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Re: T420 Discontinued?!

Hi,

 

So I had gotten my credit card ready and very excitedly sat down to order a T420.


But it's not there! It's not there on the lenovo.com/CA/EN, nor is it there on lenovo.com ... why!?

 

Have they discontinued it? Why! I hate the chiclet keyboard on the T430 :(

 

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Re: T420 Discontinued?!

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Yes, the new 30 series are much better, I have two. The new island keyboard is excellent and still feels the same as the old style keyboards.

The machine is also much better than the 20 series.
ThinkPad T420s (4174-HG6) i5-2540M 8GB RAM, 320GB HDD
ThinkPad T430s (2356-GDG) i5-3320M, 8GB RAM, 500GB HDD x 2
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Re: T420 Discontinued?!

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Yes, the new 30 series are much better, I have two. The new island keyboard is excellent and still feels the same as the old style keyboards.

The machine is also much better than the 20 series.
ThinkPad T420s (4174-HG6) i5-2540M 8GB RAM, 320GB HDD
ThinkPad T430s (2356-GDG) i5-3320M, 8GB RAM, 500GB HDD x 2
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Re: T420 Discontinued?!

Which SSD will fit in the T430? SATA III 2.5"?
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Both the T420 and T430 uses the same hdd format. So yes SATAIII 2.5 inch will work.
Regards,

Jin Li

May this year, be the year of 'DO'!

I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft
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Re: T420 Discontinued?!

Is the keyboard *that* bad as the reviews make it, or is it just because people are used to the older keys? I also for one feel that chiclet keys spoil the professional look. But looks apart, how good/ bad is it?
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sometimes people can get hysterical over minor things... from my personal uses, the new keyboard isn't that bad. But it does take some use to if you uses the F1-F12 keys a lot.
Regards,

Jin Li

May this year, be the year of 'DO'!

I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft
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Re: T420 Discontinued?!

The T430 uses 7mm SATA 2.5" hard drives. A 9.5mm will not fit. The T420 supports both 7mm and 9.5mm 2.5" hard drives depending on the rubber brackets included. They are now moving towards 7mm hdds.

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Re: T420 Discontinued?!

Or, you can go to the outlet at outlet.lenovo.com

It can be a bit shady though. But, you might find really good deals. The downside is that it only offers 1 year warranty and other services are lost too.

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I think you can purchase upgraded warranty on outlet machines.

P1 Gen 2 i7-9850H, T2000, UHD OLED Touch, 64GB RAM, 1TB SSD, W10 Pro | X1 Carbon 3rd Gen Type 20BT i7-5500U, 2560x1440 (non-touch), 8GB RAM, 512 SSD, W10 Pro, Intel 7625 WiFi, BT 4.0 | ThinkVision P24q-10 monitor

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Re: T420 Discontinued?!

yes i read the specification the T430 uses 7 mm. Not sure the design reason for moving to this drive thickness, when the T430 doesn't lack space to accommodate the larger drives.

The 7 mm thick drive will fit the ThinkPad T420 just fine with the 9.5 mm drive bracket and rubber rail.
Regards,

Jin Li

May this year, be the year of 'DO'!

I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft
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