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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?
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Friday June 30 2017, @08:12PM
The new chasses aren't cheap plastic, they are Carbon Fiber Reinforced, and the X1 still has a metal chassis. Whether they are more or less rugged, I can't say, but you're clearly setting up a strawman by calling them cheap plastic.
What in the hell are you talking about? I'm talking about "business laptops", which, last time I checked, still includes all those Thinkpads you listed even if some people complain they're lacking compared to their older models. I'm comparing business laptops to non-business (i.e. cheap consumer) laptops. Consumer laptops are made of plastic, not carbon fiber.
I don't think the newest Thinkpads have reached the level of thin and light for any reasonable person to complain about, unless you mainly use your Thinkpad for weight lifting. On thickness, the T470 is thick enough to accommodate an Ethernet port.
Again, what the hell are you talking about? You seem to think I'm comparing old Thinkpads to new Thinkpads. Where did you ever get that idea? "thin and light" isn't epitomized by any Thinkpad, old or new, it's epitomized by Apples, which definitely don't have any Ethernet ports or even room for them.