> ive got a thinpad and the platic build is just terrible. The screen bends when pulling it to open the laptop

Damn. I was at IBM in the early 2000s and for many decades you used to be able to beat people to death with IBM hardware, including Thinkpad laptops and model M keyboards.

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Eric_WVGG 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I have so many questions.

- Was there a lab where they tested beating people to death with IBM hardware?

- Where did they find subjects? Volunteers, interns, exit-interviews from layoff rounds?

- Now that you can't beat people to death with IBM hardware, what do you use instead?

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mkreis 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Shh... we don't talk about those dark ages any more. Times were different.

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soneil 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Now that you can't beat people to death with IBM hardware, what do you use instead?

I believe IBM hardware is still applicable for this, the Thinkpad just isn't IBM hardware anymore.

	▲	dragonwriter 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The hard part of beating someone to death with a z16 is lifting and swinging a z16; if you can manage that, though...

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jkestner 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> - Where did they find subjects? Volunteers, interns, exit-interviews from layoff rounds?

Standard issue for field agents in the corporate acquisitions and consulting divisions.

(Hey, Eric!)

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agildehaus 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

We test these things in production.

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vunderba 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The best laptop that I ever had was an Thinkpad T530 back in ~2012 - that chunky brick felt like it was made from recycled soviet tanks.

Modular as hell - trivial to swap out batteries, cd-rom bay with an extra SSD, RAM upgrades, keyboard itself.

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entropicdrifter 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Thinkpad build quality depends heavily on the model. The flagship T-series are still tough as nails, generally speaking

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reactordev 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They built a reputation on that and silently replaced the plastic with crap abs. Thinkpads have been garbage since 2012. Not specs wise but build quality wise. Spec wise it’s always been a beefy machine.

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rrnechmech 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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