Happy 20th Birthday, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad • Hacker News Board

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Oct 05, 2012, 11:23 PM UTC

smacktoward wrote: post #55

onosendai wrote: post #34

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Random fact, there's actually a bit of a story behind the trackpoint being red. As I was told by a guy at IBM, and I haven't been able to confirm this elsewhere, is that at the time the Thinkpad was originally conceived, IBM design guidelines mandated that the only red elements on a piece of hardware should be the power switches. However, the team behind the Thinkpad design though (rightly) that a red trackpoint woul…

Oh, in IBM history "Think" was much bigger than just notepads. "Think" was a command from venerated IBM founder Thomas J. Watson, and in the Olden Days IBM used to put that slogan on wall signs (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_%28IBM%29 ) that were hung EVERYWHERE. Even in the restrooms: ( http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/think_c... ) In a restroom at IBM’s Watson Center, a supervisor had p…

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Re: Happy 20th Birthday, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad

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Post by bo1024 » Sat, Oct 06, 2012, 12:52 AM UTC

s_henry_paulson wrote: post #24

This is probably the only forum where this rant will, be relevant, but as someone who has used ThinkPads for a long time (and has a business that sells them), I have to say the "back" and "forward" buttons on the newer keyboards are a terrible design. I can't even count the amount of things I lost by accidentally bumping the "back" key before I disabled them with third-party software, and people we sell the laptops t…

Completely agree, probably one of the biggest complaints I have (which is definitely a positive comment on thinkpads overall).

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad

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Post by rogerbinns » Sat, Oct 06, 2012, 1:56 AM UTC

foxhop wrote: post #21

Long time ThinkPad user; I recently replaced my T60 with a T430: http://russell.ballestrini.net/the-pyramid-community-taught-... I'm very happy with the laptop and choice.

I recently switched from a 15" T61 to a 14" T430s. My T61 is now my home server and probably will be for another 5 years. I wanted to stay at 15" but the laptop would be too big. Lenovo also have lots of bezel on the new ones in addition to the decreased resolution.

They messed up the default colour profile of the 1600x900 screen - it is horrendous. I used a ColorHug to get the right profile which you can download https://plus.google.com/110166527124367568225/posts/bLg18FtS...

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad

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Post by smcguinness » Sun, Oct 07, 2012, 3:37 AM UTC

prolepunk wrote: post #61

smcguinness wrote: post #60

I just got the T530 about a month ago. It was a rough order process as it was delayed numerous times. (This will be fixed by moving onshore now). It has been a great machine. The only complaint I have about it is the slow wake time. For whatever reason (even after following some optimization tips), when it wakes from closed cover or timeout it takes forever.

I got to ask -- how is the new keyboard? I have T420 from a year ago and it still had classic keyboard. Is the new one worse?

I like it. I splurged the $5 more for the backlit keyboard. The only thing with keyboards is how loud the keys are when they type. I find that it is pretty quiet.

Only thing I'm not used to is the left Ctrl key position. Ultimately I'm pleased with the choice, having been a long time dell laptop user and never having a thinkpad, I'd definitely buy again (as long as startup gets a little faster)