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Re:ThinkPad X1 Carbon by jolux on Friday December 30, 2016 @09:51PM (#13289167)
People say this, and I really really want to like the ThinkPads and in particular the X1 Carbon because it's black and badass but it can't possibly be made out of carbon fiber for how flimsy it feels. Granted perhaps it's more durable than it seems but MacBooks are so solid and dense and rigid by comparison.

One of my friends has dropped his Air out of his lofted dorm bed numerous times and you couldn't even tell by looking at it, it's totally fine. One of my other friends has a ThinkPad Yoga and the fancy hinge was fucked within two weeks of purchase.

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Re:ThinkPad X1 Carbon by svennek on Saturday December 31, 2016 @02:10AM (#13289950)
I did the yoga thing with a Macbook Air and it's hinges was fucked instantly :)

My X1 yoga has no trouble what-so-ever and I dropped it a few feet.. (and it rattles along unprotected in a leather bag every day)...

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Re:ThinkPad X1 Carbon by jolux on Saturday December 31, 2016 @01:54PM (#13292487)
Well the MacBook Air is pretty obviously not designed to do that. The ThinkPad hinges are different on either side, and they came out of alignment and then jammed and broke.

You may have dropped it a few feet, but I drop my MacBook Pro all the time because I'm a terrible person. This dorm-bed fall has happened several times now too. The durability is simply off the charts, and I can't say the same about ThinkPads. They just feel so flimsy, everything bends or flexes on them.

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Re:ThinkPad X1 Carbon by svennek on Monday January 02, 2017 @05:49AM (#13300400)
Well obviously (or maybe not) it was a joke.

In all seriousness four comments:

- I bend my X1 fully around all the time, not problem with the hinges

- all X1's I have ever seen have 3-year ON-SITE warranty, your friend should call support and get it fixed next business day (where s/he is).

- Strength and "flexiness" are not related, often materials are allowed to flex to keep them from breaking. The X1s are made of carbon fibre and have sufficient strength even if our ape-brains prefer something that does not flex...

- and even if not, there is always next-day onsite warranty (mine is upgrade to 5 years - not having the option of onsite for Macs is alone a disqualifying trait for me)

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