They keep those ugly bezels to be able to use the standard size LCD panel (keep costs lower) but still have room for internals in the laptop body. It is time they learned from competition though.
You cant really compare it that way... Thinkpad's T series aren't for average users. They are designed to a more rugged spec. They are highly reliable and are designed to be purchased by corporate IT depts and used by "employees" (people that didn't pay for it) for 5+ years in and out of the office.
No left/right mouse click buttons for touchpad on Txxx? No thanks. Buy those for productivity not to be like all the other cheap notebooks on the market. Why Lenovo, why...
Nope, want real physical mouse buttons for productivity work, not vague Microsoft driven quasi-buttons. This is a business/professional notebook, not a POS toy for everyone else. It's expected to be used for office/productivity work, not for some teen posting on Facebook. Lenovo has many many other lines to make cheap, the T and W series aren't for cheap, they're for work.
There are two microswitches under the leading edge of the trackpad. They click when you press down, that's a button in my book. If you want to talk about the lack of a charging light or a physical caplock indicator, those are valid complaints.
If you had used a newer thinkpad you would get what TMC_sherpa is saying, it's there, it works, just close your eyes and operate as you always have and it just works. Better even.
I guess it's Lenovo thinks their customers will be ok with their proprietary Onelink+ instead of Thunderbolt 3? They are the same ones that lock their bios to stop wifi upgrades. Want 11ac? Buy a new laptop chump! If Dell adds a nice trackpoint to the XPS line, I say they'll scoop up a lot of new customers, and Lenovo can continue to strip out what made people actually LIKE Thinkpads, and make yet-another Macbook clone. So sad. Recovering Thinkpad fanboy. You've missed the mark guys.
Why does lenovo always adds one flaws into their T-4xxs series? First it was the ridiculous keyboard design on the T440s, then it was the stupid out-dated 4GB on board RAM on the T450s, and now the T460s is constrained with only 512GB of storage? Damn it Lenovo!
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osxandwindows - Sunday, January 3, 2016 - link
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't CES start on the 6 of January?cmikeh2 - Sunday, January 3, 2016 - link
CES "starts" earlier and earlier reach year as companies try to be the first ones to hit the news cycle.osxandwindows - Sunday, January 3, 2016 - link
No TB3 for the x260?vrguy - Monday, January 4, 2016 - link
I agree. Big miss. Dell XPS 13 looking better.p1esk - Monday, January 4, 2016 - link
Those huge bezels are ugly. 1999 called - wants them back.close - Monday, January 4, 2016 - link
They keep those ugly bezels to be able to use the standard size LCD panel (keep costs lower) but still have room for internals in the laptop body.It is time they learned from competition though.
retrospooty - Monday, January 4, 2016 - link
I dunno, some of those small bezels on Dell XPX look great... while they are working, but.... It's Dell, so count on failures.retrospooty - Monday, January 4, 2016 - link
You cant really compare it that way... Thinkpad's T series aren't for average users. They are designed to a more rugged spec. They are highly reliable and are designed to be purchased by corporate IT depts and used by "employees" (people that didn't pay for it) for 5+ years in and out of the office.p1esk - Monday, January 4, 2016 - link
T series, maybe, but those bezels are also on X1 Carbon model!chrnochime - Monday, January 4, 2016 - link
So tell us again that XPS 13 semi-rugged. Oh wait it's not.chrnochime - Monday, January 4, 2016 - link
There are people who actually do work(gasp!) instead of stare at their laptop and whine about the bezel. I know shocking isn't it.Ratatatdat - Monday, January 4, 2016 - link
No USB 3.1 on anything? And the P series was "refreshed" by mentioning their plans but they have still not been released, any word on this?kgardas - Monday, January 4, 2016 - link
Not Xeon+ECC RAM in Txxx line? What a pity.Shadow7037932 - Monday, January 4, 2016 - link
No USB Type C ports at all??? Really?chucky2 - Monday, January 4, 2016 - link
No left/right mouse click buttons for touchpad on Txxx? No thanks. Buy those for productivity not to be like all the other cheap notebooks on the market. Why Lenovo, why...TMC_Sherpa - Monday, January 4, 2016 - link
....the bottom edge of the touchpad is left and right mouse buttons. All you have to do is push.chucky2 - Monday, January 4, 2016 - link
Nope, want real physical mouse buttons for productivity work, not vague Microsoft driven quasi-buttons. This is a business/professional notebook, not a POS toy for everyone else. It's expected to be used for office/productivity work, not for some teen posting on Facebook. Lenovo has many many other lines to make cheap, the T and W series aren't for cheap, they're for work.TMC_Sherpa - Monday, January 4, 2016 - link
There are two microswitches under the leading edge of the trackpad. They click when you press down, that's a button in my book.If you want to talk about the lack of a charging light or a physical caplock indicator, those are valid complaints.
retrospooty - Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - link
If you had used a newer thinkpad you would get what TMC_sherpa is saying, it's there, it works, just close your eyes and operate as you always have and it just works. Better even.vrguy - Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - link
I guess it's Lenovo thinks their customers will be ok with their proprietary Onelink+ instead of Thunderbolt 3? They are the same ones that lock their bios to stop wifi upgrades. Want 11ac? Buy a new laptop chump! If Dell adds a nice trackpoint to the XPS line, I say they'll scoop up a lot of new customers, and Lenovo can continue to strip out what made people actually LIKE Thinkpads, and make yet-another Macbook clone. So sad. Recovering Thinkpad fanboy. You've missed the mark guys.dickeywang - Thursday, January 14, 2016 - link
Why does lenovo always adds one flaws into their T-4xxs series? First it was the ridiculous keyboard design on the T440s, then it was the stupid out-dated 4GB on board RAM on the T450s, and now the T460s is constrained with only 512GB of storage? Damn it Lenovo!Pessimism - Friday, February 5, 2016 - link
Low quality TN screens and poor selection of 45W quad core models are driving me away from Lenovo.