Ask HN: Disappointed by the new Macbook, what alternatives do we have?

Re:Ask HN: Disappointed by the new Macbook, what alternative... by dom0 on Monday October 31, 2016 @05:28AM (#12835292)

The IdeaPads I had were not of low quality. They are plastic through and through, but high quality plastic. They feel reasonably solid and a reasonably priced.

Obviously they are not carved from a solid block of magnesium alloy, like ThinkPads used to be.

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Re:Ask HN: Disappointed by the new Macbook, what alternative... by pritambaral on Monday October 31, 2016 @05:35AM (#12835339)

They do feel solid. But the innards are not as good (e.g.: poor Broadcom Wi-Fi cards, bad power management).

And the ThinkPad units didn't have Superfish or the Win10-only-SSD BIOS lock.

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Re:Ask HN: Disappointed by the new Macbook, what alternative... by wyclif on Monday October 31, 2016 @09:05AM (#12836317)

My wife has one, and the trackpads on them are terrible compared to a MBP. I don't know how they compare to other laptops in the current Lenovo line.

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