Happy 20th Birthday, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad

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Post by bornhuetter » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 10:28 AM UTC

Happy 20th Birthday, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad
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Re: Happy 20th Birthday, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad

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Post by 3825 » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 10:32 AM UTC

happy birthday, red dot

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad

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Post by robin_reala » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 11:48 AM UTC

If I ever move from OSX to Linux then I wouldn’t consider anything but a Thinkpad. Shame I have no idea where my Butterfly went.

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad

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Post by ElliotH » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 11:55 AM UTC

Happy Birthday ThinkPad!

Not a fan of their customer service, but my little X121e is the best laptop I've ever used.

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad

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Post by alrs » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 12:01 PM UTC

Only a few more years now before the patents run out on the trackpoint, at which point it will be "reimagined" by Apple.

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad

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Post by bstx » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 12:16 PM UTC

ElliotH wrote: post #4

Happy Birthday ThinkPad! Not a fan of their customer service, but my little X121e is the best laptop I've ever used.

> but my little X121e is the best laptop I've ever used.

What do you compare it with? I have one too (but currently dead due to infamous reset loop bug) and I think it is the worst ThinkPad I have owned. The screen is horrible, lackluster build quality and fit'n'finish, so so Linux support and the underside of the keyboard needed to be stuffed with cardboard to type properly. Given the budget price point I don't think it should carry a ThinkPad label at all, it tarnishes the brand.

Edit: I have the AMD Fusion, not the Intel variant.

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad

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Post by alisnic » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 12:23 PM UTC

I own a X60s, bought it for 170$, I was never so happy owning a laptop, this little thing is amazing. And it is also cute (in a hardware geeky way cute)

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad

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Post by Symmetry » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 12:34 PM UTC

alrs wrote: post #5

Only a few more years now before the patents run out on the trackpoint, at which point it will be "reimagined" by Apple.

Is that why so few other laptops have them? Well, I'm looking forward to it.

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad

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Post by sspiff » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 12:40 PM UTC

alrs wrote: post #5

Only a few more years now before the patents run out on the trackpoint, at which point it will be "reimagined" by Apple.

There's patents that made them so rare? Damn it! I love those things, they just work so well, with so little finger movement.

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad

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Post by 3825 » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 12:56 PM UTC

3825 wrote: post #2

happy birthday, red dot

In case you didn't know, I was talking about the pointing stick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_stick