Lenovo unveils redesigned, lighter weight ThinkPad

March 18, 2013

Lenovo is updating the design of its ThinkPad laptops to keep them up to date in a market where computers are getting thinner and lighter at a fast rate. The ThinkPad's external appearance isn't changing a great deal, but it is getting considerably thinner and lighter. The changes are exemplified in the new ThinkPad T431s, which will go on sale next month for US$949 in the U.S. and some other countries. T431s specs: lighter, thinner The T431s weighs 1.36 kilograms (3 pounds), or 24 percent less than the existing T430s, and it is 20.6 millimeters thick, or 21 percent thinner. It does away with the buttons around the touchpad and has a slightly thinner bezel around the display, and it comes in a lighter shade of black. With the buttons gone, users now click on areas of a slightly enlarged touchpad to make selections and execute commands. The new ThinkPad still has the little red tracker button in the keyboard, as well as the other main features in existing ThinkPads. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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