Great job, Lenovo! To me there are only two laptop manufacturers in this world: thinkpad and macbook.
Lenovo Launches ThinkPad X1 Yoga at CES with OLED Display
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Re: Lenovo Launches ThinkPad X1 Yoga at CES with OLED Display
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The s6's expected longevity (~2yrs per the contract model) is much smaller than the expected longevity of say, the average college students who buys this laptop for use in college. For the record, my Note 4 isn't showing any burn in after > 1yr of use, but who knows what it will be like 4 years down the line. A small number of users report burn-in on the newer s6/6p so I hope QC on the new Yogas will be tighter at th…
How do you QC a defect that takes a year to verify? I had burn-in on my old galaxy s4. Don't know or care if it's the "new" technology. The primary burn-in was noticeable due to Android's fixed top notification bar, as it almost never changed position or color. The times I would fire up a horizontal view or full screen app, the bar would obviously remain visible. I'm glad they wised up to iOS's approach and started b…
I am not arguing in support of OLED screens. I'm firmly in the camp that OLED doesn't belong in laptops (just yet?).
From the parent: > New gen OLEDs like the one in Samsung S6 do not have any significant burn-in.
My point is that phones are not a good measure of the ability for an oled screen to be used on a laptop since phones have lower expected longevity.
Re: Lenovo Launches ThinkPad X1 Yoga at CES with OLED Display
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What are you getting from a Thinkpad that you wouldn't get from a Macbook Pro? It's not price. If you spec out a similar one, in a lot of cases, the MBP beats it in price. The things that matter -- performance, battery life, display, weight all favor the MBP. I've tried finding a Windows laptop that comes close for personal use. I ended up getting a MBP and putting Windows on it like a lot of developers. Thinkpad T55…
* Heat management: Thinkpads just don't heat up in harmful ways. I have seen way too many Macbooks that can't be handled when they heat up or the continued stress degrades some component * Keyboard with a Delete key * You can install Linux on a Thinkpad trivially and have it ready for use. The MBP just isn't there * The chassis stands up to a lot more abuse, not just aesthetically (because the MBP frames scratch up j…
Thinkpads certainly heat up if you're running Linux rather than Windows.
Re: Lenovo Launches ThinkPad X1 Yoga at CES with OLED Display
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> Both of whom favor MacBooks in this day and age. So you probably live in California or something. The rest of the world keeps using Lenovo Thinkpads just fine. Just look at their sales figures, they are not losing ground by droves or something. Macs are no replacement for Thinkpads in any way.
What are you getting from a Thinkpad that you wouldn't get from a Macbook Pro? It's not price. If you spec out a similar one, in a lot of cases, the MBP beats it in price. The things that matter -- performance, battery life, display, weight all favor the MBP. I've tried finding a Windows laptop that comes close for personal use. I ended up getting a MBP and putting Windows on it like a lot of developers. Thinkpad T55…
> I've tried finding a Windows laptop that comes close for personal use. I ended up getting a MBP and putting Windows on it like a lot of developers.
Well a lot of developers actually use Linux, and Lenovo hardware support for Linux is much better than the non-official Linux support for Macs, for one.
Plus, Thinkpads are way more robust than Apple's products. They can drop, be trampled over, and still work just fine. They are made for the road, not just to shine in Starbucks.
Thinkpads are highly replaceable as well. You can open them up and change about every part inside, because they are made to be modular and easy to service. No need to go to your Apple Store to have your battery replaced.
On top of that, used Thinkpads can be extremely cheap and still work fine for YEARS after that. You probably will replace them before the hardware actually fails.
Re: Lenovo Launches ThinkPad X1 Yoga at CES with OLED Display
#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
* Heat management: Thinkpads just don't heat up in harmful ways. I have seen way too many Macbooks that can't be handled when they heat up or the continued stress degrades some component * Keyboard with a Delete key * You can install Linux on a Thinkpad trivially and have it ready for use. The MBP just isn't there * The chassis stands up to a lot more abuse, not just aesthetically (because the MBP frames scratch up j…
Thinkpads certainly heat up if you're running Linux rather than Windows.
Yes, but if you install tlp the situation is somewhat better.