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Re:The midrange computer dies by tsm on Thursday April 21, 2016 @02:26PM (#11544290)
Yes, in my opinion the Thinkpad peaked somewhere around the T43 or the IBM-made T60 (which was also made by Lenovo). Good keyboard layout, travel distance, spring distance. Even silly stuff like the shape of the key and the precise type of plastic were somehow better.

And everything apart from the keyboard was solid too. How many non-Macbooks can be picked up by any edge or corner? How many laptops have a metal hinge for the screen? A magnesium rollcage inside? Clever drains that divert water out of your keyboard and out holes on the bottom, all without damaging the electronics? Easily user-accessible battery, RAM, HDD…even more advanced components like the screen and the wifi card?

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Re:The midrange computer dies by PeCaN on Thursday April 21, 2016 @03:01PM (#11544527)
Pretty sure the T60 was designed and manufactured entirely by Lenovo but they had permission to use the IBM logo on it.

Nobody makes laptops like IBM used to :-( I know they seem to strongly prefer low-volume high-margin industries but I really would like to see what they could do today.

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Re:The midrange computer dies by rconti on Thursday April 21, 2016 @03:04PM (#11544553)
Had a T60 but didn't know about the drain. That's really cool.
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