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0 pointsnailer2mo ago0 comments

> ive got a thinpad and the platic build is just terrible. The screen bends when pulling it to open the laptop

Damn. I was at IBM in the early 2000s and for many decades you used to be able to beat people to death with IBM hardware, including Thinkpad laptops and model M keyboards.

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Eric_WVGG2mo ago

I have so many questions.

- Was there a lab where they tested beating people to death with IBM hardware?

- Where did they find subjects? Volunteers, interns, exit-interviews from layoff rounds?

- Now that you can't beat people to death with IBM hardware, what do you use instead?

mkreis2mo ago

Shh... we don't talk about those dark ages any more. Times were different.

soneil2mo ago

> Now that you can't beat people to death with IBM hardware, what do you use instead?

I believe IBM hardware is still applicable for this, the Thinkpad just isn't IBM hardware anymore.

dragonwriter2mo ago

The hard part of beating someone to death with a z16 is lifting and swinging a z16; if you can manage that, though...

jkestner2mo ago

> - Where did they find subjects? Volunteers, interns, exit-interviews from layoff rounds?

Standard issue for field agents in the corporate acquisitions and consulting divisions.

(Hey, Eric!)

agildehaus2mo ago

We test these things in production.

vunderba2mo ago

The best laptop that I ever had was an Thinkpad T530 back in ~2012 - that chunky brick felt like it was made from recycled soviet tanks.

Modular as hell - trivial to swap out batteries, cd-rom bay with an extra SSD, RAM upgrades, keyboard itself.

entropicdrifter2mo ago

Thinkpad build quality depends heavily on the model. The flagship T-series are still tough as nails, generally speaking

reactordev2mo ago

They built a reputation on that and silently replaced the plastic with crap abs. Thinkpads have been garbage since 2012. Not specs wise but build quality wise. Spec wise it’s always been a beefy machine.

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