I like the sound of a new ThinkPad.
And they want you to continue buying their stuff too. They won't have it with products that just work.
(And, put those, at least as a consistent option, into the rest of your professional line, Lenovo. Really, it's become ridiculous, at this point.)
I really hope there will be no component/FRU lottery. I'd rather wait for the best part than worry whether I'll get the good LCD or the one that's washed out or with banding, perceptible PWM flicker, image-burn, you name it. Rather know I'm getting the right keyboard, than worry about squish, roll, etc. affecting my typing. Etc.
Make it a damned good panel, Lenovo.
How do we interact with our machines? Display, keyboard, trackpad, Touchpoint. If those are second class, our whole experience is going to be second class.
(Speakers, I can always plug in or hook up. And I don't use the webcam much; that may differ for others.)
Lenovo ruined the Thinkpad brand entirely. I'm hopeful for this old school return of a "quality tank of a laptop with a real keyboard" but we'll see. Recent track record tells me this won't be super interesting.
If I could get a modern-spec Thinkpad with a Macbook pro quality screen and the old school Thinkpad keyboard I'd be on board in a hot minute.
Because nowadays they are up to usual tasks while allowing long battery life and light, compact devices.
If you want more than a U processor, the T470p and the P51/71 are for you (Core i7-7820HQ or even Xeon E3-1535M v6 possible).
15'' ThinkPad, ca. 2005 era
KabyLake quad or more cores, maxed out memory
rMBP screen
All thinkpad ports in their modern incarnations (gigabit ether, USB 3.1, hdmi), add 1-2 USB-C
rMBP Touchpad before it became Forcetouch
Essentially, give me the Ford F-150 raptor of laptops. And I'm saying this as a European ;).
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I haven't had a chance to try them for long enough to form an opinion and I'm curious about potential annoyances if/when I upgrade to a newer model.
Personally I'd love to see the 12.9" 4:3 display from an iPad Pro in a Thinkpad retro.
No, I am not going to buy those costly alternatives Apple has lined up after it's obvious they are killing Air (even though there might be a new one coming with almost just one tiny tweak).
But then again, Lenovo pretty much destryoed the ThinkPad brand and is on the path to do the same to the Moto range with their substandard quality and even worse service.
