Wish I’d gotten a faster laptop. Also, it would be nice if the mail package didn’t arrive sitting outside the door with the word thinkpad Waiting for anyone to take it. The delivery didn’t bother to even ring the door bell or knock!
I selected this model to use at work with a large monitor and keyboard and a dock and also use at home and travel. I wanted a workhorse that is reliable and easily repaired. This is perfect.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Response from lenovo.comBy Brittany_Lenovo, Customer Care, August 29, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to leave your comments and concerns in our Ratings & Reviews section! Lenovo takes our customer’s feedback very seriously. Comments from our customers help us to continually evaluate our current products and services, and if necessary, change to better accommodate your needs. We are happy to hear that you are enjoying your ThinkPad T490. We want our customers to have a superior experience with our products. We appreciate your feedback!
Absolutely love the laptop. Sometimes the screen flickers, will address this with support if it continues. Otherwise PERFECT for computational biology :)
I use a Lenovo Thinkpad P50 at work for engineering applications and based on that I purchased the Thinkpad T490 for home. The T490 has been excellent so far, although I've just had it for over a month. The quick boot-up is very impressive (just a matter of a few seconds). It's also very quiet so some of the reviews that mentioned some noise do not seem to be an issue for me. The heat from the fan out the right side is also Ok. I like the 14"size for my use and I'm glad I didn't go with a larger size. Fast charging is good and all of the connectivity is appreciated. I might get a docking station of some sort, or may just run a monitor from the ports (not set up yet). I actually like the Lenovo baseline peripheral software that came pre-installed (for example, the battery saver software).