Thinkpad is dead in enterprise

>>59560416
Macbooks

>>59560507
I think you might be right.

What promoted the change?

>>59560558
Transgender, rainbow, unicorns, purple dildos, queer acceptance

>>59560416
HP Elitebooks. Cos money.
> t. large company techie

Lenovo made them into bad macbook clones and instead of ThinkPads, why not just buy a Macbook?

No own wants to buy Chinkshit anymore.

After IBM sold ThinkPad, it was all over for the brand.

>>59560416
because dell offers better support these days for both servers and PCs
makes sense to go with a single vendor

>>59560507
>>59560558
Viral marketing on popular public figures.
It's easy, everyone thinks people use them because that's what they see.
>blackhack con or some hacker club (with stickers but it's okay as long as glowing apple logo is still noticeable)
nerds and haxors baited
>big CEOs, NASA, stock market
entrepreneurs, mba, or scifags baited
>showbiz, hollywood, e-celebs, fashion models
typical hipster baited

"oh so that's what the 'experts' use."
-t. applesheeps

They have a really smart promoter who thought of a grand idea by making it a meme.
>fall for meme
>replicate meme
>meme it
>drag others in the meme

Only the stoics, engineers, 1337, and gamers don't fall for the meme.

>>59560416
Most prefer Elitebooks and Dell business laptops because of their more 'professional' appearance. Thinkpads look kind of goofy and only /g/ thinks they're cool.

>>59560558
Apple being better

>>59560416
>why
Because Thinkpads used to be made by the #1 tech company for western enterprises, IBM. Then it got taken over by a literal who Chinese company so they all flocked to HP and Dell.

>>59560865

It's like /g/ thinks a CTO is just some old guy waiting for a golden parachute. And not someone who knows what the fuck they are doing.

>>59560416
Lenovo's garbage

Do you think companies would remain using Thinkpads if it was taken over by Acer?

No of course not and the same is true for Lelnovo

>>59560416
Pretty much because of >>59560507 + >>59560872

Chinknovo made them Macbook clones appealing to normies and everything went to shit

preinstalling malware on the laptops was probably a bad idea
I would never trust a lenovo product after that

I work for a bank. We are switching to some slick hp laptops.

Lenovo were caught repeatedly pre-installing malware and adware on their laptops, even hiding it in the Lenovo update manager. They redesigned the classic Thinkpad design into a weird Macbook clone. A lot of the things that made Thinkpads great laptops (great keyboards, bullet proof design, so well built they're used in space by NASA) slowly eroded.

Dell and HP have better reputations at this point.

>>59560416
Lenovo destroyed the 'thinkpad quality'
If you're gonna compare the pre or post-IBM schematics to the newer thinkpads, you'll know what's shit and what's not immediately.

The latest thinkpads also come with a crappy ideapad joke keyboard with terrible F-keys and looks closely similar to ideapad schematics. At this point, thinkpad is just a different meme branding name.

Slim meme (tm) by apple killed the sturdy laptop meme plus the apple's iOS/OSX UI invited many normies who salivate on shiny shit.

>>59560971
>>59560978
I think you're looking too deep into it, at points only vir/g/ins really care about, safe for the spying software. It's just very simple: a serious company wants to appear serious and you don't look serious with a Chinese branded goofy looking laptop.

As stale and boring HP and Dell are, they at least make sure their laptops look very 'business', which apparently is important for companies.

>>59560416
My retard employer (1000+ employees) just buys whatever laptop they can get the best deal on at that moment. As a result we have a mess of Dell XPSs, Latitudes, Lenovo Ideapads, and HP Specters all over the place with not a drop of standardization.

>>59561041
In companies of such scale the decisions are made by the purchasing department based on a list of demands. Basically if it can type and meets some demands they will get the cheapest rather than the most /g/ approved one.
t. works at purchasing department

>>59561002
I assure you NASA (RIP) would care if Thinkpads work well in space or not. Lenovo shit the bed by forgetting that their target audience is business and instead trying to imagine some businessman who is also a normie and wants some hybrid abomination which isn't quite a Thinkpad but also not quite a Macbook. What they came up with is straight up ugly.

