irresistible.
And don't forget the X1 Yoga 4th gen! Now that it's finally out, SO excited for you to review it! Been waiting for that since it was announced!
Great review as always. When a Carbon 7th review is coming? and comparison with T490s? thanks.
This was an AWESOME review, as always! Love it! Weird that they're soldering all their RAM lately! Kind of a bummer!
Sorry to be offtopic but does any of you know a method to get back into an instagram account?
I was stupid lost the login password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me.
@Luka Elliot instablaster ;)
@Felipe Jorge Thanks for your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im in the hacking process now.
Takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
@Felipe Jorge WTF IT REALLY WORKED :O I literally hacked my ig account after roughly 45 minutes of using the site.
Had to pay 15 $ but for sure worth the money =)
Thank you so much you really help me out!
@Luka Elliot No problem :D
It's surprising for me, since I bought a T480s and I could modify it with 24GB of RAM, added dGPU MX150 and a WQHD display... indeed it was expensive, but now with this t490s I see they went a little back and couldn't feel more happy with my previous purchase.
Are you happy with T480s as i would like to purchase it
@@kibkibvet2010 I am happy c:
@@pinto339 wow 2 years 🤣👍
I don't mind this one. The one I'm upset about is the T490. Taking away removable batteries just to make it thinner is a shitty tradeoff, especially when they already have this.
Croft
And soldered RAM?
@@IamDoogy Yeah, at least they didn't solder all of it, but agreed, anything that reduces expandability and repairability is silly in a mainstream laptop that isn't built to be super small.
I am very much looking forward to your reviews on the P53, X1 Extreme Gen 2 and naturally the new 7590 XPS 15 from Dell. The only thing keeping me from Dell is the constant issues I'm hearing about regarding latency and them blaming the customer. ugh.
i am waiting p53😁
3:05 no full size SD reader on the T490 any more. only microSD now
Yeah, I don't get how this is useful. Those thing are very delicate and they don't swap around like full size SD cards. I never pull these out of a Gopro or my smart phone so I don't get the point.
Torrance Amie If the card does not stick out, it’s a cheap way to get some extras gigs of storage. Say, as a backup. Used this method back in the days of Surface Pro.
I hate that the power button is shiny. That looks doesn’t go along with the rest of the laptop. They need to go back to matte power buttons.
I’m looking forward to the X1 Carbon Gen 7 review.
Cool t-shirt!
Love your channel and videos.
Excellent review, thank you!
You gotta love Lisa, she's just so pleasant.
I see the Thinkpad T490s is only fitted with a Thunderbolt 2.5 port with 2 PCIe data lanes like its predecessor. In my opinion, this makes the X1 carbon 7th generation a better proposition, because its dual-port Thunderbolt 3 uses a chipset that needs 4 PCIe data lanes connected and using one of those TB3 ports with an eGPU becomes a viable option.
I still have the T440s, good machines. The only problem I've had is the Wifi, it tends to drop connection in combination with my phone
We're almost there. Patiently waiting for a review of the T590, cause I need numpad.
At around the 3:15 mark I heard you say that touchscreen is not available on the T490s. Lenovo's specs seem to indicate that it is indeed touchscreen. Am I misreading? Thanks for the great review.
Exactly what i was thinking
Will you do T495 and T495s?
👍
Sean Robinson JR it‘s basically the same, besides the AMD parts
I'd love to see that as a compare and contrast. As a casual gamer, was naively hoping that the Vega cores could actually do some games at 1080. My T460S is abysmal at anything other than solitaire.....
Got it today... perfect stuff
is it good for programming ? how much ?
It's still in the premium range, bezels look a little bit odd for the price and 2019.
Hi Lisa, love you videos!
I think there is another interesting comparison between the T490s and the p43s of Lenovo. It seems like they have the same specs, except T490s has a slightly bigger battery, but p43s has a better PGU. But the most surprising thing is that p43s is 300USD CHEAPER!
I think the less talked about Lenovo Thinkbook might have swappable ram Please do a review on that one !!
Pity about the soldered on RAM. I always liked the S series but not being able to upgrade the RAM makes me think twice
no RJ-45? that sucks...
RJ-45? Is that the antenna connector for a black and white TV?
Yep I agree. 1GB LAN connection is faster than any Wi-Fi connection right now. I remember using laptops before integrated LAN become standard and recall the broken dongle hell of PCMCIA cards of the late 90's with Xircom cards until they created the their "RealPort" range of cards.
@@benscalp Amateur users do not understand the needs of professionals
@@jeeefthegreat7555 Amateur users do not understand the needs of professionals
@@jeeefthegreat7555 It’s hard to explain to you with your wisdom. future boy.
Excellent review 👍👍👍
Finally, a perfect laptop. At least until the next X1C available to buy.
8-9 hrs. on 57wh? if they somehow manage to squeeze in a 74wh a la aero, this could have been legit all-day.
