ThinkPad T431s User Guide & Pictures [ Edited ]

[ibmthink]

See: http://servicekb.lenovo.com.cn/KnowledgeResources/2013-01-15/092998/ThinkPad%20431s用户指南V1.0.pdf For all infos and pictures. Announcement will be maybe around March timeframe.

Pictures:

[A1X]

No trackpoint buttons under the spacebar key?!

[ibmthink]

It uses the same 5-button clickpad as the ThinkPad Helix. The Trackpoint buttons are in the Touchpad, which is clickable at bottom (the 2 normal TouchPad buttons) and at top (the three Trackpoint buttons).

[Puppy]

There is a mistake in the user guide, the correct name is ThinkPad Edge T431s

[ibmthink]

Well, the name seems to be correct

It also lacks the silver trim of the Edge series, and it comes with a dock port, which is not found in the Edge serie. So I doubt that it is an Edge.

[bemymonkey]

Dear Lenovo staff,

if the features on this abomination make it into the main Thinkpad T/X/W series lines, I will be among the first of the many many many people to jump ship... you're making even Apple look good here.

And here I was hoping we'd see a return to proper keyboard layouts, better cooling systems, longer battery life and a few display upgrades...

[manifestatio]

T431s:

Link to picture

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[m3taldog]

If there's anything I can confirm, it's the fact that T431s really belongs to the ThinkPad Classic family and not the Edge one. 

Cheers.

[veechee]

Does anyone know when this computer is due to be released?  Will it be soon or not until Intel Haswell ships (rumoured to be June 2013)?

I make extensive use of docks in our company and I am really interested in this computer to get users into Ultrabook-ish dimensions while maintaining "classic" dock compatabiltiy and a physical Ethernet port.

[ibmthink]

It will be announced in March, and released in April.

No, it won´t feature Haswell, since Haswell won´t arrive before the 2. half of the year, but there will be an T440s with Haswell later in the year.