Testseek.com have collected 54 expert reviews of the Lenovo ThinkPad T490 14-inch - Intel CPU and the average rating is 87%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Lenovo ThinkPad T490 14-inch - Intel CPU.
May 2019
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The editors liked
Industrial build quality
The display doesn't use PWM to adjust its brightness levels (LG Display LP140WF3-SPD2)
Pleasant spill-resistant keyboard with long travel and clicky feedback
Great I/O selection
Supports Thunderbolt
Charges with USB Type-C
Excellent display and keyboard
Classic and durable ThinkPad design
Optional micro-SIM
IR cam
And PrivacyGuard
USB-C charging with rapid charge support
Numerous built-in ports
Deeper key travel than most Ultrabooks
TrackPoint and mouse keys
4G LTE WAN option
Matte touchscreen
Easy serviceability
Wi-Fi 6
Robust case
More compact and lighter than the predecessor
Diverse equipment
Very comfortable input devices
Bright and saturated display with a high color-space coverage
Above average CPU performance
25-watt version of the MX250 is used
Fan is most
Sturdy case
More compact & lighter than the predecessor
Various connection options
Bright & colorful low-power FHD LCD
Above-average CPU performance
Utilizes the 25 W version of the MX250
Fan is turned off most of th
Robust design
More compact and lighter than its predecessor
Varied connectivity
Comfortable input devices
Bright & colour accurate display
Frugal Full HD panel
Fan typically remains switched off
Decent battery life
The editors didn't like
Warms up under heavy load
Its display covers only 52% of sRGB (LG Display LP140WF3-SPD2)
Micro SD instead of a full-sized SD card reader
Battery doesn't make it through a full work day
Exterior easily forms fingerprint smudges
High temperatures when under load
Smaller battery than ThinkPad T480
No 6-core Core i7-10710U option
No internal 2.5-inch SATA III bay
Thick top and bottom bezels
Non-upgradeable RAM
Webcam shutter
Very reflective display with significantly increased power demands
No color profile for sRGB
No full-sized SD card slot anymore
Thunderbolt 3 is only connected with two PCIe lanes
deeper key travel than most Ultrabooks, TrackPoint and mouse keys, 4G LTE WAN option, matte touchscreen, easy serviceability, Wi-Fi 6
high temperatures when under load, smaller battery than ThinkPad T480, no 6-core Core i7-10710U option, no internal 2.5-inch SATA III bay, thick top and bottom bezels, non-upgradeable RAM, webcam shutter
As noted in our initial overview of the series, the raw performance benefits of Comet Lake-U over Whiskey Lake-U are marginal save for the hexa-core Core i7-10710U which is unfortunately not available on the ThinkPad T490. Instead, users can only configur...
The Lenovo T490 (official US product page) is designed as a business laptop, and it shows. It puts aside a lot of typical consumer product “wants,” such as a thin body and glam design in favor of incredibly flexible configuration options and a ton of port...
Published: 2019-09-13, Author: Andreas , review by: notebookcheck.net
robust case, more compact and lighter than the predecessor, diverse equipment, very comfortable input devices, bright and saturated display with a high color-space coverage, above average CPU performance, 25-watt version of the MX250 is used, fan is most
very reflective display with significantly increased power demands, no color profile for sRGB, no full-sized SD card slot anymore, Thunderbolt 3 is only connected with two PCIe lanes, case is hard to open, high case temperatures, throttling in the stress
– The WQHD panel is just not quite suitable for the T490The reflective WQHD panel didn't really convince us in the ThinkPad T490. On one hand, the image quality is very good and those who need color-space coverage that is as large as possible in the lapt...
Published: 2019-06-20, Author: Benjamin , review by: notebookcheck.net
robust design, more compact and lighter than its predecessor, varied connectivity, comfortable input devices, bright & colour accurate display, frugal Full HD panel, above-average CPU performance, fan typically remains switched off, decent battery life,
display has poor reaction times, no full-sized SD card slot, Thunderbolt 3 only utilises 2 PCIe lanes, case is difficult to open, no Power Bridge support
The Lenovo ThinkPad T490-20N2004EGE laptop review. Test device courtesy of notebooksandmore.de.The Lenovo ThinkPad T490 is an excellent business laptop with or without an NVIDIA GPU. The model without an NVIDIA chip is slightly better than the technically...
Published: 2019-06-17, Author: Alex , review by: laptopmedia.com
Industrial build quality, The display doesn't use PWM to adjust its brightness levels (LG Display LP140WF3-SPD2), Pleasant spill-resistant keyboard with long travel and clicky feedback, Great I/O selection, Supports Thunderbolt, Charges with USB Type-C
Warms up under heavy load, Its display covers only 52% of sRGB (LG Display LP140WF3-SPD2), Micro SD instead of a full-sized SD card reader
Lenovo ThinkPad T490 is a great laptop for the average businessman. No matter whether you work with spreadsheets, SQL or other databases, or you are just traveling with your own work – this laptop is going to provide you with everything you need. In addit...
The cool thing about the ThinkPad T490 is that it costs under $1,600 and it's so great all-around. This really isn't an expensive machine for all of the things that it includes. It has the Core i7, the 16GB RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a 1440p Dolby Vision display...
Excellent display and keyboard, Classic and durable ThinkPad design, Optional micro-SIM, IR cam, and PrivacyGuard, USB-C charging with rapid charge support, Numerous built-in ports
Battery doesn't make it through a full work day, Exterior easily forms fingerprint smudges
If you're looking for an ultrabook but aren't interested in the X Series and its new X390 model, the T490 is a nice substitute. Users enjoy a nice compromise between portability and performance, the model has a large variety of ports that drastically redu...
Published: 2019-05-22, Author: Benjamin , review by: notebookcheck.net
sturdy case, more compact & lighter than the predecessor, various connection options, very comfortable input devices, bright & colorful low-power FHD LCD, above-average CPU performance, utilizes the 25 W version of the MX250, fan is turned off most of th
display with bad response times, no full-size SD card reader, Thunderbolt 3 with just two PCIe lanes, case is difficult to open, case gets hot under load, throttling during the stress test, coil whine & speaker noise, less flexible without PowerBridge
On paper, it is clear that the Lenovo ThinkPad T490 is the successor of the ThinkPad T480. But in reality, the design of the ThinkPad T490 is radically different, which makes it appropriate to call it a mix of the T480 and T480s rather than a straight suc...
Excellent build quality, Superior keyboard and great touchpad, Very long battery life, Option for discrete graphics
Not the thinnest or lightest around, Substandard display for the price
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Abstract: It's been more than a decade since IBM stopped making ThinkPad laptops, yet you're still likely to see them in the halls of industry, virtual or actual. That's thanks to Lenovo. The company formerly known as Legend Computers of Beijing, China, still prod...