I have this laptop and I get about 14hrs of battery life when surfing web, taking notes and viewing PDFs in the Battery-Saving-Mode in Windows 10.
@@danielgostner2147 I've found the windows 10 battery saver mode to be super impressive. I currently still use a 7 year old Acer Travelmate (low end crappy "business grade laptop" but still built very solid compared to consumer models. The screen is trash though) with the original 66Wh battery. When it was new it got around 8-9 hours of battery life (Windows 8 power saver mode, light work). Now fast forward to today: With the battery being 7 years old, I was only getting max 2.5 hours out of windows 8 power saver. Recently, I installed windows 10 and now I am consistently getting 5 hours each day, sometimes even 6 with the new windows 10 battery saver mode (light work, taking notes, web browsing, wifi on, half screen brightness etc .). Even better, I found the windows 10 battery saver mode to feel noticeably faster than the windows 8 power save mode!
Plus, this is all on the original 7 year old battery that was quite heavily used each day. Super stoked about it :P
I have a t480s. The fan outlet on the right side is unbearable for right hand mouse users. I am a bit disappointed they have not changed that.
So that's the lenovo ......
Never gets old 😊❤
Why there are other reviews of laptops? These are close to perfect.
Soldered memory is not a good thing. I have thinkpad x280 with 8gigs of ram and its simply not enough for me...
Why did you buy it then lmao
@@davidkoh007exactly 😂😂
love it, love it, love it!
What a cool t-shirt !
It's time to revamp ThinkPad. May be its not easy but it's necessary.
Said no one ever
When I hear you say “Rj45”♥️
Pls review the AMD versions T495S, T495 and X395
Thanks! Review the t495 please!
Great that the review leads with key travel. Does anyone know where to find actual numbers on key travel/depth for T490 vs. T490s vs. X1C?
I just got my T490s a few days ago. Amazing laptop so far, however I must admit, because it's so light, it feels fragile.The battery life isn't anywhere near as long as Lenovo advertises it to be.
Im thinking of getting the T490s or the base 2020 macbook 13. Which one do I get?
@@dwighthoward54321 It depends on what you need. i had a macbook pro , it was very good when it worked, never had so many things to go wrong with one laptop. especially i still have the 2011 macbook 17 inch and it is still working on the original battery without a single failure. the 2016 macbook pro, New display, had flickering problem, new motherboard due to USBC port not holding the cable in. keyboard you know the issues with that. thank god it was still under EU warranty , otherwise the repair would have cost me 1000 Euros lol. fyi i take care of my laptops, never take them around , only used in the house. kept clean and handled gently . now i use a cheap lenovo 330s for 2 years not a single issue. yes vrap screen, poor battery because this one has 30 Wh lol fan is laud . but it works :). your experience may be different. now looking for a Thinkpad.
Waiting for your p53 review when it launches. I am going back to school to do Master's in Computer Science, and I want to know your opinion before deciding :)
I Will Stick with my t480s
Hi Lisa.... will it be possible to do a follow up review of this year's T14 and T14s for both the AMD and Intel versions?
If possible also, a smack down comparison between all 4 models.
Thanks :)
Will there be a review for the T495 with AMD Ryzen 5?
Would be very interested in this one 🙈
I wonder, whether the saving of about 300€ compared to the i7 with 16gb ram and 512GB SSD will be worth the less powerful Ryzen 5 with 16gb 512ssd 🧐
The T490s does offer a touch screen option.
Why are the newer ones getting worse?
When are you going to review the HP Spectre x360 with OLED screen? I believe it is already in HP website couple of weeks ago. I see nobody made a review on hand yet since it was unveiled on 2019 CES.
I have t450s and bazels are almost exactly the same. Too much bazel for 2019
If you're looking to purchase this device in the US/CA and have any type of inquiry, feel free to reach out to me at: rcolby@lenovo.com to make sure you get the right device for your needs, or any device from Lenovo. :)
love your shirt
Would love to see a review in the new Lenovo idea l340 gaming they just came out with. Thinking about grabbing one next month. But can’t find much reviews with it being so new
Why are they soldering in RAM?
If you add 16GB RAM in other port, is it a total of 32GB? It seems like it may be a different type of memory. I think their website calls the extra RAM slot, “selectable” memory.
Nice Video!
Would it be possible to do a review for the E490 ( budget laptop) ?
Yes its lighter, my dream laptop!
Wondering if I should get the T490S or X1 Carbon 7th gen...
from what i've gathered the x1 carbon weighs a a bit less (about 100g iirc) and that's basically it, besides the more expensive display options which imo aren't usually worth it (i think that money would be better spent buying a full sized monitor for home or office use).
Btw, 7th gen has much better speakers at the cost of a slightly smaller battery. It also has the new intel cpus, but i've heard several reviewers state the difference is negligible this generation, so if you don't care about audio(e.g. you always use headphones), you might be better off doing what I did, i.e. buy a discounted 6th gen X1c instead.