I think people overstate the Lenovo thing, companies would keep using Thinkpad if they retained the original IBM look because it's iconic. Not this current design which doesn't please anybody.

>>59561101
Maybe because I'm from Europe but over here the Thinkpad meme is long dead. 'Business look' would be a HP badge, even though it stands for shit quality, and maybe a Macbook if you want to look hip.

>>59560738
Clitmouse and matte screen

>>59560416
Lol @ paying 25K a year to study :D

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>>59560558

>>59561177
Lol @ paying 31 billion per year on refugees :D

>>59561146
The clit is useless with their new trackpad design that they copied from Apple.

>>59561193
I'd pay 60 billion if that meant I didn't need to be ashamed of my president, and by extension, country. Have fun being the joke of the world.

>>59561177
kys mohammed

>>59560416
the ceo of the company i'm working at has one and so do it. we're in publishing.

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all the above, pic related

>Before, every large company way buying ThinkPads by truckloads and now they're not.
Got any data to back that up? I know several companies that still do buy shitloads of Thinkpads.

It is not about their quality as much as it is about their customer service. They offer very good service for businesses.

I work for a multibillion dollar US grocery company, we're using L460s and X-1 Carbons.

>>59560416
They were overbuilt for their price. The ThinkPad division never was profitable for IBM. When quality was adjusted downwards to fit the selling price by Lenovo, they were no longer a steal, so sales dropped.

>>59560416
I want to murder that bitch

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>>59560822
>>59560507
People in real life don't actually use Macs. It's bizarre.

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In America, you pay American hardware companies for huge IT contracts because of incentives

Lenovo is Chinese and has owned the Thinkpad for more than a decade now

That's besides the point that they have completely shit on the line since acquisition. Anyone that had respect for what made the Thinkpad good stopped using them long ago.

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>>59562759
"""""""""""""""""""Thinkpad""""""""""""""""""""

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>>59560822
Yeah, and it isn't even only the famous people doing the marketing.

Every beautiful young person using a macbook at a cafe, every DJ using a macbook for his set - all of them are doing marketing for Apple, the glowing Apple logo is just that noticeable. Even if a DJ covers it up, you can basically tell that it is an Apple PC.

And I genuinely don't remember seeing a DJ who used a non-Apple laptop, it is kinda bizarre. But I'll give Apple that they do have very nice music software available, and the "just werks" thing is appealing to professionals who aren't good with computers. Still.

>>59562718
>>59562759
>>59562771
>>59562788
Fuck off, some of them are still some of the nicest laptops available today. Not as good as old ones but hey, we can't all keep using core 2 duo for the rest of our lives.

>>59560416
Because no self respecting business wants to buy chink shit. The US government may spy on you but the chinks do too and they steal your data to build companies to compete. Any it person at a western company that ever suggested Lenovo anything should have been shit canned.

>>59562788
That's a nice little laptop tho. There's genuinely nothing wrong with it considering that it was a relatively cheap, education-oriented machine to begin with. If Lenovo just didn't do that tablet crap and only produced these lil niceties...

>>59562812
>Because no self respecting business wants to buy chink shit.
So what, exactly, do they buy then?

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>>59562788

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Lenovo's not going to fuck this up r-right?

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>>59562851
Mental retardation

They had a perfectly designed laptop.
All they had to do was improve on its few weaknesses

Better batteries, better screen options.
No, it had to become a macbook clone and Walmart laptop

>>59562875
how can they fuck up? They already made everything they ever will. It's vaporware. A PR stunt

>>59562885
Holy fuck that is terrible.

>>59560822
The 1337, heh.

>>59562875
>>59562902
it is already a fail no forward and back butons.

Our company still buys a fuckton of Lenovo. x40, x50 and now the x60. Executives get those fancy X1 Carbons and sales reps use those bootleg surface tablets the Miix lineup.

And now we're looking at new vendors, HP or Dell.

