Thinkpad T440p - "Thinking" of buying - Questions

Hello everyone! I am a long time stalker of the community and have been a fan of the ThinkPad series for a few years now and am looking to purchase my first one. A T440p, been looking at used and referbished models. First I have a few questions.
1. If I would get one with an SSD, does the SSD occupy the 2.5" bay or the mSata bay?
2. Is there a substantial difference between the 6cell/9cell battery, I have noticed with machines from other makes that it is sometimes not the case.
3. If I get one without the webcam - is the microphone still there?
4. Is the 1366x768 panel nice, or does it appear like the crappy panels that you see in low-end machines?
5. Keyboard still nice to type on? Still feels some-what mechanical?
Thank you everyone for putting up with my nOObie questions, I really just want to make sure that this is what I want when buying a machine. I honestly would just go to a computer shop and check them out- but there are very few that sell ThinkPads locally.

1. It should occupy the 2.5" bay. The T440p has an NGFF M.2 slot rather than a conventional mSATA slot.
2. The 6-cell is about 56Wh, whereas the 9-cell is about 100Wh, so you're getting a fair amount more capacity.
3. Microphone should be there regardless of webcam.
4. Chances are it's mediocre.
5. You're only bet here is to try out a new keyboard in person. Further, keyboards will vary between machines even of the same model due to Lenovo sourcing different suppliers of keyboards.
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