Lenovo ThinkPad T490 14-inch

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

6
Good:

3
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Robust case, more compact and lighter than the predecessor
Above average CPU performance
The display doesn't use PWM to adjust its brightness levels

Cons:

Very reflective display with significantly increased power demands
Lacks color profile for sRGB

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Last revision on April 10, 2021

Reviewers Liked

Robust case, more compact and lighter than the predecessor
Above average CPU performance
The display doesn't use PWM to adjust its brightness levels
Great I/O selection
Supports Thunderbolt
Charges with USB Type-C
Classic and durable ThinkPad design

Reviewers Didn't Like

Very reflective display with significantly increased power demands
Lacks color profile for sRGB
No full-sized SD card slot anymore
Thunderbolt 3 is only connected with two PCIe lanes
No Power Bridge support

Expert reviews and ratings

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...

By NotebookCheck on March 06, 2020

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...

By Ubergizmo on November 12, 2019

Starting at Rs 98,244, the ThinkPad T490 isn’t cheap. But for business users, the price won’t matter. The ThinkPad lineup always commands a high price, owing to its solid build and business-friendly features. I do think corporates would be ready to drop...

By IndianExpress on October 28, 2019

The ThinkPad T490 is the only model in the Thinkpad series that offers the essential computing experience without the bells and whistles. And for what it promises, it manages to fulfil it easily. The T490 is a great computer to work on, especially with...

By IndiaToday on October 07, 2019

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...

By Neowin on June 01, 2019

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...

By SlashGear on May 27, 2019

– 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...

By NotebookCheck on September 13, 2019

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...

By NotebookCheck on June 20, 2019

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...

By laptopmedia.com on June 17, 2019

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...

By NotebookCheck on May 22, 2019

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