T430 Owner's Thread

[timesquaredesi]

if it makes any difference, the screen on the t430s is an AUO and the screen on the T420s is a LEN.

the device ID tells you the mfr that made it so they ARE sourced from different companies.

[Kaso]

How do you know they source from different manufacturers?

LG, AUO, Samsung... It's been like this over a few generations now. Check it out for yourself (with, say, HWiNFO64) and compare notes.

[bradyboyy88]

Oh well I stand corrected then!!

[pchome]

i got one of these in for work today and i hate the screen! you cant get a proper setting (tilting it i mean) in which you can see all the colors properly....... i got the HD+, 1600x900......... =|

you guys are gonna dislike the screen. im predicting it. the corners are dark and you have to view the screen DEAD ON to get it to look almost right......... =/

What one should do then. Each f... machine has a piece of sh.. to make one frustrated enough. This complicates the situation now and make it very difficult whether to keep this one after your comments but I will wait to see by myself.

[timesquaredesi]

yeah, sorry if i scared off some of the folks that bought the machine. im simply sharing my experience. who knows - you may love it once you recieve it. the machine i got is for work so i really dont care too much about it haha

when you get it, sitting directly in front of the machine, i think you will find it difficult (as i did) to get the screen to a perfect viewing angle. be sure to try different color backgrounds though because when i had a lighter background, the problem was less noticeable. but let your own eyes (and not me) tell you that

[pchome]

yeah, sorry if i scared off some of the folks that bought the machine. im simply sharing my experience. who knows - you may love it once you recieve it. the machine i got is for work so i really dont care too much about it haha

Wish I were able to adapt quickly to Mac OS and keyboard. This could make it an easy decision.

[timesquaredesi]

haha - i have been watching that machine very closely.... a lot of people are saying that because the screen is so hi-res, nothing has been made to adopt to it yet so many things seem blurry or not very sharp....

i personally have an hp dv7t that's about 4 years old and was considering switching up to the new retina macbook pro but i will not because of what i just mentioned.

have you considered HP at all? the dv7t's look amazing! they're more consumer-oriented though and not corporate-oriented like these lenovos...

i have never owned a mac in my life but after seeing a friend of mine's macbook pro 17", i fell in love. the quality of that display is incredible. i cannot imagine how good the new ones look like... i might stop by the apple store on my way home tonight for a sneak peak

[pchome]

i have never owned a mac in my life but after seeing a friend of mine's macbook pro 17", i fell in love. the quality of that display is incredible. i cannot imagine how good the new ones look like... i might stop by the apple store on my way home tonight for a sneak peak

Well, my problem with it and you may find this laughable is I cannot adapt to the OS and particularly Microsoft Office for Mac and the differences in the keyboard keys. If I can just adapt that, I am willing to pay for it though it wil brwak the bank.

[Rezabrya]

I am wondering how the HD+ display in the T430 will compare to my current HD+ display in my T510?

[timesquaredesi]

Well, my problem with it and you may find this laughable is I cannot adapt to the OS and particularly Microsoft Office for Mac and the differences in the keyboard keys. If I can just adapt that, I am willing to pay for it though it wil brwak the bank.

your concern is definitely NOT laughable because I have been thinking about the same if i had made the switch... i am so used to so many shortcuts in windows that making the switch would definitely take some getting used to but, knowing me, i would be frustrated as of day 1...

i just took a look at the new retina macbook at the apple store and the screen is absolutely incredible. what i dislike though is that mac OS windows (like safari for example) dont open full screen like windows.... i know you can adjust them after they're open but this is a pain to do considering the number of apps i usually have running......

the pictures on websites are definitely a little blurry on the new retina screen but the text is incredibly sharp. i zoomed into cnn.com so much that i only saw like 5 letters on my screen and there was no sign of pixelation....... very nice, apple.

another thing -- i shut down the retina MBP... then i powered it up... and no kidding, i think my 4-year old HP with an SSD drive boots faster... im at 20 seconds with my HP, and i really feel that the mac took longer than that - maybe 25 seconds........ still fast but i was expecting to be blown away....

that was for the entry level machine - $2199... i think the higher end machine (the one that costs you your first born) would be much quicker to boot because of the higher speed but, more importantly, the 8mb cache as opposed to 6mb in the base model.... im definitely not spending $3k+ to find out though.