Lenovo ThinkPad T43 Review

The ThinkPad T43 is a premium product with a durable build. For somebody that travels a lot or relies on their notebook to earn a livelihood, the difference between a sub $1,000 starter notebook and a premium workhorse is obvious. The ThinkPad T43 stands out with its durability via choice of components, very sturdy case material and a strong protective chassis. You pay a lot more for these features of a T43, but if you're on the road, away from support, and miss a time sensitive opportunity because of hardware problems , you might just wish you had spent extra dollars for a better built notebook such as the T43.

So how does the T43 excel build-wise? Basically the same as its predecessor T-series notebooks did. The T43 body is a rugged plastic that does not flex. The magnesium reinforced lid won't flex and provides amazing protection for the screen. The keyboard does not flex. The thick metal hinges that attach the screen are very rigid and ensure the screen does not wobble. The keyboard is spill proof and has two drain holes to make sure if you do happen to spill your morning Starbucks coffee, the liquid is carried away from sensitive components and out through the bottom of the notebook. The hard drive is shock mounted and the entire chassis is a newly designed magnesium "roll cage", and even if your T43 is dropped and broken the Active Protection System will stop hard drive activity to prevent data loss. The double screen latch system locks securely to make sure the screen stays down when being carried around. In other words, there's no shortcuts being used in build quality from past ThinkPad notebooks since the Lenovo takeover of IBM.

Aesthetically the ThinkPad T43 remains pretty much the same as past ThinkPad T series notebooks, meaning from a few feet away you'd be hard pushed to tell the difference between a T40, T41, T42, T43 or T43. But with the T43 there are definitely some changes in overall layout and aesthetic looks.

The first change you'll notice between the T43 and former T-series notebooks is the UltraNav buttons have changed along with the hardware buttons at the top . Gone are the familiar red stripes on the mouse buttons and blue stripe on the scroll bar button. The mouse buttons are also squared off now and significantly smaller. See pictures below for a comparison of the T43 to the T43 UltraNav layout

Windows XP Home or Pro are your two choices of OS. The ThinkPad built-in system tools for recovery, backup, system-updates, active protection system , security, managing wireless connections, screen utilities, and overall management of your notebook is best in the industry. The ThinkVantage software is a very mature suite and is constantly being improved.

One surprise is that Lenovo included Google Desktop Search and Google Toolbar search installed by default. Google reportedly paid Dell the sum of $1 billion to slap these products on all the machines they output for the next 3-years. The ThinkPad isn't generally a product that's been used in the past to install 3rd party software to generate cash / improve margins -- so I wonder if Google is paying Lenovo to put these applications on or if Lenovo figured they're useful tools that most people will install anyway. Likely the first scenario -- Google is sure getting agressive.

Conclusion

The ThinkPad T43 is easy to recommend, if I were an IT manager and had to choose a notebook to equip a sales force with notebooks I'd go with this. It's highly durable, very easy to use, looks extremely professional and gives you a multitude of connectivity options. Furthemore, if you get the nice FlexView screen that mine came with, you'll have what I consider one of the most pleasant to view screens on the market. The input/output port selection still isn't where I'd like it to be, strangely even the latest tiny ThinkPad X60-series beats the T43 in port selection .

The new Core Duo processor veritably tears through anything a business user will throw at it, and with an X1400 or better graphics card installed you'll have to be somewhat concerned with the workforce blowing time on games. So if you want a T43 notebook for yourself but find that it's too pricey, and yes you do pay a pretty penny for such a premium level notebook, then you might want to start lobbying to your manager and IT department now to adopt T43 notebooks -- it's a treat to use and I'm sure can make you more productive.

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