Alright anons, you have been commissioned to design the next

>>57601373
installs only gentoo.
nothing else.

Stock up on T42. Dump company cash into reproducing the T50 motherboard. resell T52's at markup.

anyway

>proper keyboard
>make it thick enough to not need glue (T s series was perfectly fine thank you if you want "muh thin")
>X series and low end T4* series don't have 1366 meme panel as an option
>advanced dock option that supports a pcie x16 graphics card
>no clicky touchpad
>make touchpad bezelled down
>embedded LCD screen on the back that keeps scrolling "IM BETTER THAN U!!!!!!!!"

W520 with modern specs. Done.

Exterior:
X or T series
1080p panels
Old keyboard
Same rugged design
No rainbow logo desu
Dock options
IO should include a thunderbolt port
Normal clit with normal buttons and no click pad

Interior:
Expandable memory and storage
Good processor availability, preferably replaceable

>>57601484
So a t420 with a thunderbolt port and a 1080p display?

>>57601373

OSX as an option.

>>57601373
Move the god damn function button back.

>>57601373
>What features to you include/get rid of, and what are it's specs?
Essentially, I'd just take the x300, give it a higher res screen, fix the keybaord flex, replace the CD drive with more battery and stuff in some mid sized current intel CPU, Iris graphics and user replaceable ram.
Done.
How lenovo always fucks it up is beyond me.
Essentially, I just told them how to do the fucking perfect "retro" and they even have all the CAD files and moulds and whatever lying around. They would just need to design a fitting mobo. And that even some random chink neckbealds on a forum can do.
Fuck
It
All

>>57601373
everything nearly identical to T420 except with hdmi port instead of vga and a bitching screen

>make them much thinner
>reduce the bezels
>sacrifice key travel if you must, they're portable devices, no reason to have a desktop tier keyboard inside them
>increase trackpad size
>switch to premium aluminum unibody materials
>increase the resolution, color accuracy and brightness of the displays (maybe switching to glossy would help)
>move the logo to the back and make it glow
>sacrifice upgradeability by soldering some stuff like RAM to put a bigger battery inside
>use power efficient intel processors

>>57601726
>no reason to have a desktop tier keyboard inside them

That's one of the main reasons for them

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x61 chassis
QXGA screen
modern internals and ports

>>57601757
>>57601726
Oh wait I'm retarded, maybe I should have read past the third row

>>57601373
4:3 ips with competitive ppi to contemporary widescreen monitors
Classical thinkpad keyboard layout, not island style, full keytravel
Easy to mod and replace parts
No backlit keyboard, antimicrobial keycaps
Low priority on thinness

>>57601726
>sacrifice key travel if you must, they're portable devices, no reason to have a desktop tier keyboard inside them
Kys yo- oh. Cheeky

>>57601373
I'd make it the ultimate meme, it'd even have that funnny mechanical keyboard with no lettering on the keys and instead of a touchpad it would have a giant red ball you'd use to navigate. It would also only come with gentoo. 1440p screen and five of every port that you can think of.

>>57601373
A black Google Chromebook Pixel with key travel.

>>57601726
I knew right away what you were going for
nobody else seems to realise though
well played

>>57601373
I'd add a productivity GPU

>2560x2048 IPS screen
>dense battery, something like 12 hour battery life
>waterproof
>no chiclet
>regular touchpad with regular mouse buttons on the bottom
>bluetooth,sd card port,hdmi etc
>classic design
>license ibm logo
>all drivers foss
>sell with W10 or linux
>red keyboard backlight
>low amount of leds, red or non intrusive color
>shockproof screen
>minimize weight, without reducing ruggedness and battery life
>matte glass screen, resistent glass

>Unibody Aluminium chassis
>Thin and light
>5 row low travel keyboard
>OLED touchbar
>Only ports are Thunderbolt 3

>>57601373
>features
Every feature.
ALL of them.
At least 8 GB of ram, a built in 2TB SSD with another empty slot if you for some reason want more space, EVERY socket, be it ISA or PCIe, at least two co-operating graphics card with hardware switch/mux, a rock solid Nintendium-tier case, mechanical keyboard, nice display, that cancer sliding second screen the thinkpad w700ds has, the rubber clit, USB3.0 ports, headphone jack, SCSI adapter, large form factor PCI expansion socket, Blu-Ray drive, Ethernet and WiFi built-in, integrated RTL2832U for HAM radio, all external interface slots (PCIMCIA/XD/CF/SD/MMS/whatever), serial, midi, PS/2, GPIO slot for developing a custom expansion, a 3.5" floppy drive, libreboot...
Well, i'm running out of stuff to add, but you get the idea.
If i missed something tell me.

>>57601726
Sneaky bait you got there anon, but i saw right through it at "much thinner"

>>57601886
>1440p screen
You ruined the meme with that 16:9 bullshit

>>57601758
Screen is to smol
x60s with 12.9" screen like in iPad Pro.

G40 with an i5 6600, GTX 1060, 8gb RAM and 1080p screen

Or a T42 with modern components like some current mobile i3/5/7, 4-8gb of ram and a dedicated mobile gpu option

Thinkpad dominator
32gb ram
Gtx1080 sli
X99 i7 10 core cpu
With msi aesthetics

- T420 chassis/form factor
- extremely high resolution 16:10 IPS panel
- upgraded to Kaby Lake hardware, true quad core w/HT for 8 threads
- 32GB RAM standard
- 11ac Wi-Fi without a god damned whitelist so I can replace it at will
- great big fucking battery for at least 24 hours of solid actual working time
- $599

Yeah, I know, but I can dream.

Take a T60 and put modern hardware inside and release an updated Advanced Dock with it.

