- Jun 18, 2012
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Lenovo's lost my custom for good with this one. notebookcheck.net's review of the T460p was much too forgiving, given what the *p -series are supposed to mean.
The T460p casing is basically a slightly thicker T460. They put in CPUs rated for 45W TDP, but locked them at 35W. This means huge performance losses compared to other units that don't throttle their CPUs' TDPs. As a result, people buying these will get less performance than they expect. And even with the throttling, this thing still gets blazing hot, reaching well over 90*C at the processor thermal sensor.
I could have forgiven the weird keyboard layout and switch from normal to scissor keys, since by the last generation they seem to have hammered out decent travel. But this...between the artificially limited performance, deliberately subpar casing and cooling, and comparative flimsiness of the case compared to, oh, my almost 9 year old T500...Lenovo's on my s***-list.
That guy who was making concept art for a Classic-series Thinkpad better come through...as for me? My next machine is going to be an Asus, or better.
The T460p casing is basically a slightly thicker T460. They put in CPUs rated for 45W TDP, but locked them at 35W. This means huge performance losses compared to other units that don't throttle their CPUs' TDPs. As a result, people buying these will get less performance than they expect. And even with the throttling, this thing still gets blazing hot, reaching well over 90*C at the processor thermal sensor.
I could have forgiven the weird keyboard layout and switch from normal to scissor keys, since by the last generation they seem to have hammered out decent travel. But this...between the artificially limited performance, deliberately subpar casing and cooling, and comparative flimsiness of the case compared to, oh, my almost 9 year old T500...Lenovo's on my s***-list.
That guy who was making concept art for a Classic-series Thinkpad better come through...as for me? My next machine is going to be an Asus, or better.