Lenovo ThinkPad T400 2767 - Core 2 Duo T9400 / 2.53 GHz - Centrino 2 with vPro - RAM 2 GB - HDD...
 List Price: $1,831.95 |
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Customer Reviews
After over a year of ownershipI own this laptop with the LED backlit cloak. I purchased my laptop directly from Lenovo March 2009 and installed Win7 almost a month after purchasing.
What's common about win7 on laptops is the lack of battery life. It's miserable. On Vista I had nearly 12hours of uninterrupted use with the extended battery, while on win7 i'm lucky to get 3.5 hours on a dimmed cull. That's Microsoft's fault, not Lenovo's. So I'm going to say it's got EXCELLENT battery life with the supplied Vista operating system.
Now I've owned 3 thinkpads last to this and I have to say the quality has gone down considerably since the IBM days. The keyboard is mushy, so are the wrist pads and all-embracing construction is inferior to how it used to be. Deflation and poor manufacturing don't end there, last week my fan seized to effort. It had rattled for a couple months before it seized so I knew at some point it would away, but I don't think a year is good enough for a thinkpad. It commands a price and should live up to it.
As far as reliability issues go, that's about it. In a only slightly over a year I spent $60 in fan, and $10 in screws on maintenance which is a bit tasteless for me. I was hoping for at least 3 years before any maintenance was required. If I had sent the laptop in, there would be shipping and handling, overdrawn parts price, and labor which would probably cost even more.
For the good, it's a representative Lenovo generation thinkpad. Construction is still noticeably more robust than the competition and has the classic look. Hinges are balanced and beefy looking, integrated periphrals are well placed and has the "think starlight" embedded into the top of the monitor which is surprisingly usable, however doesn't replace illuminated keys. And in this day and age, I don't over it's too much to ask for illuminated keys on such an overpriced computer (bang per buck is low) but I suppose this is the severity they are going for.
I could go on and on about it's shortcomings, but that's with any product I've ever bought. Overall, I think this is a genuinely beneficial product from Lenovo, only if you can get it on a bargain.
