>there are old as fuck boomer people on this board that ACTUALLY are trying to get people to use ugly as fuck Thinkpad laptops that look like fucking printers >the thinkpad website still as fucked up stretched images TO THIS DAY
>the sleekest laptops with the smoothest form factor and speed to this day are still Apple Laptops and Razer Blade laptops and Spectre x360s while thinkpads X1s still have embossed as fuck branding TWICE on the device and a red as fuck nipple
>only criticism is the aesthetic this is why nobody takes applemen seriously these seem cool but kind of frail. never handled one but they're really light, are they not?
Kayden Morgan
i got the 15 inch one from 2017, used it for school and for work once i graduated. Case is metal and it handled my usage through out the years pretty well. when you buy the laptop it comes with a leather bag with fuzz inside to keep it safe in your backpack and luggage and such too.
Aiden Long
and here we have an example of a mistake and what will eventually be a dead-end in laptop-design.
A 7" tablet is the perfect size for me. I have a 10" and a 7" and the 7" really is the comfortable size for me, 10" is just a bit too big. It's fine to put on a stand & use as a video player in the kitchen or things like that. And.. a laptop folded into a 13" or 15" "tablet", thick and, for a tablet, heavy? Just try holding and using one of those silly 2-in-1's and you'll get why the idea is stupid.
let people who like Thinkpads enjoy their Thinkpads, why would you let that bother you? For me it's a no-go due to poor design choices (all the brand new ones) or too outdated hardware (all the old ones). And even if a used one has a CPU fast enough for you you'll still be wanting to replace the screen and the HDD (unless it's a SSD) first thing.
Adrian Garcia
>manlet hands
Ian Young
was thinking about one since one of the lecturers at my uni had one. once i graduate (if i do) might as well buy it. my current hp laptop is serving me well, though.
Parker Turner
FUNCTION > FORM
Brayden Perez
Laptops are social statements. Like cars
Adam Ross
>it comes with a leather bag with fuzz inside to keep it safe in your backpack and luggage and such
What bag doesn't have a laptop sleeve these days?
Logan Howard
thinkpads aren't even that much more functional than other laptops. they've just developed a devoted cult following, much like another company whose name shan't be uttered.
Luke Clark
I don't think many old as fuck boomer people actually would defend the newer thinkpads that much. They are pretty much macbooks with a clit when compared to the old printer(?) looking ones.
Blake Sullivan
>babby's first business laptop it isn't really special by big boy standards, aside from its nip mouse and top buttons.
Austin Brown
Not more functional than other business laptops.
But hot-swappable batteries, a proper keyboard and decent enough ventilation to keep thermal throttling to a minimum are great things to have.
Aaron Kelly
Hp was good around 2005-2012. Or I guess tech in general. Nowadays everything has to be slim, light, expensive and disposable.
Kayden Thomas
I used a ThinkPad at a Fortune 100 company for a couple months. Shit was absolute garbage. Would take 20 mins to boot, and was slow as hell.
Then I joined a small tech company with less than 10 employees. They gave me an old MacBook pro. Shit runs so fast, and is a thousand times better. If a ThinkPad can't even do as well as a Mac, it's a pathetic brand.
Connor Morales
I'm 40 years old and my T460p is much better than my T420. And in every way including sturdiness (hint: heavier battery != stronger)
John Collins
>>the thinkpad website still as fucked up stretched images TO THIS DAY why does this happen though ? wtf lenovo
Anthony Scott
And I have a macbook pro that's slower than my thinkpad x1c that I got from eBay for 90$
Maybe you should list the specs of both, dear.
Logan Bennett
I was at a multi-billion dollar company and the computers there are worse than a tiny little tech company. It's the brand, not the specs.
Jace Baker
>x1c not a Thinkpad
William Butler
NOW I AM BECOME LENOVO DESTROYER OF BRANDS
Ryder Collins
except modern thinkapds thermalthrottle as much as other brands. Hell, xps15 gives better performance than x1e with same hardwire and t480 performs worse than t480s. Thinkpads are not good at handling heat
Jordan Taylor
>I was at a multi-billion dollar company So? You were part of the corporate bureaucracy. It serves no purpose, it produces nothing. Why would they spend money on good laptops? Unless you had at least 100 people below you you were a nobody in a sea of nobodies.
Ian Campbell
Hot-swappable batteries are the only genuinely cool feature you listed there. Ventilation and keyboards really aren't that big a problem with the competition anyway.
