Updated ThinkPad Laptop Portfolio

After that little spyware shittie they pulled off few years ago, while introducing huge security risks for their customers. And not once, but as repeat offenders[1] this is a brand I would not touch while donning a hazmat suit.<p>May be that they didn&#x27;t do that with their pro offerings, but I for one try to avoid companies with such a mindset.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;duckduckgo.com&#x2F;?q=lenovo+spyware" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;duckduckgo.com&#x2F;?q=lenovo+spyware</a>

I bought a T495 recently. It’s the worst ThinkPad I ever owned. (After a T60, a X301 and a X250). With modern ThinkPads you have the choice between slightly thicker notebooks T4… series and decent cooling and shitty build quality and thinner, higher build quality (T4…s, and X…) and virtually non existing cooling (thermal throttles the minute you are trying to use the CPU) T495 has weird bugs (S and K keys not working after suspend); and is extremely vulnerable to what I assume are static charges; meaning if I push it over my mattress (to make room to climb into the bed) it shuts down. Never had the issue with any notebook before; Never occurred to me that this could be a problem. Battery life is crap as well.

I purchased an X1 Carbon Extreme late last year, and I gotta say I wouldn’t buy Lenovo again.<p>A crack appeared in the bezel around the screen. I figured the issue was my fault, but I also babied the device and the crack was a full crack through the plastic bezel. Lenovo could not have been less helpful because I didn’t pay for their insurance. I was very happy to pay, but wanted a quote for accidental damage for my credit card. Lenovo would not, under any circumstance, give me a quote without my paying a fee for a quote to fix my computer. At this point I’m just hoping the crack doesn’t get worse.

Just last week I was ordering some Ideapads directly from Lenovo and the online store is a mess: Multiple search filters for dozens of different models and no clear technical specifications on a slow site.<p>One example: My models are supposed to be sold with 8 GB RAM, the tech specs say &quot;Up to 16 GB&quot; and the order confirmation suggests 4 GB.

Doesn&#x27;t look like any of these have a network port.<p>Surely there&#x27;s a market for a laptop with a good keyboard and real ports somewhere? If I&#x27;m at a desk I&#x27;ll work at my desktop, I want a portable device for doing on site stuff, which often involves plugging into a network

I was hoping to see a return to 16:10 aspect ratio screens, but it looks like they&#x27;re sticking to 16:9

My dream laptop would be the new XPS 13 + track point.<p>I wish Lenovo would create this. Both vertical &amp; horizontal edge to edge screen. Super slim. Sub 14” display for those of us who travel a lot. Light weight. Etc.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dell.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;shop&#x2F;dell-laptops&#x2F;new-xps-13-laptop&#x2F;spd&#x2F;xps-13-9300-laptop" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dell.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;shop&#x2F;dell-laptops&#x2F;new-xps-13-lapt...</a>

It seems like the Thinkpad malaise of the past 7-8 years (at least with the X series) continues.<p>I can&#x27;t believe it, but Lenovo&#x27;s best compact laptop is still the X220 or X230 (where the keyboard already started to deteriorate). Sure, the new ones are faster, but it doesn&#x27;t make up for the deteriorated structural features, keyboard etc.

Anyone know whether Lenovo still ship with Linux? Or have any experience running Linux on a modern Thinkpad?

I ordered a p1 before Christmas. At the start of February, they no longer had a shipping date estimate. It took almost two weeks to get a confirmation of the cancellation and a refund, despite them being required by law to cancel it at that time and me requesting cancellation explicitly. How anyone can do business with such a shitty company is beyond my comprehension.

So much business jargon (or honestly, just BS). You win on buzzword bingo in the first three sentences.<p>&quot;built leveraging the core tenets of design, innovation and quality.&quot;<p>I do appreciate their naming, which includes now the screen size (T14,X13).

Still no departure from 16:9, it seems. Glad to see Ryzen 4000 throughout, though.

Wake on voice? In a business laptop? Creepy as hell.