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I like what they are doing, but I am sticking with my 2 primary thinkpads for now, which is fine as well and certainly eco :) They are still a perfect level of
by bigpeopleareold 5y ago
I like what they are doing, but I am sticking with my 2 primary thinkpads for now, which is fine as well and certainly eco :) They are still a perfect level of repairability (t430s and a t470p) even if I can't upgrade the CPUs on them.
I am excited over seeing this project, but these things have stuck out for me:
1. I am concerned over long-term screen hinge strength. I can't see the build on it, but I will not cheap out on that after dealing with bad hinges (screwed into plastic, not a metal frame on a Dell)
2. I am concerned over the durability of the screen. I am not an expert at this, but I have no worry over the screen if I chuck it in a bag or my cats who sometimes stand on the top of the laptop when I put it on the floor.
3. I watched Louis Rossmann's takes on it - I was hoping he would go into the tactile feel of the keyboard. I can wait though for any commentary on that from a ThinkPad user. I can try to stop using the TrackPoint (would hate unlearning that) but a good laptop keyboard is essential. (I declare the best laptop keyboard I ever experienced is the one I have on my t430s. Lenovo has made the key travel lower and lower over the years. The t470p and others around that year I used is OK, but doesn't compare really.)
If anything were to go wrong though, hey, I can at least repair it :D But, I continue to stare in wonder over this. I'd love to be proven otherwise on these points.
- cassepipe 5y agoThe case/hinges has always been the first thing to fall apart in all my passed laptops. This is the third and the plastic case is showing age. The other two are still running well but they can't be moved around at all no more. Basically I want something as tough as an Apple Macbook but without Apple crap on it (I need Linux). My next laptop will have the best case and hinges or there won't be another one. I can't stand seeing perfectly runnning old machines made unusable because cheap assembly.
- jbotz 5y agoI've been using a Thinkpad T470 for the past 2 years, and the hinges are really solid... they look like they'll last many more years. I had a couple of T400s before which basically disintegrated around the hinges, so I know whereof you speak, but at least this series of Thinkpads don't seem to suffer from that problem... looks like they learned their lesson.
- sedatk 5y ago> Basically I want something as tough as an Apple Macbook but without Apple crap on it So, a Surface Laptop 3?
- binkHN 5y ago> I can try to stop using the TrackPoint (would hate unlearning that)... Same here. I’m addicted to it and can’t get over the tactile feel. I guess this will go the way of the mobile phone keyboard, assuming it hasn’t already.
- khqc 5y agoI guess a workaround for now (until someone designs a trackpoint keyboard that fits in the framework) could be Lenovo's bluetooth trackpoint keyboard, I use it with every laptop and it's been great