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TheIllustrativeMan t1_jbpo6qg wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Dell’s Latitude 7330 convinced me that business laptops are too expensive by dapperlemon

Yeah I've owned 2 'modern' Thinkpads, and both have been well worth the premium. First one never had any issues, still works today, including the locking keyboard (OG Thinkpad Yoga). Second one did have an issue, but they overnight shipped a replacement motherboard to a tech who replaced it on-site the next day, for $0.

Combined they're nearly 20 years old and still trucking, which is amazing considering the abuse they've received. If Lenovo could figure out the whole stylus thing, I'd love to get a Thinkpad tablet/foldable.

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Doggleganger t1_jbq2ufw wrote

Thinkpads are also great because they don't suffer from the "thin at all costs" problem mentioned in the article. For a work laptop, I want lots of different ports, including a full-on Ethernet port without a dongle. Sometimes you need that wired connection when traveling. And HDMI (without dongle) is also a must. Macs have ditched a lot of these ports, but Thinkpad still has them.

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TheIllustrativeMan t1_jbqg3ez wrote

Ironically, one of my Thinkpads is a "thin at all costs" one - the X1 Carbon. Still has a solid selection of ports though.

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DocRedbeard t1_jbr1wej wrote

Yeah, my G4 Yoga has 2 USB-C, 2 USB-A, HDMI, and headphone jack. There does exist a "thin at all costs" Thinkpad, but that's the Nano, which does only have 2 USB-C and a headphone jack, but it's way smaller than everything else decent on the market and will still have a better keyboard.

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shouldbebabysitting t1_jbqgklf wrote

> including a full-on Ethernet port without a dongle

Thinkpads use a dongle now. :(

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iamsgod t1_jbug3lc wrote

they seems to forgo it in the latest series of thinkpads tho

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Alewerkz t1_jbs174j wrote

I hate ThinkPad for putting the fn key on the right of ctrl

Edit: I meant left

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rechlin t1_jbtb866 wrote

You can swap them in the BIOS setup.

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SureUnderstanding358 t1_jbpt2zw wrote

T420 forever! i still use 2 :)

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Iz-kan-reddit t1_jbrmsbr wrote

I still have two T61s, chugging along just fine. I have a client still running a T43. They will not die.

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SureUnderstanding358 t1_jbpwkji wrote

yup, excellent keys....and for me personally...all the ports :) i use mine as 'consoles' and general compute boxes for when i need windows or some weird app to keep older hardware useful.

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po3smith t1_jbqm62x wrote

T520 and X220 still in use here. They both have SSDs and maxed out ram and are used for nothing other than web browsing in a few uploads online. Youtube is becoming a problem given the high bit rate but you can still watch YouTube on both of them easily keeping it at 7:20 P. Both machines will go until well beyond my bones have crumbled into dust, have more clever features and cool ways of getting things done than any modern machine I’ve ever seen, and not for nothing but both of them have fallen down the stairs multiple times been sat on spilt milk even on one of them(that cleanup sucked) and have both been around since bush was in office but are both still trucking!

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po3smith t1_jbr6pv5 wrote

I edited it to Busch as I had simply forgotten what year it was also insert that saving Private Ryan getting older gif here however I would personally state that even if it was President Obama given that it’s been 12 years since he stopped at office that still quite a long time for a machine to be running just like I did the day it was opened

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Jeremycycles t1_jbt3cfn wrote

The X13 is the only Lenovo I’ve had trouble with, but it was Gen 1 so that may be the issue. But I use T and L models every day

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chipt4 t1_jbqb7ww wrote

Man I had that yoga s1 and absolutely loved it. Gave it to a buddy and it's still going strong. Would absolutely love an updated version with the same features (mechanically locking keyboard, stylus silo) but smaller bezels and modern internals. The size/form factor was perfect imo.

Edit: moved to a Lenovo legion 5, which I like (I got an especially good price on it) but it's worlds away when it comes to build quality and portability

Edit 2: I think I'm gonna try to find something cheap to give my buddy and get the yoga back, haha

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TheIllustrativeMan t1_jbqghje wrote

They maintained the lift-n-lock keyboard for a while, but ultimately dropped it to get the size more under control. I have to agree with their decision, while it was a neat feature I didn't use it that often, and it came with a pretty massive weight/size penalty, especially when you wanted to use it as a tablet.

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