On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 08:43:58AM -0500, Scott Sullivan wrote:
After 4 years my Lenovo x120e has final succumbed to the rough and tumble I put it through. The screen cracked and is unusable. This leaves me looking for a replacement.
I'm going to constrain this question to Lenovo options. I don't think I can overcome my track-point addiction.
Anyone purchased Thinkpad hardware in the last while? I know with some of the recent models Lenovo has started messing around with the keyboard design. What are peoples opinions?
I have a W530 and my wife has a T430 and they are both great. On the [WT][45]40 models however they have apparently ruined the keyboard and trackpoint completely. There are no buttons for the trackpoint anymore, it instead uses the touchpad to emulate buttons which, from what I have read, people hate. I do see that the Helix2 has gone back to real buttons again, so hopefully that means Lenovo listened and will be going back to what people want on the *50 models again. I see some posts here: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500-and-newer-T-series/Please-Bring-Back-... that say service reps at lenovo already said the *50 models will get the proper buttons returned and the case will be improved again. I guess they do listen. Given the Helix2 already got them back, it seems quite likely to be true. But the current models I would not buy. -- Len Sorensen