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I've also used the X1 Carbon and the X230. Both had many small issues (and a few big ones) that made them feel like alpha-quality prototypes. Even simple things
by ggreer 12y ago
I've also used the X1 Carbon and the X230. Both had many small issues (and a few big ones) that made them feel like alpha-quality prototypes. Even simple things like trackpad gestures and scrolling were borderline-unusable. Instead of scrolling proportionally to my finger movement, their trackpads just triggered a "scroll mouse wheel" event, moving up/down by 3 lines. Options like smooth scrolling did nothing but add an animation in the 3 line movement. It's ridiculous. An iBook from 2005 has better trackpad scrolling.
I'm surprised by the "no true ThinkPad" responses. How am I supposed to know which ThinkPads are real ones? Apparently the X220 is, but not the X230? The only differences seem to be some keyboard tweaks, the trackpad, and newer CPUs.
- frik 12y agoLenovo decreased the build quality with every iteration. The original IBM ThinkPad T60 was rock solid. The Lenovo T400/T410 and X200/X210 were great too, but already with thinner plastic case. The T420 and X220 were the last good series. The T430 and X230 came already with a bad keyboard&trackpad and was made of less durable plastic. It all started with the faulty T410s (mind the "s") which plastic was way too thin. The X1 is not a ThinkPad, just a generic notebook with its name attached. Maybe Lenovo changes their product strategy, then one can buy new products again.
- tokenrove 12y agoThey went downhill way before that, and just kept going downhill.