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The design looks great. But after I got my first Thinkpad I started to use the physical mouse buttons with the touchpad, and even disabled all the point-and-cli
by kennae 14y ago
The design looks great. But after I got my first Thinkpad I started to use the physical mouse buttons with the touchpad, and even disabled all the point-and-click stuff and after that you can use it almost as good as a separate mouse. I would hate to go back to push-and-lick actions.
To the media keys being default, that is not an problem, you can change them back in BIOS to work as regular F-keys.
Thinner and sleeker is always a good thing if the build quality is what it used to be, and I believe it is.
Keyboard backlight is also a great thing if you just can change the level to be very minimal to barely see the keys in the dark.
All in all, this very well may be my next laptop.
And to you guys you whine about not enough usb-ports or the lack of CD-drive, I'm sure there is a Thinkpad coming with the new design that gives you all that and more.
The fact is, people very rarely need CD-drive and tons of ports, this machine will suit really big part of the population and like me, im happy to sacrifice CD-drive and few ports for a lighter machine that I carry around daily.
(sorry for the bad english, it is not my native language)
- pondababa 14y agoI actually prefer the old Thinklight. I often use it as a reading light for notes while I'm working on my computer.
- Ao7bei3s 14y agoI have a T430s. It has both the keyboard backlight and the thinklight. I had an R500 before that had just the thinklight. I very, very strongly prefer the keyboard backlight for three reasons: 1. no reflections on the keys 2. part of the thinklight reflects off the screen, reducing perceived contrast (=(Imax+k)/(Imin+k) where k=ambient light) 3. for some reason, I even find the backlight helpful in broad daylight I didn't think it'd make so much of a difference before I got the T430s, but for what it's intended it's just vastly superior. And I've found that now that I have the backlight, I don't actually use the thinklight all too often anymore, even though it's only two Fn+Space away. YMMV.
- keeperofdakeys 14y agoHonestly, two USB ports is not enough sometimes, that is the biggest gripe with my current laptop. Three seems like a sensible amount for nearly all situations, especially on something targeting corporate customers.