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I want to love thinkpads, but the fact that in 2021 you still have a display lottery frustrates me to no end. You buy a MacBook Pro you get an A+ display. Think

I want to love thinkpads, but the fact that in 2021 you still have a display lottery frustrates me to no end. You buy a MacBook Pro you get an A+ display. Thinkpad? You might get one with the good display, you might not.

MonaroVXR 5y ago
Yes, display lottery is still true.
gzu 5y ago
It's very easy to replace the displays on these business line thinkpads.
- post_break 5y ago
  I shouldn’t have to replace the display on a new computer. Especially when the part numbers are all the same. I’ve swapped the display in my x230 to get away from a ghosting panel just to get another panel that is supposedly ghost free, but still ghosts.
nmiquan 5y ago
Yes, Thinkpad's FHD is horrible. So I put a QHD display on my T480s, and my eyes love 'em. The last Mac I used was Mac Air Retina 2012, switched just because of the matte screen.
- kawsper 5y ago
  How's the glossiness on that machine? And how are they compared to the Macbooks?
  - MonaroVXR 5y ago
    Depends on which panel the user bought.
touisteur 5y ago
Oh how I love the 4k thing they put on my p17...
sorcerer34890 5y ago
For this reason I just ended buying an HP, the display is exactly what the description said it would be. 300 nits, brigthview. No surprises, no a thousand bucks lottery ticket sold with "but it has a good keyboard".
- post_break 5y ago
  300 nits is terrible though.
alpaca128 5y ago
> You buy a MacBook Pro you get an A+ display. And play another lottery with potential faults in the keyboard or display cable or some other random component, with Apple refusing to do anything for years until after a class action lawsuit they decide to fix a specific batch of laptops from the year 2016. Or maybe it actually does work, but then the cooling is insufficient to actually get the computing power suggested by the spec sheet. Apple makes good devices, but the combination of those prices with this attitude towards the customer is a dealbreaker for me. I'm glad the Framework laptop is a thing, it's the only good example in an industry going towards unfixable devices, broken by design.

MonaroVXR 5y ago

Yes, display lottery is still true.

gzu 5y ago

It's very easy to replace the displays on these business line thinkpads.

post_break 5y ago
I shouldn’t have to replace the display on a new computer. Especially when the part numbers are all the same. I’ve swapped the display in my x230 to get away from a ghosting panel just to get another panel that is supposedly ghost free, but still ghosts.

nmiquan 5y ago

Yes, Thinkpad's FHD is horrible. So I put a QHD display on my T480s, and my eyes love 'em. The last Mac I used was Mac Air Retina 2012, switched just because of the matte screen.

kawsper 5y ago
How's the glossiness on that machine? And how are they compared to the Macbooks?
- MonaroVXR 5y ago
  Depends on which panel the user bought.

touisteur 5y ago

Oh how I love the 4k thing they put on my p17...

sorcerer34890 5y ago

For this reason I just ended buying an HP, the display is exactly what the description said it would be. 300 nits, brigthview. No surprises, no a thousand bucks lottery ticket sold with "but it has a good keyboard".

post_break 5y ago
300 nits is terrible though.

alpaca128 5y ago

> You buy a MacBook Pro you get an A+ display. And play another lottery with potential faults in the keyboard or display cable or some other random component, with Apple refusing to do anything for years until after a class action lawsuit they decide to fix a specific batch of laptops from the year 2016. Or maybe it actually does work, but then the cooling is insufficient to actually get the computing power suggested by the spec sheet. Apple makes good devices, but the combination of those prices with this attitude towards the customer is a dealbreaker for me. I'm glad the Framework laptop is a thing, it's the only good example in an industry going towards unfixable devices, broken by design.