Christopher Peterson
>x1e Again: NOT a Thinkpad.
>t480 performs worse than t480s. >Thin laptops perform worse than thick laptops No shit Sherlock.
That is why you buy a PROPER Thinkpad i.e. a nice and thick one and not some gay Ultracrap fashion accessory.
Unfortunately people like you cause Lenovo to make fewer and fewer real Thinkpads and more thermalthrottling bullshit instead. - that's the problem.
Ian Howard
>Ventilation and keyboards really aren't that big a problem with the competition anyway.
Not with competing BUSINESS laptops no.
But CONSUMER laptops all have god awful keyboards and unless it's some "gaming laptop" the cooling is generally terrible as well.
no one really cares what laptop you use or what car you drive, unless they're novel and interesting. in a sea of design that all look the same and everyone has (honda, every single fucking crossover, macbook), peoples' interest gravitate towards things that stand out as different on the road or in the coffee shop (classic, modded, or even just boxy looking cars, thinkpads).
>sees a macbook >says nothing, because everyone has a macbook
>sees a thinkpad >"oh neat they still make laptops like that" >"hey i remember using one of those in the 90s! worked great back then" >"an old laptop like that is still useful? that's pretty cool"
Jace Martin
This is what boomers actually think
Evan Campbell
This board is full of impressionable people who identify with the products they use. ThinkPads aren't even good business laptops.
Hudson Young
>my computer has to be pretty >don't tell me otherwise or I'll call you old Go be gay someplace else.
Luis Perry
>specs don't matter A thinkpad can be had with a 5400rpm drive and a 2 core pile of shit as well as a Xeon and a multiple TB+ NVMe ssds in raid 0
2/10 I replied
Jack Williams
>dell Enjoy your DPC issues
Charles Torres
whats a good looking laptop that can take 2 M.2 drives
Noah Murphy
>ThinkPads aren't even good business laptops.
No, they are the best.
Kayden Hill
What is then? If you think dell or HP don't even reply.
John Kelly
>unironically caring about aesthetics
Luke Green
I haven't had a chance to see Dell's business laptop lines, but my Grandpa's HP Elite 2560p was like a ThinkPad that didn't suck shit. The fact you can get access to all the hardware just by unlatching the magnesium backplate alone makes them better than ThinkPads, where you often have to remove the fucking keyboard (which is screwed in) just to get at all the RAM.
people love a story >"nice bmw. why'd you get it?" >"it's fancy and an overt display of my standing in the upper-middle class, afforded to me by a well-paying, but very dull office job"
>"woah is that a fucking dodge reliant?" >"yeah, it's been sitting in a barn at my uncle's farm for like 20 years. i finally got it roadworthy and will be taking on a cross-country road trip this summer. if it dies along the way, i'll just scrap it and take a train back home"
>"nice macbook" >"thanks, i bought it from the apple store"
>"neat thinkpad. what's the story?" >"thanks! a few years ago work was getting rid of a bunch of them after-lease so i took one home. added an ssd and some ram, so it's still pretty zippy. cracked the screen on my last trip, but there was a computer shop nearby that sold refurbs, and they had a spare compatible panel"
Ryan Jackson
>laying down in a sauna without a towel underneath enjoy your shingles
Ayden Morris
Congrats on caring about what randoms think about you. Some people have shit to do that isn't worrying about their public image in the 2 seconds people see them.
Angel Roberts
Do you really not know how shingles works?
Aiden Jenkins
Is this bait? The 13 inch macbook pro also uses ddr3 you inbred mongoloid
Jonathan Miller
>better than ThinkPads, where you often have to remove the fucking keyboard (which is screwed in) just to get at all the RAM.
But that's a great design.
It's literally one screw at the back, then you can slide the keyboard out (the screw prevents the sliding action, it doesn't hold the keyboard itself) and have access to several components. Replacing or cleaning the keyboard (+trackpad) is also one of the more common repairs, so it's really nice they made it so easy.
Michael Bennett
When you're that thicc you can't get sicc.
Hudson Perez
>But that's a great design.
>It's literally one screw at the back, One screw and partial disassembly is better than unlatching a magnesium backplate. This is how deluded the average ThinkFag is, take note.
Jackson Sullivan
>One screw and partial disassembly is better than unlatching a magnesium backplate.
I'll bet it's faster.
