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posted by Fnord666 on Friday June 30 2017, @04:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the rethinkpad dept.

Just days after Lenovo Group Chief Yang Yuanqing hinted that Lenovo may be pulling out of the PC and Server markets in favor of focusing on datacenters and mobile devices, long-time Thinkpad designer and Retro Thinkpad Project Manager David Hill has announced his resignation from the company. Mr. Hill, who had been in charge of the original ThinkPad design in the early 90's and rose to the rank of Vice President of Design at Lenovo, states:

"I want to broaden my view and create the opportunity to do more in the field of design, not less."

The 25th Anniversary "Retro ThinkPad" project, which was in development for over two years and received over 13,000 responses from long-time ThinkPad fans, is still, for the time being, scheduled for an October 5th announcement. Could internal pressures to minimize costs have resulted in Mr. Hill deciding to take his name off the Retro ThinkPad project which he spearheaded for two and a half years?


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  • (Score: 2) by fishybell on Friday June 30 2017, @06:13PM (1 child)

    by fishybell (3156) on Friday June 30 2017, @06:13PM (#533596)

    Only Apple lovers? Really?

    I've got an early X1 Carbon, and it's thin and light and a very good reliable machine. I'm aware later versions (especially those without physical mouse buttons) aren't well loved, but I got mine as refurbished unit and it's been nothing but amazing ever since.

    I might not have the best laptop keyboard, but it's definitely better than any Apple I've ever had the displeasure of typing on. The fact that it travels extremely well means it beats out most other laptops for me, and thousands of other people.

    Thin, light, not an Apple, not even close.

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  • (Score: 2) by driverless on Saturday July 01 2017, @10:00AM

    by driverless (4770) on Saturday July 01 2017, @10:00AM (#533875)

    +1. Gen 1 Carbon, before they started messing around with it and randomly adding and removing things in case it made it better. Best ultrabook I've ever used.