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Re:College Grads' Outlook Grim on Sunday April 18, 2010 @03:01PM (#1275283)
Why is that? Because of the state of Michigan's economic condition? Or is MSU poor at landing grads jobs?
Re:Review of a Linux laptop: Thinkpad T400. Do not buy it. on Sunday September 27, 2009 @10:54PM (#847644)
The last Lenovo/IBM laptop with a good screen was the T60p. I believe they actually used IPS panels for that LCD screen.

The only good screens on Lenovo laptops these days are in the tablets. I know for a fact that the X200 tablet uses a good panel with decent colors and viewing angles, although it is hampered somewhat by the digitizer. It is possible to replace the LCD panel in some Lenovo models with other panels of higher quality. Here is an example of one such modification: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=366472

Re:Ask HN: review my tiny app - code to html converter on Monday September 14, 2009 @04:12PM (#822510)
Looks good! I would suggest to auto-highlight everything in the HTML box when you click inside it. That would save the user an extra click.