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>>59562930
instead you get blank space! The ingenuity is amazing

Who gave those gooks the green light to fuck with a layout that wasn't touched forever? Consumertard mentality is really a cancer that has spread to everything

Moore's law is still real, it's just the CIA and shadow government are keeping all the real new tech to themselves. This shit we're using now is poorly engineered by design. You don't need more processing power anyways, you are getting sleepy.

>>59560872
even IBM uses Macs now

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>>59562771

>>59562802
>we can't all keep using core 2 duo for the rest of our lives
We can try.

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>>59563156
if you're gonna fall for the meme at least don't fall for the neomeme

IT drone working @major corp in Yurop.
We got all kinds of shit here.
No fucking brand loyalty besides:
1- Vendor (purchases are made to a multibrand vendor)
2- Iphones & Surfaces for VIPs

>>59563233
Already have a T420

>>59560416
Lenovo.

>>59562701
seems like marketing works on dumb rich people that dont care about wasting money.

I have a few people in my family that are like that. they have MacBooks and Alienware Gaming PCs, flashing Red and green all day. to play Mobas and record themselves playing Guitar badly.

My dad's business did that. They used to use ThinkPads, but they now use Dell Latitudes. Why? Because they can't trust a Chinese company.

In the US, the standard choice for business PCs is Dell. In Europe, it's HP.

ThinkPads are still popular in Asia.

>>59560822

>I am 14 years old and have never used a Mac

>>59560971

>so well built they're used in space by NASA

I am so sick of you clueless retards parroting this dumb shit. NASA made contracts with the only people making business laptops in the 90s and essentially just stuck with them since for the sake of simplicity. Do you think the inside of a space shuttle is some kind of extreme environment? You must be over 18 to post on this site. Neck yourself.

>>59560416
the **40 series happened

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>>59565016
neck yourself you buttblasted faggot, it's year 2017 retard, the 90s was almost 20 years ago and yet they still use thinkpads on the ISS.

why aren't they using macbooks? dell lattitudes?
surely there has to be some other reason besides the bullshit you just spouted about how they just kept using thinkpads for simplicity reasons.

nobody parrots that shit because they think the inside of a space station is some kind of extreme environment, they parrot that shit because it's fucking true that scientists and astronauts are using thinkpads in space right fucking now while you are sitting here autistically sperging all over your apple keyboard.

tfw you will never have a shitposting station as good as pic related

>>59565219

No, you clearly fucking underage skidmark its merely for simplicity reasons. Here on EARTH, milspec standards are more appropriate. There's a reason they're not using Panasonic Toughbooks in space shuttles; there's no fucking point. A deal was made a long time ago, it worked, wasn't broken and so did not change. You've seriously got to be underage to think a laptop being a shuttle computer is any test of anything.

You've got to be a fucking retard to base your purchases on what astronauts do, instead of what YOU require. Fucking astronauts, are you 5 or something? Want to pretend to be a big space man?

>>59565329
(you)

>>59560416
chinks, plain and simple

>>59562885
this shit should be illegal

>>59560416
Where I am in government Thinkpad is still the standard, the problem is likely moreso that upgrading is much slower than it once was.

Most of the laptops in my office are old and slow but we don't have the budget to replace them just because.

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My W530 is three and a half years old now.
Pro:
- sturdy
- upgraded SSD with no Problem, still can fill up RAM if necessary
- high quality screen (with meme color calibrator)

con:
- just as warranty was void, mainboard died (300€)
- win10 upgrade fucked everything up because drivers, tons of lenovo(R) software -> that's why I am on linux now, but still...

At comp.sci.101 in Germany, I would guess 1/3 has ThinkPad Workstations. I bought it because it was subsidized and had best value/money

>>59562851
To be honest, I think the whole "unified black metal/carbon body and metal hinges"-thing looks beautiful.
However, it's not good design if it hinders important functionality, such as repairability/upgradability and ergonomics.
t.design grad

Professionals largely don't care for clunky designs straight from the 90s. ThinkPads had their place when laptops were new technology.

MacBooks are sleek, modern, and premium devices. They exhibit prestige.

