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How comes that the non-Thinkpad Yoga has a higher resolution than the Thinkpad Yoga? I thought that Thinkpad is the brand that is targeted to the PROfessionals!
by reirob 13y ago
How comes that the non-Thinkpad Yoga has a higher resolution than the Thinkpad Yoga? I thought that Thinkpad is the brand that is targeted to the PROfessionals!?
I agree about the battery with you. However not so much about extra cost. The computer is my main tool, I am using it the whole day - I stare at it the whole day, I type on it the whole day. For me the keyboard, the trackpoint, the ergonomy, the screen quality are more important than the price.
Disclaimer:
* Being a freelancer, unfortunately the money for my equipment is at my expenses
* I am a Thinkpad user (X220T currently).
* I do not use mouse and touchpad. I have to admit that over years my dependency on a good trackpoint grew to a state where I feel uncomfortable on computers without them. When at customers I have to spend days on their machines (because of security prohibiting to use my laptop in the customer's network) I bring in an external Thinkpad keyboard with a trackpoint, even though the most time I spend on the console.
* I would love to see good alternatives to Thinkpads and I would be ready to pay even a higher price.
* I added this disclaimer as an edit to the original post
- aroch 13y agoWell, "PROfessionals" that use the thinkpad lines (think business people) have no need for the extra costs and battery hit associated with a higher PPI screen
- reirob 13y agoI agree about the battery with you. However not so much about extra cost. The computer is my main tool, I am using it the whole day - I stare at it the whole day, I type on it the whole day. For me the keyboard, the trackpoint, the ergonomy, the screen quality are more important than the price.
- AsymetricCom 13y agoI'm sure I'll never get sick of hearing about this line of "reasoning". Please explain again how you justify your purchases. Let me know how your time is important and valuable, and only the best tools will allow you to be productive at the level of a true professional.
- aroch 13y agoYou're not the one buying the laptop though, your company is. The bottom line is they don't feel the need to buy a more expensive laptop for you whose only reason for being more expensive is the screen is nicer. Typing a Word doc or making a powerpoint doesn't require a high PPI screen. High PPI is pretty much dead last in the sprint for "things that matter when corporate buys a laptop for you"
- Joeri 13y agoYes it does. Eye fatigue takes much longer to set in one a high dpi display. The productivity benefits of giving a high dpi display are probable more meaningful than those of giving an i7 instead of an i3 (for word users).
- m_mueller 13y agoThey seem to follow the 'tradition' of thinkpads ruining otherwise perfectly speced and highly priced laptops with a terrible screen, just so they can upmarket enthusiasts later with the $3000 model.