For loyal ThinkPad users, one of the biggest changes in the T30 is the addition of a touchpad, which now joins the ThinkPad's signature pointing stick. This feature has been part of competing business notebooks from the likes of Dell and HP for some time, but IBM's version was worth the wait. The pad, called UltraNav (are you starting to sense a pattern?), can also be used to scroll, zoom, launch applications, and even run macros. A few T30s and all T23s come without the touchpad as well. We also really like the keyboard, which has big, responsive, and quiet keys; only the spacebar is a bit loose and noisy.

Though the screens are all the same size, your configuration determines how much you'll see on the display. All T23s operate with a resolution of 1,024x768 pixels, and some T30s use the same, though a few offer a native setting of 1,400x1,050. In our opinion, the text looked too crowded on a 14.1-inch screen at this higher reading, though you can always dial it back to 1,024x768. Either way, the top-end T30 with its Radeon controller displayed stunning color graphics and photos, while DVD movies looked crisp and smooth. The T23's S3 controller doesn't match the T30's intensity and color saturation, but it provides sharp and easy-to-read text.

Comes with Battery and AC Adaptor

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