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What is this post? Are we just posting a spec sheet and making claims in the title now? Why is the last one? I don’t think so. I have some thinkpads, I have the

What is this post? Are we just posting a spec sheet and making claims in the title now? Why is the last one? I don’t think so. I have some thinkpads, I have the revered x220, it was great until I used a good current laptop. Newer ones are just better. It’s ok if you want to use older hardware, no one is saying you shouldn’t, but go out in the world and be honest. New one Doesn’t get as hot, battery actually lasts like 3 times longer without having to add 8lbs of lithium, and the touchpad is actually usable (I don’t get along with the nipple in the middle of the keyboard). Same can be said about the t420. I have an x1 too, the screen is ok, much lighter, touchpad is much better, but it’s plasticky and the speakers are as good as not having any. Compare these with a MacBook Air and idk man, I rather have the much nicer screen, speakers and touchpad. The keyboard is not that much worse, I may even prefer it. No heat, you can use it on your lap, lighter, longer battery life. If I want more ports I have a desktop.

faeriechangling 4y ago
When the first Lenovo Thinkpads came out people trashed the new keyboard in particular as being a weight cutting compromise which was inferior to a true IBM keyboard. Although people seem to have forgotten this scandal and now wax poetic over the superior T420 7 row keyboard. Nowadays? It's a computers which has the sole strength of having a good keyboard while simultaneously having a 1600x900 230 nit screen that can't render text all that well, it's bulky and heavy, it runs out of battery fast, it can't do large swathes of modern internet activities (like high-resolution video), and it burns through battery cells relatively fast compared to a new laptop so it's not even as low maintenance as it's chocked up to be. I've noticed quite a few people who are taken with this idea of late aughts/early 10's tech in general, not only these Thinkpads but they buy old smartphones with replaceable batteries and desktop computers and wired headphones. I got rid of my old tech and became less sedentary and healthier because something common to all of it is the requirement to be tethered to something more often compared to modern tech. In the case of the Thinkpad, I always used my laptop next to a power outlet, and now I just don't care where I use my laptop because I moved on.
steponlego 4y ago
Heh, iToddler.

faeriechangling 4y ago

When the first Lenovo Thinkpads came out people trashed the new keyboard in particular as being a weight cutting compromise which was inferior to a true IBM keyboard. Although people seem to have forgotten this scandal and now wax poetic over the superior T420 7 row keyboard. Nowadays? It's a computers which has the sole strength of having a good keyboard while simultaneously having a 1600x900 230 nit screen that can't render text all that well, it's bulky and heavy, it runs out of battery fast, it can't do large swathes of modern internet activities (like high-resolution video), and it burns through battery cells relatively fast compared to a new laptop so it's not even as low maintenance as it's chocked up to be. I've noticed quite a few people who are taken with this idea of late aughts/early 10's tech in general, not only these Thinkpads but they buy old smartphones with replaceable batteries and desktop computers and wired headphones. I got rid of my old tech and became less sedentary and healthier because something common to all of it is the requirement to be tethered to something more often compared to modern tech. In the case of the Thinkpad, I always used my laptop next to a power outlet, and now I just don't care where I use my laptop because I moved on.

steponlego 4y ago

Heh, iToddler.