Stopped owning thinkpads after the t61. Why do they have so many unnecessary fucking screws? The plastic on them are shit tier. The internal body is solid. But otherwise they're not that great.

>>59565329
Son do you understand that radiation hardening is a thing? Do you understand not having a magnetic field and atmosphere that shields you from most ionizing radiation is kinda important?

>>59565767

Yeah, and the space shuttle is shielded from the outside you dense fucking retard so everything INSIDE is fine and doesn't require special protection. Just accept the fact that you're a retarded cunt and stop replying. Move on, you're anonymous, no title to defend.

>>59565797
Son having used silicon photodetectors for x ray detection you're not about to tell me that the space station has thick lead coatings for attenuation. Past 50 keV whatever methods they've got to block non-massive particles go from active to hoping the low incidence and cross section work for you. Also redundancy in systems.

IBM sold Thinkpad then they said that Macs are cheaper to mantain than PCs.

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3131906/apple-mac/ibm-says-macs-are-even-cheaper-to-run-than-it-thought.html

They wanted to kill thinkpad, and they did it good.

You've only got to buy one and it lasts for years. But yeah Macbook.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys96J2Jcp-A

""""""""""""""""""""workstation""""""""""""""""""""""""replacement

Gooks can't even send a working unit out
You expect them to engineer something of quality? This line was going down the drain since acquisition.

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>>59565914
Being a kid is liking Linus "dudecool" techtips
Being an adult is liking Louis "I detect chink garbage" rossman

Hey guys, I've been seeing some used T420, they are kinda cheap but the screep sucks, but I will only use it for programming and not get distracted wich happens often when I'm on my pc. what you guys sugest, go or not go?

>>59566067
>screep

I meant screen, fixed.

>>59565840

Please stop saying 'son' when I'm probably older than you are. What does that Googled bollocks do to prove your point? You want a specific application 90s machine as your daily general use computer, for the perceived geeky prestige? Is your basement on a different planet with no atmospheric protection? I guess I should drive around in an armored military vehicle too for grocery shopping in case I have a trolley bump into my car. You're a fucking poser neckbeard. Get the fuck out of here.

I'm not saying ThinkPads aren't great, I own 2 of them. However, buying them for 'BBBB-BUT THEY WERE IN SPACE!' is a fucking retarded reason and it makes you look like a child.

theyre still a lot of places. my last two gigs issued them day-1 alongside your building badge

>>59565219

i came

>>59565914
Wow, the battery just falling out...

>>59560416
My dad just got his old thinkpad replaced by a new thinkpad at work.

>>59566555
on the fucking P50
while the P70 was out those are pretty much the highest end machines they offer

and they couldn't even fucking ship a battery that stays in place

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>>59561179
>Greatest Generation
Literally just cannon fodder that died 10 for one German. Europe lost that war, and you got your empire. Now your people will be erased along with ours. Truly great.

Yes i'm triggered make fun of me until you feel like your life has meaning you swarthy tacosharters.

>>59566412
Not him, but relax son. Go play on your apple toy.

>>59565914
>niggers on /g/ don't get engineering
Previous owner dented the battery. The dent is keeping the battery from fully seating. If he flattens out the dent, it should seat and latch properly.

>>59566986
I'm saying that if they can't even perform satisfactory customer service for their most expensive line, how can you expect their engineering department to have any capability.

Why in the fuck would you get a dented battery with an enterprise grade workstation direct from the manufacturer? Just goes to show what a substandard brand Gookovo really is


And don't get me started on their fucking engineering.

>>59566412
calm down son

>>59562771
Looks utter shit.

>>59562885
what's wrong with ctrl?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0KloWxffpc

>lenovo

LMAO

>>59566878
>>59567604

Excellent responses you underage handicaps.

