Advice about a T series purchase

I have a T60 with a 1400x1050 IPS panel that is on its last legs -- the GPU has developed a fault, but I can still boot it up in safe mode with the backup VGA driver. I'm now shopping for replacements and am looking at T series options. My main concerns are usability issues -- display quality, keyboard -- rather than performance. Also portability is nice but not a major concern. I don't see a particular reason to want Windows 8 over 7. I'd like to get something that is good value but I'm not super price sensitive. So I've been looking mostly at the T43x series. A high res display is a must, and I've been aiming at 14", if only because 15" widescreen seems really wide, and 13" seems a bit small for a high res display.
I'm considering a T430 with the 1600x900 display but wonder how disappointed I'll be with the display. Another option would be to buy a T431s and replace the screen with the T440s IPS one if I'm not happy with it. Or I could buy a new T440s, but I'm a bit worried by complaints about the touchpad, and availability seems limited at the moment. Are there other options I should consider?
-- Dave

@dhinds67,
you should check out the new ClickPad for yourself. For the screen alone I would recommend the T440s over the T430, the build-quality is also better.
I can´t say I can agree with any of the negative comments here about it. After 4 months using my T440s, it is clear to me that the new solution is better than the old one. I am using the TrackPoint only with the TouchPad disabled in BIOS, so I can´t really comment how the TouchPad itself is, but it is a improvement for me over the old design, mainly because I have now much more space to click and the new integrated buttons does not wear off and get glossy over time like the old dedicated buttons. While it is not perfect (the travel could be a bit shorter and the red lines could be using a paint which a texture, so that you can feel them), it is still pretty good. The clicking sound is as loud as a normal mouse and the travel is as much as a normal keyboard key. I also have no problems with dead-spots or clicks not being registered the others mentioned here.
Every time I go back to an older ThinkPad (T420 for example) I now have problems because the buttons are soo tiny and feel very mushy, and also get glossy over time, which is really annoying.

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