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Re:The MacBook keyboard fiasco is way worse than Apple thinks by eropple on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @11:14AM (#19554974)
FWIW, I wouldn't buy a T480s. The delta between it and the T480 isn't big and the T480 has a removable battery (and an internal battery so you can swap it without powering down or being on AC). I've had my T480 running on battery for north of 40 hours by swapping out batteries and I've also done some upgrades on it myself (2242 SSD where the WWAN card otherwise would go, more memory, etc.).

The T490...is a regression, more in line with the T480s, and it makes me sad.

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Re:The MacBook keyboard fiasco is way worse than Apple thinks by sampo on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @12:47PM (#19556128)
The 1920x1080 non-touchscreen version T480s screen has a somewhat bad color reproduction. If you compare side by side with some of the older T4xs's, the colors a notably less vibrant. Not that one needs the most vibrant colors for coding and editing text. It's still usable, just a bit worse than you'd expect for its class.
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Re:The MacBook keyboard fiasco is way worse than Apple thinks by Svip on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @11:30AM (#19555170)
How is the T490 a regression? I've decided to get a T490, and willing to wait out it becoming available with full options in my country. But if it's a regression, I might as well get a T480.
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Re:The MacBook keyboard fiasco is way worse than Apple thinks by eropple on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @12:40PM (#19556027)
No second battery. The T490 is basically an improvement on the T480s, not the T480 (which makes having a T490s kinda weird). Lenovo has these weird cycles of gutting their own products before they put them back, so it'll eventually come back, but for now...ick.

I am literally buying an extra T480 to put away until I need it.

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Re:The MacBook keyboard fiasco is way worse than Apple thinks by bluedino on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @12:35PM (#19555951)
It's reported to use a thinner chassis. I haven't seen any specs but they may have done away with the removable second battery and poissibly the second RAM sslot
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