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Thinkpads

#1

Covar

Covar

I'm getting a new work laptop, so of course I'm requesting another Thinkpad. Not just any Thinkpad though, the X1 Carbon.



Thinkpads. Great Laptops or Greatest Laptops? Discuss.


#2

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

A few years back, we got rid of our thinkpads. I called them stink pads. But of course, they were 11 year old laptops and still worked. They performed terribly but lasted forever.


#3

Bowielee

Bowielee

No 10-key numberpad == auto pass.


#4

Espy

Espy

I've heard nothing but bad things about them since IBM stopped making them. Maybe thats changed?


#5

strawman

strawman

IBM stopped making them a long time before they actually sold the brand. They sold the brand to the company that was actually manufacturing them. They haven't changed much in terms of durability or reliability, but like any other "good brand" there are some stinky products along the way. Just don't buy anything the day it comes out - wait for the reviews and a few months of people actually using them and you can avoid the worst bombs.[DOUBLEPOST=1354293924][/DOUBLEPOST]Says the person who bought an iphone 5 the day it came out... :whistling:


#6

Covar

Covar

I know what you mean, but at the same time I've yet to find a PC laptop that's as reliable. Also they're the only ones with the nub.


#7

strawman

strawman

Some Dell laptops still have the mouse nipple, but I suppose all thinkpads do. It's actually one of the things that annoys me about them. I'll take a large multi touch trackpad any day.


#8

bhamv3

bhamv3

I actually prefer the nubs to trackpads. I got so good at using them, I could play FPS games on them.

Anyway, I used to use a Thinkpad, about six or seven years ago. It was indeed reliable and hardy, until I upgraded to gaming laptops.


#9

T

The_Khan

Thinkpad is a good Chinese brand of laptops.


#10

strawman

strawman

I actually prefer the nubs to trackpads. I got so good at using them, I could play FPS games on them.
:eek:


#11

bhamv3

bhamv3

100% true. Beat the original Half-Life on my old Thinkpad. Opposing Force and Blue Shift too.


#12

Espy

Espy

I've never understood why Thinkpads have a nipple. Do they feed the baby Thinkpads with it?


#13

Covar

Covar



#14

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

This is the first place that I've heard to refer to it as a nipple... my coworkers go by the left and right answers from that comic.


#15

Covar

Covar

I always just call it the nub.


#16

Espy

Espy

Nupple?


#17

Calleja

Calleja

Clitoris.


#18

Espy

Espy

It's kind of just right there isn't it?


#19

bhamv3

bhamv3

It's not nearly hard enough to find to qualify as a clitoris.


#20

PatrThom

PatrThom

Easier to pronounce than "I'm-too-lazy-to-reach-all-the-way-down-to-the-trackpad-pointing-device," at least.

--Patrick


#21

strawman

strawman

Easier to pronounce than "I'm-too-lazy-to-reach-all-the-way-down-to-the-trackpad-pointing-device," at least.

--Patrick
If you're switching between typing and mousing frequently, You're Doing It Wrong(TM).


#22

PatrThom

PatrThom

That of course depends on how many commands I can issue via keyboard equivalent.
Also depends on what sort of deadline I'm under, if any. Most of the time I'm not in sufficient rush for mouse breaks to impact my productivity enough to matter.

--Patrick


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