>>59569011
>he doesn't have a speaker in his ultrabay
Yeah go on, tell me how you really need that 3rd/4th hard drive slot.

superfish

>>59566412
It's okay son we are all wrong sometimes just be the big man and own up to it

>>59564977
>Be me; falling for shitty bait
can't be upgraded
glossy display
no autism nipple
inferior keyboard
last gen specs
no common connections
>glass trackpad is nice
trackpad is ridiculously big on modern mbp

>>59562875
Of course not, they're not going to fuck them up because they're not going to make them,

>>59569081
>superfish
this. fuck lenovo

ps: didn't they also have another "fuck your customers" incident?

>>59560507
this apple got in good with school to provide macbooks to kiddos while studying

>>59565219
They are being replaced with HP ZBooks

Lenovo refuses to change the Thinkpad to keep up with competition. Elitebooks and Latitudes fulfill what people need and Lenovo won't innovate or at least find a gap to fill. Thinkpad build quality seems to go down with every generation, which is bad since they were already at the bottom. Proof is looking at used Thinkpads vs used everything else. Thinkpads usually look like trash or have huge cracks/chunks broken off since Lenovo won't improve the chassis. The keys and touchpads are always worn out and shitty looking.

>>59569173
>trackpad is ridiculously big on modern mbp
if you do a lot of mouse-work and scrolling the trackpad is a godsend. I bought a macbook pro for ableton live, the scrolling and extra space are so nice i prefer it over an actual mouse. if all you do is edit text you shouldn't complain that a trackpad is "too big" when you barely even use it.

>>59570472
What generation Thinkpads are you talking about? Of course 10 year old laptops won't look like new, I haven't seen a keyboard that didn't develop shiny keys over a period of time.

As for the generation up to X/T/W *30: At least most parts are fairly cheap and can be changed out easily. Latitudes of that era aren't worse or better, imo.

>>59570472
>Thinkpad build quality seems to go down with every generation,
umm not really, starting with XX60 they're actually solid machines.

you should really stop parroting this myth and check out the post-2014 thinkpads.

retard.

>>59560416
they arent good anymore. everything is just a macbook clone now.

>>59562802
>And I genuinely don't remember seeing a DJ who used a non-Apple laptop, it is kinda bizarre

They're not as crash prone as "Something happened" Windows. When your music library is running from your laptop you definitely don't want it to crash mid-set

>>59568985
No fn button

Seriously though, why give students ThinkPads instead of MacBooks? Kind of a cheapskate move from the Univ

ThinkPad is OK for fiddling with .c code on Emacs and such I give you that, but for a student that requires a total multi-media learning experience and access to a variety of apps - a MacBook is the right way to go

>>59563297
>not owning an x200

>there are people who fell for the thinkbrick meme

>>59565329
>A deal was made a long time ago, it worked, wasn't broken and so did not change
this is true. they still use floppy disk on aircraft carriers because it still works.

source: navy vet

>>59560784
Why did IBM sell it? It doesn't profitable, and they wanted to invest in other divisions, like the ones they have right now?

>>59560710
Can anyone redpill me on those?
Any reason I should get a used thinkpad instead of an used sexy aluminum elitebook?

>>59560962
Elitebooks?

Superfish bred distrust and any company concerned about security dropped them fast.

>>59562841
>So what, exactly, do they buy then?
Dell and HP.

>>59570534
And you should check the Elitebooks by HP. They fulfill everything an enterprise needs, and they aren't made by a Chinese company.

>>59570648
Watson was eating their entire budget.

>>59570597
>total multi-media learning experience
What's wrong with top of the line Windows laptops?

>>59570714
That's their AI lawyer, right?

>>59564977
Almost every child has to use an iMac in elementary school

>>59566878
>>59567604
>>59569091
But he's right and all you have are non arguments calling him out on his tone. This is exactly why Trump won.

>>59570661
Elitebooks and thinkpads have been basically on the same level for four or five years now. We just don't have a meme general and Elitebook buying guide. We should though

>>59565219
>neck yourself you buttblasted faggot, it's year 2017 retard, the 90s was almost 20 years ago and yet they still use thinkpads on the ISS.
Hardware verification, planning and contracting for such space shit is a question of decades, of course they are still using old shit in <current year>. They also still use old-as-fuck hardware to control rockets and satellites simply because it works, it's verified and we have it. They don't care that you could build the same today using less space and energy.
When you face the decision of either assembling a team to re-verify more recent hardware for some old rocket or simply stuffing as much of that vintage hardware into a big-ass warehouse, then you usually go for the latter.