Jaxon Hughes
it doesn't matter what randoms think, but it's nice to have a story if someone chooses to start up a conversation. materialism can be more than just "i like the nice thing", it can make an item its own character in a bigger story, like a sword that slew a dragon, the cherry red convertible dr. gonzo and his attorney drove across the nevada desert, or a laptop powered by a solar panel and a marine battery while living in a cabin in the woods for 6 months
Landon Bennett
What’s the best laptop to buy right now? Assuming no special requirements, what is the best for typing, obviously with a decent gpu and ssd. No budget limits within reason.
James Jones
Razer laptop I guess
Noah Bailey
>the absolute state of laptops I’ve bought two razor products in my life. One was that shitty 360 controller they made with mushy buttons and sticks that died in a month. The second was a death adder which was obviously made for nonhuman hands. It’s even worse not that gayming is mainstream and someone would probably recognize the logo.
Easton Martin
I need a new laptop any suggestions? I'm leaning towards a VR ready laptop because my gf said she's getting me valve index for my birthday >inb4 Thinkpad No
David Evans
nvidia is going to announce something in 3 days apparently. their twitter has been hyping some new laptop they're going to come out with
>>t480 performs worse than t480s. >>Thin laptops perform worse than thick laptops except it's literally the other way, retard. T480s is slimmer yet performs better cause lenovo has no clue what they are doing. T480 is overheating garbage.
Jeremiah Hill
Well, enjoy your probably the shittiest screen in the market for a premium price
Parker Howard
>that keyboard How hard is it to find a laptop with a quality keyboard? Everyone is following apple’s retarded keyboards which is arguably worse than even a touch screen to type on.
Dominic Clark
yeah i got shingles from a sauna once. I was 22 years old. never going back to 24 hour fitness again
Why not get a prettier laptop, since modern thinkpads have nothing going for them? >premium prices, shittiest screens, awful thermalthrottling, same soldered ram, shittiest sound. Is there ANY point of buying a modern thinkpad besides keyboard?
Ryder Russell
Gimme a pretty laptop with a top tier keyboard and I’ll buy it right now.
Ryan Nelson
>not overpriced are you for real? Thinkpads are some of the most overpriced laptops.
Nicholas James
orly
Charles Gutierrez
So, all you care in a laptop is a keyboard? And you are ready to buy a premium product with a screen that is used in chink sub $500 shit (fucking asus used way better screens in their midrange 5 years ago), literally the worst sound in the market, extreme thermal throttling? The absolute state of retards. Just buy a fucking mechanical keyboard.
Nathan Kelly
Macs use ssds and you probably booted windows
Jonathan Taylor
Yes. Thinkpads are some of the most expensive laptops in their niches. x1e is way more expensive than competition other than Apple. x1c is way more expensive than competition. T480s is ways more expensive than asus zenbooks with better screens and specs. T480 is more expensive than any laptop with similar specs, except for apple of course. Only dell xps matches thinkpads in price. And only apple is more expensive.
Michael Evans
Thinkpads are shit too, but that doesn’t mean the alternatives are good either. The majority of the use of a laptop is portable typing. Which carrying an extra keyboard around with my defeats the point of. Games/videos/email are situationally useful since most of the time you’ll have access to a desktop, or you’ll be able to pull out a phone. The entire point of a laptop is that it’s a desktop you can carry with you to do utilitarian tasks and the most important part of that is typing.
Logan Butler
So, you are a traveling writer? Or a homeless code monkey? All normal people work in offices or homes. The point of laptop is having your PC with you at all times, doesn't mean that you have to type for 6 hours in mcdonalds. Well, you sure can't work outside with those shitty dim screens that lenovo sells for premium prices to retards like you. Just have a keyboard in an office and at home. Also, your point disregards any people who have to work with any type of image/video editing, which can't be done well on dim, >90% srgb thinkpad screens. Also, forget about sound work. Oh, yeah, forgot about gpu intensive tasks too or carry around 3kg thinkpad. Did I mention that competition today makes more powerful, LIGHTER, cheaper alternatives?
Gabriel Cook
College student. If I’m working at home, I clearly have a desktop available. I’m still waiting for your alternatives.
