1) I guess it voids your *whole* warranty (but i'm not an expert)
2) the reason why I didn't want that "touch" was because I wanted anti-glare, not a super reflective screen. With the reports around the web so far, you've got a *much* bigger chance of getting the AUO. I'm not even sure I've seen reports of bad touch-version screens. But again, it's highly reflective
3) that's what I was thinking about as well, but ther I wasn't sure if the connectors were compatible for HD+ and FHD displays.
So if you haven't read the whole thread: I've had my first unit with this horrible LG display, I've had the whole laptop replaced, I've received another unit with the same display, despite the sales rep telling me he's done everything he could to make things right (and I didn't mind waiting for the available stock of good lcd panels). BTW, the sales rep was very professional, so I really don't think they have any control over it.
I was tempted to replace the screen myself, but then I thought - what for? Why do I want this laptop so much?
I loved the keyboard, the trackpoint, the strict looks...
BUT: the keyboard
1) it hasFn/Ctrl messed up
2) for some reason F1/F2.. buttons need to be accessed via Fn combo, so you basically have to be using Fn-Lock all the time
3) Home/End/PgUp/PgDown are all badly placed
4) PrintScreen is where the menu button should be
5) if you kick back in your chair, you basically see al the led lights under the keys, not the keys themselves. It's totally unlike the lighting on the X1.
And with all that Right-Shift is *the largest* key on the keyboard. How often do people use the right shilft.
So basically I had to swap Fn/Ctrl in the BIOS and remap all other keys using software.
BUT: the looks and construction
1) the body is all mate, but if your hands are a little sweaty or, god forbid, greasy, not like from chiken wings, but more like from wiping your forehead, it's all gonna end up well visible on the laptop.
2) the original unit was almost fine, but had a piece of cable sticking from beneath the bottom of the screen bezel (this glued bezel). The replacement was built well, but had somewhat lose hinges, not really something to brag about, but just to bring the whole picture in view.
BUT: the trackpoint
1) it's a rare, but a very convenient feat on laptops. When it has dedicated keys for left/right click. Not the case with this new lenovo trackpad - it doesn't have any physical keys now. When using the trackpoint, you have to rely on the trackpad to register clicks in the upper swath of this trackpad. But my original T440s only registered clicks when they were more towards the central portion and wouldn't register clicks towards corners (the most common scenario when using the trackpoint), the replacement unit was better at it though.
BUT: the trackpad
1) I guess it should be possible to configure it to do 2 finger scrolling without scrolling down a 1000 pages if I move fingers a bit too fast, but it should have been configured that way in the first place.
2) If you configure the trackpad to work more or less fine for you, you'll probably get a frustrating experiance using the mouse. You have to choose, either you'll be comfortable with the mouse or the trackpad (because of speed of the cursor)
BUT: heat and noise
1) my first unit was good, bt the replacement had fan running at all times, and if it was at a moderate load (google hangouts) it went hot to the point where I was worried if that was safe for it to run. Definitely not comfortable (i5-4300U).
On top of that:
Mark_Lenovo - the local mod - wouldn't answer to PMs from users in this thread. He had been doing this at first, but the he just disappeared.
So after all those thoughts, I decided that I'll probably wait for the next call from lenovo, if they're going to make things right again and bring back the fame of IBM's thinkpad series. But thus far, I've already found a replacement: Delll E7440.. It looks a bit ugly, compared to T440s, BUT: it has a proper IPS screen, you can access all it's internals by unscrewing 2 screwes (unlike the T440s). And it also has a trackpoint and dedicated trackpoint/trackpad physical right/left mouse buttons.
so the choice is up to you.
I hope some day I'd be a proud owner of a T450s or a t460s some day.
