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Would You Buy an Up-To-Date Classic Thinkpad?

posted by janrinok on Sunday June 28 2015, @11:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the time-for-some-nostalgia dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Lenovo design chief David Hill is asking for feedback about an up-top-date classic Thinkpad

"Imagine a blue enter key, 7 row classic keyboard, 16:10 aspect ratio screen, multi-color ThinkPad logo, dedicated volume controls, rubberized paint, exposed screws, lots of status LED's, and more", he writes, asking whether this would be the ThinkPad of choice for the design connoisseur, or too old school?

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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday June 29 2015, @02:26AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Monday June 29 2015, @02:26AM (#202589) Journal

    Whatever is economically sound.
    1920 x 1440 ?

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 29 2015, @02:35AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 29 2015, @02:35AM (#202592)

    It's nice to have the sides open for the edges of other windows, icons, etc. 16:10 seems better than 4:3 to me. But I honestly do think 16:9 is too wide.

    • (Score: 2) by Tork on Monday June 29 2015, @05:17AM

      by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 29 2015, @05:17AM (#202641)
      I'm inclined to agree. I work in a windowed environment, I care about the pixel-count, not the aspect ratio.
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    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 29 2015, @08:49AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 29 2015, @08:49AM (#202700)

      Too wide? 16:9 should be called low-screen rather than wide-screen. 16:9 screens are not any wider, the screen dictates the laptop size, and with 16:9 there's still barely room for a cramped keyboard.

  • (Score: 2) by Tork on Monday June 29 2015, @05:11PM

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 29 2015, @05:11PM (#202895)
    I'd be happy with that. Personally I don't see what the fuss about aspect ratio is, I don't use full-screen for anything.
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