[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I got the i5 with 16 GB of memory, and a 500 GB SSD drive. It's fast enough for my general use, lightweight, and the screen is excellent. I like the keyboard feel, sligtly "clicky." Battery life appears to be about as good as advertised, which is Great. I like how easy it is to update drivers and firmware from the Lenovo website.
(My previous Thinkpad was an old E420 so this is quite a step up. I've probably had six diff Thinkpads, including those issued by employers over the years.) Sometimes I wish it had the fingerprint login, but not a big deal.
Overall it's an excellent machine and the only two annoyances that come to mind are that the surface of the case shows greasy fingerprints that a less porous surface might not. And, you always have to use two hands to open it as the hinge is rather stiff. Maybe this will improve with use. I would recommend this to a friend.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Outside the minor changes that I have to get used to (for example, this laptop doesn't have F1-F12 buttons which I tend to use often) T490 laptop seems to be a great substitution to my older T430 model. It is quite powerful - I even can do some computations on it when I need something relatively doable on one machine and no ready connection to the cluster and still it is slimmer than T430 model. I didn't test it's battery well, since I didn't have to travel, but it seems to be clearly superior to the old model (as I hear it is sort of average in comparison to other available models). Generally, I find it a great cost-benefit offer and if I needed another such laptop I would definitely put this model as a clear favorite for a repurchase.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] t490 is very strong and lightweight with great performance!
Response from lenovo.comBy Adrian_Lenovo, Customer Service, January 7, 2021
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