Thickness comparison between T400 and T400s in pictures:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/t400s-officially-announced.392646/page-3#post-4994648
Technoethical laptops come with modern Bluetooth 4.0 (25 Mbps), which is 12
times faster than the Bluetooth 2.1 (2 Mbps) that was shipped by Lenovo (and
is shipped by Minifree) with these laptops.
Our WiFi is 802.11 N 450Mbps Dual Band, while Minifree's is 150 Mbps Single
Band. We preinstall 8GB of RAM, while Minifree preinstalls 4GB.
The T400s has easily accessible cards and memory modules that can be upgraded
by the common user. That is an improvement over X200 too. The cards and
memory modules in T400 are not that easy to upgrade and to do that one has to
disassembly the palmrest/keyboard and for WiFi, also a shield.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_DSC09597_Kopie_01_d5b139886d.jpg
http://www.myfixguide.com/manual/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Lenovo-Thinkpad-T400-Disassembly-5.jpg
Regarding the quad-core CPU, it's important to note that actually this is not
compatible with regular T400. We know this from experience. The chipset
should be PM45, instead of GM45, to be able to upgrade from dual-core to
quad-core.
We wish we could have the funds to buy laptops in large quantity (hundreds at
a time) at €20/piece to be able to offer them presintalled with libreboot
and GNU/Linux at prices as competitive as Minifree's recent price for the
T400. Our most affordable laptops are X200 at €478 and T400 at €568. For
our entire catalog of 5 laptops and installation service, please visit:
https://technoethical.com/laptops
Instead, we continue to focus on quality, high-end, and modern laptops with
fully free BIOS. And we are appreciated by that and for our customer support,
including after-sales. Technoethical is a community. :-)
