Re:The inside story of Lenovo's ThinkPad redesign
by joenathan on Monday March 18, 2013 @01:33AM
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I always tell my customers if they want a laptop that will last to get a Thinkpad T series. As long as they don't compromise the build quality I'll be happy.
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Re:The inside story of Lenovo's ThinkPad redesign
by masklinn on Monday March 18, 2013 @05:20AM
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Why not a toughbook? Something like an SX2[0] or a C2[1]
[0] http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughbook/business-rugged-... [1] http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughbook/semi-rugged-C2-c...
Re:The inside story of Lenovo's ThinkPad redesign
by joenathan on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @02:29AM
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Toughbooks are extremely costly and heavy, I'd recommend them to people doing field work, otherwise they are a bit excessive,
Re:The inside story of Lenovo's ThinkPad redesign
by masklinn on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @08:12AM
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They are costly indeed, for the same reason "original" thinkpads or MBPs are costly: they're worth it.
As to "heavy", I linked to "business rugged" series of toughbooks. Fully rugged toughbooks (those you see on field work) are built like tanks and heavy as fuck indeed (e.g. Toughbook 19 with 5.1 lbs or Toughbook 31 with 7.9 lbs), these are much sleeker machines: way above an average laptop, but not MIL-STD or IP65 by a long shot.
The SX2 is 3.1 lbs. By comparison, a 2012 MBA is 2.38 (11") to 2.96 lbs (13"). Would you really call 3.1 lbs "heavy"? Let alone "extremely" so? (the C2 is a big bit heaver at 3.6 lbs, as it's a convertible tablet with a bunch more features like hot-swappable batteries)