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It is funny how the definition of what is "the last true ThinkPad" shifts with time.
by dfox 8y ago
It is funny how the definition of what is "the last true ThinkPad" shifts with time.
- berbec 8y agoUsed to be the E series. The the T60p. Then the x260. Soon The X1 Carbon Extreme will be the last jedi
- dfox 8y agoIt used to be "anything before letter-series", then T42, then X41, then T60, then X200... In essence the main thing that tends to shift is what is the "defining feature" of thinkpad. For T42 an X41 it was keyboard without windows keys and with textured trackpoint buttons, then it was 5-row keyboard and so on... Another point in regards to this is that at least for me the really good ThinkPads started with the letter series, which is also the time when IBM started to outsource both design and manufacture. And the difference is plainly visible with traditional IBM's overengineering (eg. 600E, which is supposed to be low-cost model, is pain to disassemble and contains two handfuls of various weird and wonderful machined aluminium brackets, mainframe-style) being replaced with design that meaningfully balances cost, reliability and serviceability.
- YeGoblynQueenne 8y agoWell, they keep making new ones ...
- Retr0spectrum 8y agoMy definition will always be "The most recent one that supports coreboot".
- archi42 8y agoThat's probably true. I admit the first time I got in contact with ThinkPads was around 2006; so whatever was affordable for students back then might have stuck (tbh, I never had a TP until a year ago; and the Helix something entirely different).