>>59571393
>Elitebook buying guide
http://ktgee.net/post/55503462757/used-hp-elitebook-buyers-guide

wew

>>59570701
>And you should check the Elitebooks by HP.
and you should stop parroting "Thinkpad build quality seems to go down with every generation,"

>>59560978
You really believe companies buy notebooks because of quality?
Usually the people behind the decision of buying new hardware have no idea what they're doing.
I work at a huge government organization. A few years ago we traded T410 and T420 for shitty HP Mini netbooks but hey, at least they're easy to maintain ( my job ) and pretty small, now we're trading those slightly disgusting netbooks for an abomination of a notebook made by a local company which has "slightly cheaper than everyone else" as it's only quality. Imagine a Chromebook that has a small HDD instead of an SSD and it comes with windows 10.
They buy the cheapest they can get because they think computers are all the same and it won't make a difference. I can't say I disagree with them, users are mostly retarded ( yesterday a 30 year old woman thinking her monitor was broken because it was too dim and asked me to replace her entire desktop, after going there and pressing the brightness button a few times, I had to spend half an hour just teaching her how to maximize her windows ), you could put a fake cardboard notebook in front of them and they couldn't be able to tell de difference and would like it as long if it's shiny.

>>59565545
>"unified black metal/carbon body and metal hinges"
Unfortunately, most Thinkpads today are made of plastic. No carbon/magnesium. Afaik only a small amount of models still have such components left.

>>59562991
>>59562930
It's a fucking mockup, retards. Go read the Lenovo Design blog post.

>>59562991
Why is it so crooked and asymmetrical?

Fuck man... I have a slight case of OCD and Thinkpads would drive me insane if I had to use one. Absolute torture.

Why can't these chinks design something that looks great? At least learn about fucking symmetry.

>>59570648
>Why did IBM sell it?
Because PC is dying. About the only area of PC business still doing OK is gaymer PCs and gaymer accessories.

That's why all these manufacturers make these god-awful "RGB LEDs everywhere" gaudy garbage.

>>59572657
Having a gayming keyboard with LED backlight is quite useful at night

>>59572929
That's what I thought too but after few days, I turned all the lights off. I fucking hated them. It irritates the hell out of me because it's distracting and competes with the light from the screen. Just learn how to type properly and be done with it. That's what I did.

why all the hate, ppl

>>59560416
i actually went and looked at this person's twitter
https://twitter.com/flavoredcats/status/831401752448471040
jesus fucking christ, i can not fathom how someone can be this fucking stupid

>>59573147

>posts self doing acid on twitter
>incoherent ramblings and musings

this is how-not-to-get-a-security-clearance-101

>>59573147
did you jerk off to her? admit it.. you probably did.

Ever see that Louis Rossmann vid on how Lenovo bastardized and ruined the Brilliant IBM design? That.
https://youtu.be/doEZMNXz1JY

A lot of companies still order them by the truck load. My friend works for SAP and they hand them out like candy.

>>59561231
That's idiotic, the reason people like the trackpoint is because you don't have to take your fingers off the home row.

>>59562875
This is just a trick to keep you in suspense.

Get a T60 and be happy. It's the real deal.

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>>59562941
>x40
X40 master race checking in.

Your company still issues X40s?

>>59565767
Thinkpads in space are not radiation hardened.

>>59560507
It has nothing to do with Apple. Dell and HP began beating Lenovo at their own game, and businesses simply started buying the better product.

Nobody uses Apple devices in enterprise environments.

>>59569173

>can't be upgraded

Sorry autist, this simply isn't a thing anymore. No, in 2024 you won't find some RAM modules that'll breathe new life into it. You won't find any upgradable parts. The entire philosophy of upgrading laptops is over.

>glossy display

Thanks for confirming you've never actually seen one in person. You're talking about things you don't understand, shamelessly.