-T420 chassis
>non glossy anti glare 1080p ips panel
>Intel i5 6600hq / i7 6700hq cpu socket not bga so i can upgrade to kaby / Zen APU.
>GTX 1060 or AMD equivalent (470m?)
>16gb ddr4 min.
>2 2.5" drivebays. 1 msata bay
>2 usb 3.1 ports
>2 usb type c ports
>thunderbolt comp.
>mimo AC wifi
>8 hours min battery (gpu included) /12+ hours with gpu off/non present on apu builds
>rear panel with hdmi/dp and or vga for old as fuck projectors.
>bottom hidden (n64 like) dock connector for external gpu or moar ports.
>ships with linux or win10
>keyboard could be backlit but is not biggie.
>trackpad could be pressure sensitive

>>57603816

Zen apu would be another type of build.

Not that the socket would be amd/intel compatible obviously.

I forgot that gpu would be non cpu based (ie a 470 with a intel cpu or a 1060 with a zen apu)

>>57601373
IPS screen
Optional 4:3 screen ratio
Actual keyboard (as last seen in the x220/t420/t520 models) instead of chiclet garbage
Optional no camera
No Intel AMT/ME
Build quality like the t4x (or at least t6x) models

>>57601726
this is not a "design your applel macbook" thread.

>>57601373
>make it not preinstalled with windows
>make it come with cum stains

>People shitting on the chiclet keys
The problem with the chiclet keyboard is a the layout, in terms of feel and durability the chiclet design is better than the original keys, the new keyboard is less usable because they fucked up the layout by going for a consumer design

>all those kids listing gaming GPU's as a requirement for a fucking get-shit-done machine
>get >>>/out/
>or rather, since >>>/out/ is actually a quite decent board, get >>>/v/ anned…

for the small ones, a modern integrated GPU is more than enough (and if you want to do some gaming, they are good enough for light gaming anyways) and for the big guns, it needs to be certified for GPU heaving Programms anyways, so gaming cards are out of the question.

>>57604077
>in terms of feel and durability the chiclet design is better than the original keys,
You are wrong.
I'm on a $1000+ X1 at the moment, and the keyboard feels like some $5 garbage from bestbuy.

>>57601726
You almost had me, until
>unibody

You already know we told you 6+ months ago with the retro thinkpad survey

thankfully it's probably being designed as we speak

>>57601959
literally this.
and black as in rubberized, I don't want no coldass palmrests

This will never happen as the """""""Retro"""""" was a PR stunt but here goes anyway:


X and T variants

16:10 and 16:9 IPS panel choices with modern resolutions (good Panasonic panels)

Old style 7-row keyboard with old layout (keyboard buttons and trackpoint are standard features)
X series has option for touchpad+trackpoint or trackpoint only

Battery choices: 3/6/9 cell options, slice options

Accessories:old style dock (with battery input) and plenty of modern I/O options, num pad add on integrated into some I/O port

I/O: Thunderbolt, HDMI,

OId modular design, with quality build materials (even if it has to be bulkier)

Replaceable CPU on T series

What else am I missing /g/?

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>>57601373
Basically a slightly thicker X1 Carbon with a bigger battery, better keyboard, no camera, and wireless charging through the bottom if possible. Also an option to take the price of Windows off the bill online if you choose no OS or a GNU/Linux distro.

>>57601373
if you need that keyboard clit, you're probably a virgin neckbeard, so that's the first to go

>T series chassis
>Old keyboard and trackpad size and layout
>Physical, contoured trackpoint buttons like the old models
>16:10/16:9 panels, choice of cheaper TN HD or better IPS 1080p+ panel
>VGA, HDMI, USB 3, USB C and thunderbolt ports, headphone jack
>Webcam optional
>Give optional for either bluray/dvd drive, empty or with HDD ultrabay or ultrabay battery at point of purchase
>Replaceable SSD as standard
>i5 or i7 select-able at order

16:10 or 3:2 ips monitor
non glossy
not too thick not too thin
tough design
easily swappable/removable internals
modern tech
good set of ports like two thunderbolt 3 or modern equivalent, at least one regular usb c, and other obvious stuff like hdmi
proper keyboard/trackpoint/buttons
good battery life

Do you fucks all want some 10 lb fucking laptop?

>>57605963
no, I personally prefer a fashion accessory that cripples my workflow

>>57605963
Most notebooks get used as desktops because desktops are obsolete, so 10lbs isn't a bad idea.

Of course neither is a dock with max features, but nobody in /tpg/ remembers docks.

>>57601373
How much commission?

>>57605963

x260 has comparable weight to the 13" macbook pros yet manages 18 hour battery life, get a hp spectre if you want a shitty useless thin and light laptop

>>57605963
You do realize that most of the suggestions like >>57604832
or>>57604937
would actually work in practice right?

Or do you prefer the 2015 joke of a design that the macbook had?

This thread makes me feel sad because there news yet

Speaking of next gen thinkpads, what ever happened to Lenovo making the retro-style thinkpad?

>>57601594
100% this

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>>57609010
>>57608974

>>57601373
we already did this weeks ago when /g/ designed a laptop.

>>57601484
>Good processor availability, preferably replaceable
I want a laptop with a replaceable CPU, but I just don't see that as viable.

>>57601484
>X or T series
Yes!
>1080p panels
yes
>Old keyboard
preferably
>Same rugged design
yes
>No rainbow logo desu
whatever, don't care
>Dock options
mandatory
>IO should include a thunderbolt port
It's called Mini Display Port, and I can do without it in the body as long as the dock has it.
>Normal clit with normal buttons and no click pad
Clit is a must!

>>57601959
>A black Google Chromebook Pixel with key travel.

Do you have one? How are they? If I can get one for $800, would it be worth it?