When it comes to Windows machines for the enterprise market, Lenovo's line of ThinkPad laptops and ultrabooks are proven contenders. They have a fine reputation that's made them a top choice for IT professionals looking for minimal headaches.They also have a distinct look, one that's changing with the new ThinkPad T431. This new ultrabook has a sleek, minimalist face that has as much in common with a MacBook Pro as it does with the previous ThinkPad T430. The speaker grills, volume rocker and even those red ThinkPad mouse buttons have been done away with. The result is a ThinkPad that has look like a granite slate, but it's the insides, and the price, that will determine if it deserves to be called a ThinkPad.ThinkPad design is more than skin deepOld school fans might fret the new look, but this is a ThinkPad through and through. There's a choice of Windows 8 or 7, up to a terabyte of storage, plus enterprise-oriented niceties like a fingerprint reader. Plus, retains the most iconic visuals of a ThinkPad, thanks to that red dot in the middle of the keyboard, the TrackPoint mouse, and a signature matte black finish.Before we sat down in front of a new ThinkPad T431, the word cluttered was never something we associated with the brand. But after seeing the T431 next to its predecessor, the T430, it was easy to notice how much visual noise had been stripped out.Lenovo's new design direction with the ThinkPad is based on extensive user research. The company has gone to
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