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> ive got a thinpad and the platic build is just terrible. The screen bends when pulling it to open the laptop Damn. I was at IBM in the early 2000s and for ma
by nailer 8mo ago
> ive got a thinpad and the platic build is just terrible. The screen bends when pulling it to open the laptop
Damn. I was at IBM in the early 2000s and for many decades you used to be able to beat people to death with IBM hardware, including Thinkpad laptops and model M keyboards.
- entropicdrifter 8mo agoThinkpad build quality depends heavily on the model. The flagship T-series are still tough as nails, generally speaking
- reactordev 8mo agoThey built a reputation on that and silently replaced the plastic with crap abs. Thinkpads have been garbage since 2012. Not specs wise but build quality wise. Spec wise it’s always been a beefy machine.
- Eric_WVGG 8mo agoI have so many questions. - Was there a lab where they tested beating people to death with IBM hardware? - Where did they find subjects? Volunteers, interns, exit-interviews from layoff rounds? - Now that you can't beat people to death with IBM hardware, what do you use instead?
- mkreis 8mo agoShh... we don't talk about those dark ages any more. Times were different.
- soneil 8mo ago> Now that you can't beat people to death with IBM hardware, what do you use instead? I believe IBM hardware is still applicable for this, the Thinkpad just isn't IBM hardware anymore.
- dragonwriter 8mo agoThe hard part of beating someone to death with a z16 is lifting and swinging a z16; if you can manage that, though...
- jkestner 8mo ago> - Where did they find subjects? Volunteers, interns, exit-interviews from layoff rounds? Standard issue for field agents in the corporate acquisitions and consulting divisions. (Hey, Eric!)
- agildehaus 8mo agoWe test these things in production.
- vunderba 8mo agoThe best laptop that I ever had was an Thinkpad T530 back in ~2012 - that chunky brick felt like it was made from recycled soviet tanks. Modular as hell - trivial to swap out batteries, cd-rom bay with an extra SSD, RAM upgrades, keyboard itself.
- rrnechmech 8mo ago[dead]