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There is viable market (it has customers). But I would say it is just nostalgia. Some people even say it is not real ThinkPad unless it was made by IBM (pre 200
by jankotek 7y ago
There is viable market (it has customers). But I would say it is just nostalgia. Some people even say it is not real ThinkPad unless it was made by IBM (pre 2006).
- wpietri 7y agoFor me it's definitely not just nostalgia. I type this on my X220t, which was released in 2011; it hangs around my house as the general-browsing-and-social-media machine. I love the keyboard and trackpoint, and older Thinkpads are rugged in a way that new models have apparently given up on. I bought the Thinkpad 25, which was basically a 2017 mid-range laptop with the old keyboard. It's adequate, but flimsier and less reliable.
- geekgame 7y agoI'm in the same boat, albeit with a bit newer W540. I've got Linux on it and it's my mobile machine for work when I'm on call, and travels with me when I head to the makerspace or other remote location. It works great, the keyboard is amazing, and I love how modular the entire laptop is. I have a second W540 as a parts machine just in case.