Lenovo ThinkPad T470 - 14' - Core i5 7200U - 8 GB RAM - 256 GB SSD - US overview and full product specs on CNET. Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265 - M.2 Card. Security lock slot (cable lock.
LenovoThinkPad T490 comes with an Intel Whiskey Lake processor. Users can choose Intel UHD 620 or NVIDIA GeForce MX250 discrete graphics card according to their needs, it supports up to 32GB (16GB expandable +16GB onboard) memory, and 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD.
ThinkPad T490 features a ThinkShutter, which can physically close the camera. The Infrared camera and fingerprint recognition module are also optional.
Lenovo T470 M.2 Slot Laptop
- The T480 has three M.2 slots: 1. Optional M.2 key M 2280 in the main bay via an adapter. M.2 key B 2242, the Lite On T11 works there for an SSD. It's the only consumer M2 key B+M 2242 PCIe SSD. This generation doesn't support SATA disks in this slot, the T470 did. M.2 key E 2230 as practically all laptops do since Broadwell for wifi.
- As most 14-inch laptops, the ThinkPad T470 has just one M.2 PCIe NVMe-enabled slot and you can’t insert a 2.5-inch drive. The former obstructs the latter. Anyway, our unit came with a Samsung PM961 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD.
- I'm thinking of buying a T470 from US Lenovo website this month or the next one, but I saw that the ram and the disk upgrades are pretty stiff. I was thinking of buying it with a 500gb HDD and 4gb of ram to save some money and then buy on Amazon a PCIe SSD from Samsung (which are way cheaper and they might even perform better) and same thing.
- As most 14-inch laptops, the ThinkPad T470 has just one M.2 PCIe NVMe-enabled slot and you can’t insert a 2.5-inch drive. The former obstructs the latter. Anyway, our unit came with a Samsung PM961 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD. Memory, Wi-Fi, LTE module and battery.
The laptop supports up to 14-inch WQHDIPS screen, and covering 100% Adobe RGB wide color gamut, with IPS wide viewing angle technology, even in bright light can see the content. The frame on both sides of the screen has a thickness of 8.6mm.
Lenovo ThinkPad T490 weighs of 1.49Kg and has a thickness of 18.9mm. It supports fast charging technology and charging 80% in 1 hour, the battery lift up to 13.6 hours.
I have seen a lot of users have gotten and upgraded the memory and SSD for their T490, here to share with you the experience of upgrading memory and SSD.
The first thing to do is unscrew the screws that secure the bottom cover, and then insert a thin plastic tool under the bottom cover. The bottom cover has many hidden latches fastening it to the palmrest. You need to move the thin plastic tool along the side and unfasten all latches.
With the bottom cover removed, you can get access to the battery, SSD, CMOS battery, RAM slot, cooling fan, heatsink, and motherboard.
ThinkPad T490 comes with an 11.52V, 4345mAh, 5Wh Li-ion battery. The part number is L18M3P73, 02DL008. The most significant difference between the ThinkPad T490 and the ThinkPad T480 is that the T490 cancels the external battery and retains the built-in battery.
The Lenovo ThinkPad T490 comes with 8GB memory onboard and has a free RAM slot. This slot can support up to 16GB DDR4 2400 MHz memory.
The laptop comes with a Samsung 256GB PM981A PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD. Of course, you can replace the SSD by a big capacity SSD. It supports up to 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD.
Here’s the WWAN 2242 M.2 slot of the T490. I saw that someone installed a PCIe SSD to this slot, but the system does not recognize it. This is very regrettable.
Lenovo T470 M.2 Slot Machine
Of course, this can be solved by updating BIOS. I hope Lenovo will update BIOS to make ThinkPad T490 support 2242 SSD.
Lenovo T470 M.2 Slot Computer
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