The most prominent feature of Lenovo ThinkPad T460s 20F9003CUS is its price – the unit costs many times your average laptop. So the logical question is, why would anybody want to pay so much for his notebook? Well, if the person is after heavyweight performance – this laptop is full of top-of-the-line components. I’ll let you know more about its good and bad sides below!
The good
The processor can’t be blamed, it’s a 6th generation Intel Core i7-6600U. The chip features two cores, a clock speed of 2.6GHz and also a 3.4GHz turbo – even though it’s a low-voltage processor with 15W TDP (Thermal Design Power). A benchmark tests give it a favorable score, for example CPU Mark’s ~4800 points. It’s up for a task lightweight or heavy, ranging from simple web browsing to exotic stuff like programming or multimedia editing. Also the 8GB DDR4 RAM is sufficient for many things. Half of it soldered on board, and half on a DIMM stick. You can upgrade the 4GB stick to a 8GB one, so the maximum memory is 12GB.
Lenovo ThinkPad T460s 20F9003CUS is a lightweight model, weighing around 3 pounds with the 14 inches screen. And talking about the display, it should be a high-quality one: Full HD resolution support and 250-nits brightness (appears rather bright if you ask me). Also, the panel type is professional-grade IPS – it will give you good viewing angles, almost 180 degrees (side to side). The screen does not support touch. There’s a webcam on top, it has 720p video resolution.
A 256GB M.2 solid-state drive is offered for storage; it ensures fast startup times for the system and programs. If you want more space for your files, you can use an external hard drive.
The neutral
Lenovo ThinkPad T460s 20F9003CUS features two 3-cell batteries (23Wh and 26Wh), you should get 7 hours battery life on those when web surfing with moderate screen brightness. Sadly it looks like the batteries are internal, so replacing them will take a lot of effort (like disassembling the laptop).
The ports include three USB 3.0 connectors, and one miniDP and HDMI-out for hooking up a monitor.
There are two ways for networking, the Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 port or the M.2 WiFi adapter (802.11ac with Bluetooth 4.1 support).
Keep in mind optical drive is not installed here; you can use an external DVD burner (that connects to USB) if you want access to discs.
The keyboard is backlit, as expected for this price.
Windows 7 Pro (64-bit) is the actual operating system, it’s installed used the Downgrade option in Windows 10 Pro.
The bad
Pretty much the only bigger disadvantage with Lenovo ThinkPad T460s 20F9003CUS is gaming performance. The graphics are handled by an integrated & quite slow Intel HD 520 chip. Especially when it’s such an expensive notebook a better graphics card would’ve been expected. Well, all hope is not lost, you can play games but expect lower FPS and less eye candy on. For example, you’d get around 30 FPS with GTA 5 played on medium settings and around 60 FPS with CS: GO on high settings.
Summary
Lenovo ThinkPad T460s 20F9003CUS is a beast for software; there is nothing the Core i7 processor, 8GB RAM and a solid-state drive couldn’t do for you. Throw a Photoshop or virtualization software at this rig and it will be handled all smooth. It’s also a lightweight model so people looking for a traveling companion might like this Lenovo. Worse thing is the gaming side; a hardcore player would find the laptop disappointing (however for casual gamer it’s alright). So if this kind of package interests you, do take a closer look at it!
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