On November 13, 2014 8:43:58 AM EST, Scott Sullivan <scott@ss.org> 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?

Thanks all that answered.

Looks like most of the current generation is a wash with that horrid clickpad. Shame too since the x240 was looking rather like what I wanted.

The x140e, still has the mouse buttons I want. But I'm tired of 1366x768.

The helix gen 2, although not on the Canadian market yet, does show a return to the trackpad and buttons. Great feature set, but the Core M processor leaves more to be desired in raw performance.

It's almost enough to consider a Surface Pro 3 paired with a compact thinkpad usb or Bluetooth track-point keyboard.

http://shop.lenovo.com/ca/en/itemdetails/0B47189/460/60AC6A0372B14F5BA7B12F1FF88E33C7L

I have the usb version for my desktop at work.

It's a tough time. Thanks again for you feed back.

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Scott Sullivan