For the original German review, see here.

The T series is Lenovo's flagship of the ThinkPad family and has been a byword for premium business notebooks for years. Build quality, reliability, and security are given highest priority. The manufacturer does not confidently tout these models as premium products without reason.

In this review, we will focus on the especially lightweight and mobile ThinkPad T450s, the successor of the T440s, which was already presented in September 2013. We had to wait relatively long since Intel's fifth-generation Core called "Broadwell" was delayed and first broadly available at the beginning of this year. As usual Lenovo only incorporates frugal 15-Watt CPUs of the Core i5 and Core i7 class. In addition, the models feature 4 to 12 GB RAM and an HDD or an SSD as storage device. In addition, Lenovo offers multiple options for display, radio modules, and battery capacity. The following list gives a brief overview over the models available in Germany.

Our test model comes with a Core i7-5600U, 12 GB RAM, a 360 GB SSD and an IPS display with Full HD resolution for roughly 1400 Euros (~$1567). But, this price is only valid within the Lenovo Campus program for e.g. students and teachers. The model lacks OS and LTE module, but you can save several hundred Euros compared to a regular model with comparable equipment. The price might appear too steep to you, but direct competitors like the Dell Latitude 14 E7450 or the HP EliteBook 840 G1 (whose 840 G2 successor will be available soon) are priced similarly.