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ThinkPad Designer David Hill Resigns from Lenovo

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

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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?

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  • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Friday June 30 2017, @07:59PM (3 children)

    by JNCF (4317) on Friday June 30 2017, @07:59PM (#533655) Journal

    Silent Cherry XM switches are a thing, and there are plenty of keyboards that take them. Even at least one laptop!

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 30 2017, @09:33PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 30 2017, @09:33PM (#533711)

    The silent ones, but still tactile via a small bump in the system, are the Cherry MX browns. More silent if you add some rubber o-rings, so they don't "clack" when bottoming down (and IMO, it also reduces the general noise, as the rubber absorbs vibrations).

    Blues are noisy and tactile, they have a loose plastic part for extra clacking. Red and brown are silent but provide no physical feedback, they just slide.

    Other brands also have different products.

    • (Score: 2) by driverless on Saturday July 01 2017, @09:25AM (1 child)

      by driverless (4770) on Saturday July 01 2017, @09:25AM (#533863)

      Why would you want a silent keyboard? When I'm on my Model M, I want everyone in range to know I'm on my Model M.

      • (Score: 2) by cafebabe on Saturday July 01 2017, @11:48AM

        by cafebabe (894) on Saturday July 01 2017, @11:48AM (#533881) Journal

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