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Lenovo ThinkPad T410s Series

Lenovo ThinkPad T410s-2904-a41Processor: Intel Core i5 520M, Intel Core i5 560M, Intel Core i5 580M
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA NVS 3100M
Display: 14.10 inch
Weight: 1.73kg, 1.8kg, 2kg
Price: 2000, 2300, 2500 euro
Average Score: 82.71% - good
Average of 7 scores (from 12 reviews)
performance: 74%, features: 79%, display: 68%, mobility: 74%, workmanship: 85%, ergonomy: 84%, emissions: 86%

 

Lenovo ThinkPad T410s - 2924-9HG

Specifications

Lenovo ThinkPad T410s - 2924-9HGNotebook: Lenovo ThinkPad T410s - 2924-9HG
Processor: Intel Core i5 580M
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA NVS 3100M 512 MB
Display: 14.10 inch, 16:10, 1440 x 900 pixels
Weight: 1.73kg
Price: 2300 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage

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Average Score: 81.5% - good

Average of 4 scores (from 8 reviews)

 

Reviews

83% Review Lenovo ThinkPad T410s Notebook (Optimus) | Notebookcheck
Two for one. Innovations don't even stop before the T410s. In this review, we'll devote ourselves to the Optimus upgrade and report about its impact in detail. Can the slim 14 incher benefit from the dual GPU solution?
Lenovo ThinkPad T410s with NVIDIA Optimus Review
Source: Hot Hardware English Archive.org version

Configuring this system on Lenovo's web site takes the price of our review unit to $1779, before taxes and shipping. We also found the T410s with the same specs on Amazon for about $1500. Taking form factor, performance, and build quality into consideration, we feel the asking price represents a good value. Let's look at a couple of comparable notebooks to the ThinkPad T410s. After configuring a 14" HP EliteBook 8440p with the same components found on our review model, it rang in at $1912.


Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/22/2010
Lenovo ThinkPad T410s with NVIDIA Optimus Review
Source: Hot Hardware English Archive.org version

Configuring this system on Lenovo's web site takes the price of our review unit to $1779, before taxes and shipping. We also found the T410s with the same specs on Amazon for about $1500. Taking form factor, performance, and build quality into consideration, we feel the asking price represents a good value. Let's look at a couple of comparable notebooks to the ThinkPad T410s. After configuring a 14" HP EliteBook 8440p with the same components found on our review model, it rang in at $1912.


Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/22/2010
80% Lenovo ThinkPad T410s (Nvidia Optimus)
Source: Laptop Mag English Archive.org version

With enough speed to be your primary computer for years to come, the ThinkPad T410s with Nvidia Optimus graphics and solid state drive raises the bar for mobile performance. And, if you can afford to attach three monitors simultaneously, this notebook can seriously boost your productivity. The 3.8-pound machine also boasts supreme comfort, plus the durability and security business users expect from a ThinkPad. Just make sure you invest in the three-cell battery, which adds a couple of hours of juice while bringing the price of this portable powerhouse to a steep but reasonable $1,899. While we prefer the Sony VAIO Z in this weight class because it offers an even higher resolution 1600 x 900 display (which sits lower for easier airline travel) and backlit keyboard, the T410s is a formidable business machine that will plow through your to-do list like nobody's business.


Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/23/2010
Rating: Total score: 80%
80% Lenovo ThinkPad T410s (Nvidia Optimus)
Source: Laptop Mag English Archive.org version

With enough speed to be your primary computer for years to come, the ThinkPad T410s with Nvidia Optimus graphics and solid state drive raises the bar for mobile performance. And, if you can afford to attach three monitors simultaneously, this notebook can seriously boost your productivity. The 3.8-pound machine also boasts supreme comfort, plus the durability and security business users expect from a ThinkPad. Just make sure you invest in the three-cell battery, which adds a couple of hours of juice while bringing the price of this portable powerhouse to a steep but reasonable $1,899. While we prefer the Sony VAIO Z in this weight class because it offers an even higher resolution 1600 x 900 display (which sits lower for easier airline travel) and backlit keyboard, the T410s is a formidable business machine that will plow through your to-do list like nobody's business.


Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/23/2010
Rating: Total score: 80%

Foreign Reviews

Verwandlungskünstler
Source: c't - 2/11 German
Comparison, , Long, Date: 01/01/2011
Rating: performance: 65% features: 80% display: 70% mobility: 70% ergonomy: 80% emissions: 80%
Verwandlungskünstler
Source: c't - 2/11 German
Comparison, , Long, Date: 01/01/2011
Rating: performance: 65% features: 80% display: 70% mobility: 70% ergonomy: 80% emissions: 80%
83% Test Lenovo ThinkPad T410s Notebook (Optimus)
Source: Notebookcheck German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/14/2010
Rating: Total score: 83% performance: 78% display: 66% mobility: 81% workmanship: 85% ergonomy: 87% emissions: 90%
83% Test Lenovo ThinkPad T410s Notebook (Optimus)
Source: Notebookcheck German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/14/2010
Rating: Total score: 83% performance: 78% display: 66% mobility: 81% workmanship: 85% ergonomy: 87% emissions: 90%

 

Lenovo ThinkPad T410s (NUHFYGE)

