For the original German article, see here.

It is the absolute classic in Lenovo's business lineup: The T400 range. Despite the compact size and low weight, the manufacturer promises a full-blown office device of highest quality. That not only becomes obvious in the starting prices of beyond 1000 Euros.

The meanwhile fifth generation of the laptop has been dubbed T450s, and it has been available in stores for only a few days. In the course of the refresh, Lenovo updated the CPU platform and now uses Intel's latest 14-nanometer architecture, code name "Broadwell", for the very first time. The premium-range Core i7 5600U clocks in our review sample. It finds support in a 12 GB RAM and a 360 GB SSD. This configuration is currently sold for about 1400 Euros without a UMTS/LTE module or operating system - but only for students and other eligible participants in Lenovo's education program. A similar configuration unfortunately costs a few hundred Euros more in the open market.

We would like to present our first impressions and measured rates as a sneak peak of the upcoming review.