T490s is better because it heats less...
I would love to see that low power display used in the X1 Extreme Gen 2.
Hi, Lisa. As always - great review. Kindly advise is it possible to make upgrade of T490S from 256GB to 2TB hard disk. I have a nice version with 400 nits panel, but need bigger storage capacity. Thanks in advance for the answer!
i know you can on a 480s im almost positive youll be able to switch out the m.2 ssd for one of any size you like
I think every laptop you review, you should test the game Warframe. Its free on steam and has a massive following.
Hey! Could you do a review on the newer T495s?
What's the difference between t490s and e490s
Lisa! Can you review the new Helios 300!
Great videos ! Can I make a request for review of Thinkpad E495 , E595 ? Also im considering Dell Precision 4340 . Thanks in advance.
When will you get your hands on an X1 Yoga 4th Gen? I rely on your reviews! Thanks.
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Really expensive here in Canada about $CDN 2400
Lenovo, make the non S models without soldered ram, with a switchable battery (no bridge shit, with 3 different battery size options), option for 2 ssds, with a sd card reader, usb c for charging and a light charger. The t460 and t470 are almost perfect, just the bridge battery plus not being able to use two ssds sucks. I could do that with a x230. And make the back cover easily removable like it the s models and without clips that can get broken.
Hey Lisa! XPS 15 OLED is finally out and I heard it has active pen support (AES), could you test it when you review it? Thank you very much :)
Lisa, will you be reviewing the new Dell XPS 15 7590? I'm particularly interested to see if it still has thermal throttling issues.
XPS systems usually have heat throttling issues, but usually when using high rescource-demanding applications for a while. i7 throttles more often than i5 for obvious reasons.
Hello, thanks for sharing 🙂👍
Hi. I heard the battery from the box is very poor. It's dead after 1 year of use.
Want to know that the RAM is single or dual channel ?
Bought HP Elitebook 840 G6
thank you lisa please review lenovo legion y740 if lenovo can provide you one. They're so lazy usually ☹️ Thank you 😊🙏
Did you experience the high latency problem with the low-power screen?
soldered RAM wtf!
They have another slot to add ram
@@curiousgeorge6921 This is wrong. T490s has only soldered ram (the T480s was the last with one slot and one soldered), the T490 still has one slot, but not the T490s.
lisa can i get your opinion on the NEW HELIOS 300 2019 (15inch)🙏 although is has no sd card reader is it still good for editing premier and games?
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Nah......I think I've found my niche....the T450 / T460 / T470 / T480 series is thin, light, fast, fundtional and powerful enough for me. I don't want laptops that are so thin and light that they become useless and have to be treated like porcelain glass dishes from the 1800's.....at some point these manufacturers have GOT to know where to "draw the line"!......LoL!
Does the T490 have better spill protection over the s series or carbons?
Looking for thin laptop for my college kids....i'm thinking I5, 16GB RAM....490S or X1 Carbon? Is X1 Carbon worth the extra money or stick with 490S? (also open to other recommendations)
How come you don't review AMD versions of these laptops? Are they so much alike that it's not worth the extra effort? Do you prefer or believe users prefer Intel? You review the E490 but not the E495. This review is for the T490s but I'm more interested in the T495s. I've decided after what I've read about Intel's business practices, their security problems, and how well AMD has been doing compared to Intel that AMD, not Intel, is what I should use. I don't want an insecure, outdated chip from an unethical company in any computer I even think of buying.
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Got a notification on my computer that says: CAN'T SET UP MOBILE HOTSPOT BECAUSE YOUR PC DOESN'T HAVE AN ETHERNET, WIFI, OR CELLULAR DATA CONNECTION.
What does this mean!??
Please review Thinkbook 13s
I have a Dell Precison 7510 wit the folowing, is it worth trading it on this one??
Processor i7-6820HQ CPU @ 2.70GHz, 2701 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
, (RAM) 32,0 GB
, 256 GB solid state drive, Grpaphic card NVIDIA Quadro®M1000M with 4 GB GDDR5
I am in the market for a new laptop over the next few months. I recently bought a Lenovo X1 but the colors were washed out (had a resolution of 1920 x 1080 anti-glare). Additionally track pad was very small and made scrolling difficult along with thinner keyboard that made typing less comfortable.
I was looking at the specs for both they seem pretty equivalent if I go with 16GB ram and 500gb ssHD and i7 processor. It appears that main difference is that the t490s has less ports, is thinner, and weighs less. Otherwise performance is comparable. However can anyone comment if colors are washed out or to circumvent this, would I need to upgrade to the higher grade display 2560x1440? My only gripe is that it is glossy. Anyway to circumvent this or should I be looking at a different machine?
How reliable is hinges of T490 vs X1 Carbon?
Which thinkpad has the best keyboard?