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hey there I'm Josh Goldman and this is a look at Lenovo ThinkPad t 431 s it's a business oriented laptop that's a bit more consumer-friendly like all of lenovo's t-series models the t 431 s is basic black but everything's been cleaned up a bit from previous generations at less than four pounds and less than an inch thick this 14 inch laptop gives you a larger screen and keyboard than ultra portables but isn't a pain to travel with regularly and its carbon fiber and magnesium body can handle being tossed around the 1600 by 900 resolution screen has a matte finish and gets fairly bright so you're not fighting stray reflections all the time its viewing angles aren't great though there are VGA and mini DisplayPort outputs for connecting to external displays and a docking port too for those times when you want or need a bigger screen the keyboard is large and comfortable with excellent key travel and it's available with backlighting however the touchpad has been redesigned which might be a deal-breaker for some gone are the set of three buttons for using with the track point replaced with visual indicators the trackpad is basically a compromise leaning toward touchpad users with multi-touch gesture support without completely abandoning the track point fans as for what's inside we tested what's basically the base configuration with a third-generation Core i5 processor integrated Intel graphics four gigs of memory and a 500 gig 7200 rpm hard drive that's plenty for basic office tasks but if you need extreme battery life you may want to hold out for an update well this got five-and-a-half hours in our test the fourth gen Core iSeries processors should deliver more if you're looking for something now though that will make your IT department happy that also won't be a drag to work with on and off the clock this is certainly a good way to go I'm Josh Goldman and that Lenovo ThinkPad t4 31's