Ayden Roberts
asus zenbooks are lighter, more powerful, have better screens and way better sound than thinkpad alternatives. And they are cheaper. Asus vivobooks are WAY cheaper. Still have better screens, similar specs and similar weight to thinkpads. Acers offers same specs for way lower price. Dell xps offers better materials, WAY BETTER screens and sound, better battery life (unless you want to carry 2.5kg 14" thinkpad), better performance and same weight. Btw 4k xps15 is cheaper than FHD x1e. Other dells also offer better screens and similar specs for lower prices. Thinkpads are macbooks for kids who like to pose as hardcore programmers.
David Sullivan
Thinkpads are not a meme, at all. My first thinkpad was a T420s I got in 2013, fucking beauty of a machine. Then I got a X230, still have it, a T450, T460s, and now I rock a P51. Looking to buy a X1E with this month paycheck. They're simply unbeatable machines. I also have a T43, T400, X61s, X201, X301, T510, for collection and experimentation purposes.
Leo Long
>X230 1366x768 IPS panel with 6-bit FRC and sub-100% sRGB. Disgusting
this shit right here just proves that most people who defend thinkpads here are just braind dead fanatics, same as apple fags. They don't care about "function over form", they just want to post photos of their thinkpads and write how many thinkpads they had, to show how hardcore professional they are. Fucking cringe.
Cooper Stewart
either that or fucking put lolicon images as their wallpaper and put anime stickers on the top and shamelessly open their laptop in public or in school, totally advertising that they drink the Jow Forums kool-aid
Noah Green
Looks good enough for me. I'm not a photographer. I might buy a FHD panel mod for my X230 tho, I head they're fantastic.
Nothing wrong with being an enthusiast. Do you hate on car collectors as well?
Nicholas Miller
>Do you hate on car collectors as well? Buying old, outdated cheap electronics doesn't make you like a car collector. Unless you know many car collectors who buy shit loads of used up shitboxes. I would have no problem with thinkpad "enthusiasts" if they weren't screaming about themselves being superior "professionals" at every corner. You and hardcore applefags are the same.
Adrian Sullivan
WHYA RE LAPTOPS USING DDR3 WHY ARE THERE STILL NEW DEVICES COMING OUT IN 2019 WITH DDR3 REEEEEEEEE
Eli White
>the sleekest laptops with the smoothest form factor
Plastic dampens drops, an internal magnesium frame protects the hardware. Meanwhile aluminium is the cheapest and one of the softest metals available and gets dented up by anything.
Ethan Wood
Pulling on a pair of tabs is way faster than unscrewing anything, you moron.
Angel Adams
>Buying old, outdated cheap electronics doesn't make you like a car collector. You're right, it makes him a Thinkpad collector.
Jaxson Roberts
That molded high-quality plastic that feels great to hold in your hand, both while carrying it around and when the computer is on. "Sleekness" is for women and basedboys.
boomers really priding themselves in having old shit for some reason
Colton Hughes
>coworker bought one of those >can't use an external display cause it uses (((usb-c))) and had to pay $50 for a dongle and wait one month for it to arrive from US amazon
topkek
Angel Hernandez
>cant use external display
what? it has an hdmi port on it
Jordan Nguyen
New mainstream (1050 replacement) GPU? I can't really see Nvidia launching their own laptop, unless it's some kind of crazy Tegra based thing.
Luke Lopez
My co-worker has one. They look "urban" to me. Jamal doesn't have to give it back, its actually his.
Adrian Kelly
I have E-series E330 (circa 2013) Thinkpad (Yes, I know this is not a true ThinkPad)... Touchpad is bad, like unironically, I couldn't tune it even in proper OS, and nipple is a meme. It actually looks stylish. It has some aesthetics to it. This is why I got Acer after MacBook. >people see my Acer >people go to drugstore to get anti bed-bug and lice shampoo
>people see my MacBook >"oi mate are you gay, we can have some fun"
Alexander Evans
>What’s the best laptop to buy right now? ACER C E R
Nathaniel Fisher
bought an EliteBook 17" G5 just last year... it's not slim, not light. expensive for sure tho. it's still a great workhorse.
Lenovo didn't have any 17" in stock / for sale. no regrets though.
Julian Ward
>comparing an overpriced laptop to a legendary sword or car with special history
Ethan Brooks
Because it doesn't matter how it looks. It only matters if it does its job properly. There are few laptops that manage even that, and the pretty ones often use their looks to cover up how much they suck.
Jayden Diaz
used thinkpads are some of the best price to performance deals sub $200.
Xavier Perez
Latitudes are more utilitarian in every way. ThinkPads are close second, but I only got W530 over Precision for the aesthetic.
