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I don't think you can conflate classic Thinkpad and current "Thinkpad".

• jbay808 6y ago
  Why not? Lenovo's ThinkPad line is still quite differentiated from their other offerings. What are your objections to it?
  • Zak 6y ago
    When IBM didn't like the panels they could source for Thinkpads, they started a new company called International Display Technology to manufacture panels they did like. Thinkpads used to be special. While it's entirely possible there's a connection between decisions like that and IBM's PC division being unprofitable enough they sold it to Lenovo, it might be reasonable to hope that Lenovo would make the effort to offer competitive panels when it's obviously possible for their competitors to source them.
• bayindirh 6y ago
  Are they doing anything to prevent Linux from running well on them? As far as I can tell, since all big three (XPS, EliteBook and Thinkpad) are considered enterprise devices and their BIOS, IO tables and hardware layouts are crafted with Linux compatibility in mind. They're explicitly sold with FreeDOS option to imply that you can directly install Linux on them. Even my run on off the mill desktop shows more soft-errors about IO layout and memory mapped devices on board.