On 06.02.2009 18:03, you, RayBay wrote: > Well, we felt that way about the T-60 and T61, but as the days flow > by, disappointment grows. These are not in the same tradition as the > 600X, T23, T-30, T42, and so many others.
Well, I remember that when the first T2x came out, lots of people complained they didn't hold a candle to the 600. So, nihil novi sub sole. I also remember the T30 as a rather bulky machine that ran extremely hot. The T40's were slimmer and lighter, but the T43 (which also ran very hot) had the well-known fan problem, so much so that a special third-party utility had to be designed in order to fix it. All these were IBM-era T's, weren't they? > As an owner of the X22, X31 and X41, I would hope there has been > substantial improvement... hard drives, performance, and reliability > of the X-series has always made them the "other" Thinkpads. I don't really see how you can blame Lenovo (or IBM, for that matter) for the hard drives in the X series: IBM has stopped making drives years ago, and don't they put more or less the same mix of brands in their various series (whether X, T, R, whatever)? Maybe more Hitachis than other brands, but the same drives can be found in T's and R's. As to performance, it is to be expected ultralight subnotebooks like the X series won't match machines that weight more than twice as much. People usually choose between portability and raw power, based on their needs and preferences. What's wrong with that? And in my experience, the X31 (IBM-era) and the X60s (Lenovo-era) have been just as reliable and well-built. The X22 had weak hinges. You are free to consider the X series as the "other" ThinkPads, but I wouldn't. To me, the "other" ThinkPads would have been more like the "i" (back in 600 times) and the early R's (my impression is that - starting from the R5x - R's have been quite good quality-wise). > We service a number of insurance companies which use Thinkpads in > their "fleets." Their reliability since the Lenovo designs has > plummeted. It would be interesting to see hard data to back your claim, especially comparative data (has the alleged reliability drop been worse with Lenovo than with Dell, HP etc.?). Cheers, Dominique _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
