nixCraft 🐧18h ago
the IBM ThinkPad 235, a cult classic subnotebook released in late 90s. IBM engineering made incredibly compact machines like this one, which was exclusive to the Japanese market. There was time when IBM and many consumer products were made with industrial design teams and user replaceable parts. Sadly that era is gone now. Anyway, i am sharing this for nostalgic reasons.
Show threadnixCraft 🐧
the worst part is lenovo trying to copy Apple without understanding why people brought those thinkpads.
Jun 24 at 4:17pmWeb
Show threadWiredfire18h ago
@nixCraft always loved me a sub-notebook. The netbook era was peak personal computing ^_^
Show threadNazo15h ago

@wiredfire @nixCraft It really was! Though for me the best I ever had was a 2-in-1 "Transformer" by Asus. So light and thin. Sure it ran on an Intel Atom, but IMO people who think they need a Core i9 running at 10GHz or an AMD 48 core server CPU and a gaming GPU in a """laptop""" just completely lost the point of what a laptop even is.

They also lost their wallets. It costs 2x, even 3x as much to have such hardware compared to desktop equivalents and they're always worse no matter how hard they try due to hardware constrictions... (So you spend far more to get less...)

Show threadAravinth Manivannan15h ago
@nazokiyoubinbou @wiredfire @nixCraft my dad is still nursing an Intel Atom Samsung netbook. He just got a battery replacement for it too, so it doesn't seem like it's going away soon
Show threadNazo15h ago

@realaravinth @wiredfire @nixCraft Sadly my 2-in-1 just suddenly quit one day. It started randomly locking up, then one day wouldn't boot anymore.   

The one downside of this type of thing is it is quite a lot less repairable. I wouldn't even know where to begin. Probably some tiny SMD capacitor died or something.

Show threadSpace Catitude πŸš€18h ago
@nixCraft
Apple never believed in repairability. At least not since the Apple II era.
Show threadThe Doctor18h ago
@TerryHancock @nixCraft The Mac-crack comes immediately to mind.
Show threadhobbs18h ago
@nixCraft was the macbook air ripping an envelope thinkpad advertisement lenovo days or ibm days?
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@nixCraft Never seen this before. Now I'm enchanted. No touchpad, full od ports, great design.
Show threadggdupont18h ago

@nixCraft lenovo laptop ranges is much wider than what was available from IBM (and includes some shitty machines)

But they still have a very decent range of ThinkPad that are some of the most repairable of the market. Not as extensible as before (but it might be also a consequence of the deeper integration of components).

Show threadLars Marowsky-Brée 😷18h ago

@nixCraft They did realize.

They just thought the other market segment was more profitable.

Show threadAlex Blackie18h ago
@nixCraft as a current macbook user and former thinkpad neckbeard, lenovo truly doesn't understand why people buy a macbook either. modern thinkpads are a compromise in all areas, and achieve nothing for it. I miss my X230.