Specifications

Lenovo ThinkPad T410s (NUHFYGE)Notebook: Lenovo ThinkPad T410s (NUHFYGE)
Processor: Intel Core i5 520M
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA NVS 3100M
Display: 14.10 inch, 16:10, 1440 x 900 pixels
Weight: 1.8kg
Price: 2500 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage

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Average Score: 78% - good

Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)

 

Foreign Reviews

78% Lenovo ThinkPad T410s (NUHFYGE)
Source: ZDNet German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/03/2010
Rating: Total score: 78% performance: 80% features: 80% mobility: 60% ergonomy: 80%

 

Lenovo Thinkpad T410s-NUM9GGE

Specifications

Lenovo Thinkpad T410s-NUM9GGENotebook: Lenovo Thinkpad T410s-NUM9GGE
Processor: Intel Core i5 560M
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA NVS 3100M
Display: 14.10 inch, 16:9, 1440 x 900 pixels
Weight: 1.8kg
Price: 2500 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage

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Reviews

Lenovo T410s 14-in Core i5 Optimus Notebook Review
Source: PC Perspective English Archive.org version
The ThinkPad T410s offers outstanding performance. It is, along with the Sony Vaio Z, a lesson in the benefits of solid state hard drives. While the Core i5 processor in the ThinkPad T410s is quick, the most impressive performance numbers coming from this laptop are achieved because it equips a solid state drive instead of a normal mechanical unit. Unfortunately, the ThinkPad T410s has a major flaw – battery life. The problem is not that the laptop is inefficient. Instead, the problem is size. The slim six-cell battery that helps this laptop maintain its thin frame isn’t large enough to provide great battery life. You can boost the battery life of the ThinkPad T410s by purchasing an optional 3-cell Ultrabay battery, but that option will set you back another $120 on top of the laptop’s nearly $1700 MSRP. If this battery life issue was addressed, the ThinkPad T410s would likely have come out of this review earning an Editor’s Choice award. It scores highly in every other area. Normally poor battery life would not weigh so heavily in a review, but the T410s is a $1700 ultraportable. Laptops in this price range have little room for error, as other well engineered competitors are ready to knock you down and steal your lunch. The T410s, although a nice laptop, can’t compete with better options such as the Sony Vaio Z and Apple MacBook Pro.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/14/2010

 

Lenovo ThinkPad T410s-2904-a41

Specifications

Lenovo ThinkPad T410s-2904-a41Notebook: Lenovo ThinkPad T410s-2904-a41
Processor: Intel Core i5 580M
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA NVS 3100M
Display: 14.10 inch, 16:9, 1440 x 900 pixels
Weight: 2kg
Price: 2000 euro
Links: Lenovo homepage

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Average Score: 92% - very good

Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)

 

Foreign Reviews

92% 멀티터치로 활용도를 높인 비즈니스 노트북의 강자 - 싱크패드 T410s 2904-a41 (성능편)
Source: Notegear KO→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 03/30/2011
Rating: Total score: 92%
멀티터치로 활용도를 높인 비즈니스 노트북의 강자 - 싱크패드 T410s 2904-a41 (외형편)
Source: Notegear KO→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 03/20/2011

 

Comment

Lenovo: Lenovo ("Le" from English legend, novo (Latin) for new) was founded in 1984 as a Chinese computer trading company. As of 2004, the company was the largest laptop manufacturer in China and, after acquiring IBM's PC division in 2005, the fourth largest in the world. In addition to desktops and notebooks, the company manufactures monitors, projectors, servers, etc, and specializes in developing, manufacturing and marketing consumer electronics, personal computers, software, enterprise solutions and related services.

In 2016, the company ranked first in the world in computer sales. It still held it in 2023 with about 23% global market share. Important product lines are Thinkpad, Legion and Ideapad.

In 2011, it acquired a majority stake in Medion AG, a European computer hardware manufacturer. In 2014, Motorola Mobility was purchased, which gave Lenovo a boost in the smartphone market.


Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

NVIDIA NVS 3100M: Business graphics card that is based on the GT218 core (e.g. GeForce 305 / 310M) but with drivers that are optimized for stability and compatibility in business applications).

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.


Intel Core i5:

580M:

The Core i5-580M has only 3 MB L3 Cache (compared to the I7-620M) and clocks also between 2.67-3.33 GHz (Turbo Mode). Thanks to Hyperthreading, 4 threads can be processed simultaneously. An integrated graphics card (GMA HD) and a DDR3 memory controller are also included in the package.

520M:

The Core i5-520M has only 3 MB L3 Cache (compared to the I7-640M) and clocks between 2.4-2.93 GHz (Turbo Mode). Thanks to Hyperthreading, 4 threads can be processed simultaneously. An integrated graphics card (GMA HD 3150) and a DDR3 memory controller are also included in the package.

560M:

The Core i5-560M has only 3 MB L3 Cache (compared to the I7-620M) and clocks also between 2.67-3.2 GHz (Turbo Mode). Thanks to Hyperthreading, 4 threads can be processed simultaneously. An integrated graphics card (GMA HD) and a DDR3 memory controller are also included in the package.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.


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82.71%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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Stefan Hinum, 2010-12-13 (Update: 2019-04-30)