>no autism nipple

Trackpoints are fucking shit and quite a few models of ThinkPads have unresolved issues with serious bugs. Its an inferior pointing device unless youre playing fucking Fruit Ninja.

>inferior keyboard

Its better than last gen's. Not better than a ThinkPads, but second place.

>last gen specs

Yeah because Kaby Lake is such an improvement!

>no common connections

>USB is not common

>>59570639

>this is true. they still use floppy disk on aircraft carriers because it still works.

That is truly great.

>>59560416
>new thinkpads are kinda shitty
>good thinkpads are getting old so companies want to get new computers.
not too hard to figure out kid

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>>59560822
sadly this

>>59576319
Productive people do.

I saw one person with a thinkpad at college and I did a complete 3 year undergrad and another year of honours. One person and he was Asian.

My company trades spots with Pfizer for the #1 pharma company in the world and we're all in with ChinkPads. I'm on the VPN running reports on my T430 right now.

>>59577316

>SJWs in the graphic art department do.

FTFY

>$25,000 a year for a liberal arts major
Why?

>>59561179
pretty cool dudes are millenials still. this entire website can not comprehend that millenials start at the 80's and not the fucking late 90's.

>>59566592
what did he mean by this?

>>59576202
gonna presume he meant variable X, as in 240, 440 and 540

>>59560416
at amazon it's just a matter of lowest bidder. all we get is HPs for a few years now.

>>59566067
install a x1 carbon screen and it will be good enough (about as good as a x220 ips screen):
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Replacing_T430_screen_with_a_better_one

>>59560962
>slick
>hp
Pick one

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>>59560929
Same here senpai. I'd sooner die than buy anything made by them from before 2013.

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>>59570588
Fuck the fn button. Utility shit like that needs to go in a place where it won't get accidentally hit when trying to use ctrl combos that actually do something.

Same with the forward/back keys in the arrow cluster - fucking dumb. We have an ISO standard keyboard layout, fucking use it.

>>59577045
>calling upgradability autism
I'm fine with being autistic if it helps enabling people to survive on this planet 100 years from now. Ever heard of garbage reduction?

>>59560822
>They have a really smart promoter who thought of a grand idea by making it a meme.

wtf are you actually talking about...............

just because "everyone uses one" doesn't mean that it was intended from the beginning to spread in a memelike fashion. that's the goal of ANY business.....

>>59579114
muh frugality

Although I have a dell

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>>59579985
Laptops are not a meaningful contributor to e-waste in the light of cellphones and other much more disposable consumer electronics.

>>59562885
I wouldn't mind having Delete be next to Backspace like that. I don't know how the rest of /g/ types, but whenever I'm touch typing I only ever touch the left side of the Backspace key when pressing it, so putting Delete like that as a space-saving measure seems smart to me. I don't know if this will work out any good on non-US layouts, specifically ones with the fat Enter keys that end up shrinking Backspace to make room for what on a US keyboard is the backslash key. Having said that, where are the function keys? Or Print Screen?

Also:
>Page Up and Page Down dangerously close to those small left and right arrow keys
I can't think of a good reason for why they did that other than as a prank.

>>59562885
ok
THE TILDE GOT ME REEEEEEEEEEING

>>59561274
nobody is ashamed of Trump, you fucking sped
do you actually go outside? or do you stay in bed eating buckets of ice cream and talking to your internet ""friends"" about what gender you feel today

>>59562885
Where the fuck is MUH CAPSLOCK?!

>>59578745
Yeah I know, I was just funning him.

I love my X40 though, I get 10+ hours of battery life.

>>59560416
I want to smash that smug cunt's face into the keyboard so that she can experience the smooth, mechanical travel of those nice ThinkPad mechanical key switches.

No. Lenovo is dead ever since they installed that Superfish

>>59560416
Who gives a shit?

>>59560558
Linux won on the server market. OSX was a "professional" unix operating system so development was easier on there.

>>59572929
learn to touch type, I can't imagine how slow you'd get having to glance between keyboard/screen