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Me. Macbook 12 is one of my favourite machines ever. Every Thinkpad feels super heavy and bulky in comparison and I don't want to use those. I value mobility ab

Me. Macbook 12 is one of my favourite machines ever. Every Thinkpad feels super heavy and bulky in comparison and I don't want to use those. I value mobility above all else. If I want performance, I have my desktop machine or cloud for that.

UserIsUnused 7y ago
Even the X1 Carbon?
- skocznymroczny 7y ago
  Yes. It's what I consider a standard laptop size, I wouldn't call it thin and I don't like it. I mean, sure it's still better than some other machine.
  - UserIsUnused 7y ago
    You live in a weird reality. An USB barely fits the carbon, and yet you don't think it's thin. For you a regular laptop is what everybody else calls an Ultrabook.
varjag 7y ago
…and it's fanless. A difference in comfort that is hard to measure.
- sooheon 7y ago
  Yeah, it felt analogous to the difference between HDDs and SSDs--going from a loud spinny thing to solid-state sleekness.
beatgammit 7y ago
I'm the opposite, I value typing economics above all else, and I'd much rather have more battery life than save a little on weight. For me, 14" is the perfect screen size because it gives me a decent sized keyboard, enough screen to see what I'm doing, it's small enough to fit in my backpack, and large enough to fit a large enough battery to last all day. But for some reason the most recent Thinkpads don't offer a second battery and are trying to go thinner, which is precisely what I don't want. I have my desktop for serious typing and my laptop for a mobile workstation. Sometimes I need to work while visiting family or when going to conferences, and I need a decent keyboard, battery, and performance to do so. If I want thin, I'll get something like a MBA, a tablet, or my little Lenovo Yoga (11"). But that's not enough for me to get work done on the go, it's mostly just barely good enough to take notes and watch videos. I need something capable of compiling decently large codebases and 3D rendering, and no MBA is good enough for that.

UserIsUnused 7y ago

Even the X1 Carbon?

skocznymroczny 7y ago
Yes. It's what I consider a standard laptop size, I wouldn't call it thin and I don't like it. I mean, sure it's still better than some other machine.
- UserIsUnused 7y ago
  You live in a weird reality. An USB barely fits the carbon, and yet you don't think it's thin. For you a regular laptop is what everybody else calls an Ultrabook.

varjag 7y ago

…and it's fanless. A difference in comfort that is hard to measure.

sooheon 7y ago
Yeah, it felt analogous to the difference between HDDs and SSDs--going from a loud spinny thing to solid-state sleekness.

beatgammit 7y ago

I'm the opposite, I value typing economics above all else, and I'd much rather have more battery life than save a little on weight. For me, 14" is the perfect screen size because it gives me a decent sized keyboard, enough screen to see what I'm doing, it's small enough to fit in my backpack, and large enough to fit a large enough battery to last all day. But for some reason the most recent Thinkpads don't offer a second battery and are trying to go thinner, which is precisely what I don't want. I have my desktop for serious typing and my laptop for a mobile workstation. Sometimes I need to work while visiting family or when going to conferences, and I need a decent keyboard, battery, and performance to do so. If I want thin, I'll get something like a MBA, a tablet, or my little Lenovo Yoga (11"). But that's not enough for me to get work done on the go, it's mostly just barely good enough to take notes and watch videos. I need something capable of compiling decently large codebases and 3D rendering, and no MBA is good enough for that.