Hacker News Reader

Comment by dartos | Hacker News Reader

I had a Lenovo think pad in 2013 for school. Carried it all over campus for 1 year. So unless their build quality is entirely different nowadays, I’ll never go near another thinkpad

It started literally falling apart in 6 months. One of the usb ports stopped working, the disc tray was stuck, the bottom left of the trackpad was sunken in, and the whole laptop felt cheap and was plastic. A ton of flex in the whole thing.

The worst experience I had with an aluminum mac was dropping it while open and having the screen shatter.

View on HN

I don't know what ThinkPad you had, but I have had ThinkPads for more than 12 years, working daily, had let them fall on the ground (had to change screen twice), and they still work. There are companies that buy ThinkPads from banks, big companies, after 4 years of use, and they re-sell them and they work for another 10 or more years. Your experience is very weird.

If I recall correctly, only T/X/W series are what most consider actual Thinkpads.

There's a bunch of other series that are newer, consumer-oriented and do not share the body or traits that the Thinkpad series is reputable for.

That said, if I was in the market for a laptop today, I'd look at Framework.

I did have a cheaper one, so lenovo might've just been making the lower end ones really poorly.

Yeah. I know "L" and "Yoga" are bad. The only thinkpad thing they have is the name.

An x395 bought in 2019 is my daily driver. It's as new.

I've had a ThinkPad 13 2G for about 6 years and it's still working fine, but it most likely didn't get the same level of use/wear that yours did.

It's a shame that IBM sold its PC business to Lenovo. Maybe it's just the model I have, but Lenovo's ThinkPads feel so much worse in quality than IBM's ThinkPads. I probably won't get another one when the time comes to replace mine.

"Consumer" Thinkpads can be pretty crap.

That said, I'll consider a Framework or Starbook next time because even T series Thinkpads are getting thinner and bendier and the keyboards lower and worse.

This is the problem with ThinkPad, there are several models with varying price and durability values. Macs are great for people who don't want to think about their requirements.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com