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Originally Posted by Hitch
Hi, mg:
I knwo this is a skosh OT, but: I'm looking at (not as a reader, but as a laptop, etc.), the SP3; the Lenovo Thinkpad T-whatever series, and the Lenovo Yoga Pro, the new-er Pro that's aimed at the working market, with the 3-way stand, the stylus, etc.
I saw you make some disparaging comments about build quality with both the Thinkpads and the Yogas, herein, is that right? I mean...I've always found Thinkpads built hell for stout, ready for almost anything, durable...so I'm surprised to see you say that they are not. Did you test/do you have the ThinkPad T series laptop, and the ThinkPad Yoga, rather than the Lenovo Yoga? The one that has all the goodies, stylus, yadda, rather than the Notebook?
I wouldn't disrupt, but I'm going to buy this week (my Thinkpad is now 10 years old, and it wants a rest), and your tastes and demands seem to run similar to mine. The spouse wants to get it purchased ASAP for an upcoming birthday of mine (no, don't bother asking when/how many) and so...{sigh}, your thoughts would be most welcome.
TIA,
Hitch
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Quite frankly, I wouldn't link Lenovo to their "historical" roots in IBM/Thinkpad anymore.
I didn't buy Lenovo Yoga about 15 months ago.
It did look a bit cheap, compared to their Sony equivalents for example.
But main reason had been another one. And personally, I think that's symptomatic for Lenovo: Design.
If you fold back the display and use Yoga as a tablet (which had been my original idea about using Yoga), then the keyboards points down. If you hold it in your hands, the keys rest on your palm. I already don't like this with the Surface Series, but here I simply can pull off the touch or type keyboards in an instant.
More in 30 minutes, conference call waiting..