The Upcoming ThinkPad X230, X230i, T430, T430i, T530, T530i and W530?

[Thors.Hammer]

Kinda obvious from what we know so far.. indeed only the S430

Sorry, I've been busy. How is this obvious? Did Lenovo announce something?

[WyrmHF]

Display port, in the form of mini-display port, I think will be available on the T430u Lenovo Thinkpad T430u ultrabook hands on preview at CES 2012 - YouTube mentioned at 2:10 in the video.

T430u looks like a really awesome machine for business people. I hope the screen (is it anti-glare 1600x900?) is as good as it appears on youtube.

Such laptops are the type of hardware Lenovo should be pushing to market ASAP. For people who go to conferences, meetings, travel a lot etc it may become a very interesting proposition, slick and convenient design at a reasonable price.

Now if only they could add a touchscreen to this beauty ...

[Mech0z]

Do T430u support mSATA?

[dp3000]

so far I'm still leaning to the S430

[WyrmHF]

Do T430u support mSATA?

There is an old (Jan 2012) article here that says the following:

The ThinkPad T430u will reportedly be 0.8-inches (21mm) thick and weigh 3.9 pounds (1.769kg), which is quite hefty considering its size. This 14-inch notebook will sport Ivy Bridge CPU options, optional SSD/HDD storage options and a 1366x768 resolution anti-glare display. The notebook will also have Nvidia discrete graphics options, which is certainly appreciated in an ultrathin notebook market.

Perhaps notably, the bottom casing of the notebook is user-removable without the need of screwdrivers. This is especially welcoming for users who need to upgrade or replace storage drives or RAM modules, as other Ultrabooks usually have soldered RAM and are often sealed off completely to the end user.

So it looks likely that it will support mSATA.

The screen resolution info is dubious though. I have big doubts that a 14" laptop will ship with 1366x768 resolution. It can't be that bad, can it?

If they do, I don't know what to think of it any more. Is it geek humor or what? Does Lenovo always try to manufacture the best laptop and then adds a single really, really big screw-up on top of that?

[k2001]

The bigger picture is whether or not it has an option for a higher resolution screen.

[WardoX]

I'm not really exited about the T430u Ultrabook if it will look like the one in the video from CES 2012.
The screen should be 1600x900 matte I've read, but the bezels?
You could fit 15 inch screen in it, ti looks really ugly. And the glossy surface around the keyboard(same as on the EDGE series 2011) makes me vomit.

But for example Asus Zenbook should have 1920x1080 IPS screens this year and other ultrabooks have thin screen bezels as well. So hopefully market mechanism will work and Lenovo will realize that this is the wrong way.
I bet that if you would take 20 random thinkpad users they would have designed better product.

[not.sure]

I think the first round of (true) ultrabooks(tm) will be marketed around the exterior design, CPU power, battery life and novelty factor.

Then they could focus on screens for the 2nd round. As it was linked above, it's already in the pipe. Apple will probably lead with that (c.f. retina stuff, ipd3) but once Win8 can scale to high resolution ultbraboks will follow.

Conveniently, significantly higher resolution needs more CPU/GPU power, thus requiring platform updates, and the circle of life can continue.

[Schmitty]

I think the first round of (true) ultrabooks(tm) will be marketed around the exterior design, CPU power, battery life and novelty factor.

Then they could focus on screens for the 2nd round. As it was linked above, it's already in the pipe. Apple will probably lead with that (c.f. retina stuff, ipd3) but once Win8 can scale to high resolution ultbraboks will follow.

Conveniently, significantly higher resolution needs more CPU/GPU power, thus requiring platform updates, and the circle of life can continue.

Well, Asus's ZenBook Primes both have IPS 1080P screens in 11.6 and 13.3" form-factors...pretty amazing! They will be available very soon and have already been released officially.

[Mech0z]

Well, Asus's ZenBook Primes both have IPS 1080P screens in 11.6 and 13.3" form-factors...pretty amazing! They will be available very soon and have already been released officially.

Those you low power model cpus and those are not yet available from what I know