ThinkPad X1, X230, X230t, T430, T430s, T530, W530, L430, L530 Official

[bdoviack]

Theoretically USB 3.0 has 5 Gbit/s, so it should be able to drive a 1 Gbit/s ethernet connection. What this means in reality ... who knows.

Agree that the only way we will see the true performance (or lack of it) in the USB adapter would be with some throughput benchmarks.

What I really don't like about the USB solution is that it almost definitely will be slower than a native Ethernet connection due to converting the signals from USB to Ethernet packets (and then back again for the round trip). Don't think this would be a big deal for simple file transfers but for things that are latency sensitive (voice and video) it could be a factor.

[rdtmk]

Any word on what dedicated GPUs will be available in the T series?

[Munna2002]

Can someone pretty please put up a comparison table with all of these laptops' specs?

My mind has been blown and unfortunately funked, juggling numbers among X1C, T430u, T430s, T430, T230, T230t, and god knows what else. I am definitely keen on whether X1C has an IPS and dedicated graphics options, whether T230/T230t can do 1600x900 possibly with IPS and a dedicated graphics option, and whether T430/T430s/T430u can do 1600x900 with IPS. So many questions still remain.....

[XX55XX]

Any word on what dedicated GPUs will be available in the T series?

NVS 5200M, I believe? 28nm shrink of Fermi, with 96 shader cores. 64-bit memory bus (why?).

[XX55XX]

Can someone pretty please put up a comparison table with all of these laptops' specs?

My mind has been blown and unfortunately funked, juggling numbers among X1C, T430u, T430s, T430, T230, T230t, and god knows what else. I am definitely keen on whether X1C has an IPS options, whether T230/T230t can do 1600x900 possibly with IPS, and whether T430/T430s/T430u can do 1600x900 with IPS. So many questions still remain.....

1600x900 is too much for a 12.5-inch screen. T series has never had the IPS option, but we'll see.

[Thors.Hammer]

1600x900 is too much for a 12.5-inch screen. T series has never had the IPS option, but we'll see.

I have had several 15" Flexview IPS T60p's that would refute that.

[s1148625]

1600x900 is too much for a 12.5-inch screen. T series has never had the IPS option, but we'll see.

I think it will be beautiful in the 12.5 in form factor, and everything I've read so far indicates that it will be an option for the X230.

[XX55XX]

I have had several 15" Flexview IPS T60p's that would refute that.

Fair enough. I stand corrected.

I think it will be beautiful in the 12.5 in form factor, and everything I've read so far indicates that it will be an option for the X230.

Depends, but everything on the screen might be too small...

[Kaso]

1600x900 is too much for a 12.5-inch screen.

everything on the screen might be too small...

It's only "too much" if the software is not smart enough to know how to handle it properly. The way Windows handles screen resolution and font rendering is a disgrace. They'd better fix that in Windows 8.

Is 2048x1536 too much for a 9.7-inch screen? The same page with the same words and lines and paragraphs, in the same font sizes, look absolutely stunning and natural on the new iPad. The "too small" problem simply does not exist.

[Nrbelex]

It's only "too much" if the software is not smart enough to know how to handle it properly. The way Windows handles screen resolution and font rendering is a disgrace. They'd better fix that in Windows 8.

Is 2048x1536 too much for a 9.7-inch screen? The same page with the same words and lines and paragraphs, in the same font sizes, look absolutely stunning and natural on the new iPad. The "fonts too small" problem does not exist.

Read all about Windows 8 scaling here. There's a lot of good news, but it seems to apply mostly to Metro.