How IBM’s ThinkPad Became a Design Icon (2017)

Re:How IBM’s ThinkPad Became a Design Icon (2017) by BrentOzar on Monday October 22, 2018 @07:44AM (#18273833)

> The Ultrabay mechanism was also a huge nod to the design philosophy of making the user feel like the hardware was his/hers to do with.

At first I agreed with you, reminiscing that I really loved Ultrabay customizability - switching between a battery when I was on the road, a CD drive to load software when I was in the office, and a hard drive when I needed to archive stuff.

Today though, in the age of fast bandwidth, all-day batteries, and USB, I'm struggling to think of what I would do with an Ultrabay. The closest I can get is that I could use a battery on the road, and a space-saver empty bay around town, but...that's what external batteries are for these days. The more I think about it, the more I think the fondness for Ultrabays only makes sense in the 1990s/2000s, but there's a good reason they're gone.

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Re:How IBM’s ThinkPad Became a Design Icon (2017) by knaik94 on Monday October 22, 2018 @01:14PM (#18276417)

I have an extra hard drive in mine. It means it's basically hot swappable too.

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Re:How IBM’s ThinkPad Became a Design Icon (2017) by organsnyder on Monday October 22, 2018 @01:38PM (#18276622)

I extended the useful life of my T410 by doing the same thing. I had a spare SSD lying around, so I put it in the ultrabay to bring my total SSD storage up to 768 GB.

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