I can confirm on the screen, I was impatient and did not seek out an ips screen on my x230 - it has awful viewing angles. My wife has an X1 2nd gen and the spl

I can confirm on the screen, I was impatient and did not seek out an ips screen on my x230 - it has awful viewing angles. My wife has an X1 2nd gen and the split backspace is something I must have repressed, good call there. Total shit. I would also make sure not to think of a used, "does enough" thinkpad as a replacement for a new Macbook Pro any more than picking up an early 2000s Acura would be a replacement for a new Mercedes. It's an alternative, with its own trade-offs that may suit some people, but by no means a direct replacement.