T430s owners'/would-be owners' thread.

[wditters]

About the keyboard, I am actually starting to like it ... one of the things that i aprreciate over the classic keyboard is the fact that during meetings, typing makes less noise and as such is less obtrusive :-)

[mirkot]

After some additional testing, I found 30 to be just perfect.

Gamma and saturation are the only things you need to mess with to improve the image on the display.

On my machine bringing up saturation removes details in red colors pretty quickly. If I set it to 30 then little red window close [x] button starts glowing in the dark.

Find some picture with lots of details in reds (like raspberries) and tune it from there.

Effect probably depends on the screen type you have.

[XX55XX]

Damn, 30 looks good. It makes me not need the screen quite as bright to look good. Do you have it on .7 or .8 gamma?

0.7 gamma.

[XX55XX]

Under some further testing, I discovered that I can run the two batteries in the T430s an upwards of 6 hours under moderately light usage.

[computerwiz908]

Under some further testing, I discovered that I can run the two batteries in the T430s an upwards of 6 hours under moderately light usage.

You're giving me hope! :-P I'm getting mine tonight, so I'll do some battery testing.

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[XX55XX]

Nevermind...

[Ole man]

I found much better results with the screen by individually adjusting red, blue, and green. Occasionally the screen randomly gets brighter and darker when windows open and minimize or things like that. It's pretty annoying actually, but maybe I need to make sure my drivers are all in order.

[cantthinkpad]

anybody have the ability to compare the E430 screen (which is 1366 x 768 res) with the T430/s 1600 x 900 screen??



Asking because I can look at the E430 screen locally at a retail store, but no way to look at a T430s. I really prefer matte screens, especially my T60 WS, but I must say the E430 screen was really bugging me after about 10 minutes of giving it a try, no way could live with it, not near as good as my T60 WS.

Leaning toward W530 now, unless I can find some evidence that the T430s display is much better than E430. But have a hard time predicting how important Thunderbolt port will be (missing on W530)

Really wish the T-series could be seen at at least at one retail store per major city.

[wditters]

But have a hard time predicting how important Thunderbolt port will be (missing on W530)
.

I think it depends on a number of factors:

How long do you expect to use a new computer before upgrading again?
What type of peripherals do you intend to use in the near future?
Do you currently use Apple computers?

Fact: Thunderbolt has higher bandwith
Fact: Thunderbolt supports more protocols and therefore more types of peripheral
Fact: USB 3.0 is easier to implement and devices therefore are chaper.

But:

Fact: If you use external (SSD) drives, the difference will be marginal since you reach the maximum limit of the drive, not the interface. There are no drives yet that operate at higher speeds than any internal drive.
Fact: Apple now also started to integrate USB 3.0, so unless you expect to connect and daisy-chain multiple devices, Thunderbolt might end up as WBIC but not crucial.

[Thors.Hammer]

Add another fact. There are few if any Thunderbolt enclosures you can buy right now that don't already have an expensive and over priced drive in them.

I would like a 2.5" TB enclosure but they just aren't around.