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Lenovo (formerly IBM) Thinkpad Series Laptops
Description
The ThinkPad series has long been considered the hands-down best line of laptops ever designed. IBM built these to be sturdy, lightweight, functional powerhouses with full sized keyboards.
Since 2005, Lenovo has purchased the IBM personal computer division, but it's the same team of engineers, so there's no loss of quality in design/performance.
Interesting trivia: NASA only uses ThinkPads. Right now, there are dozens of ThinkPads floating around earth in the International Space Station.
User opinions
- PROSCONS
- reviewed on 02-May-11
Hard to break LCDs, great 3 year international warranties0 out of 0 found this helpful - reviewed on 09-Nov-100 out of 0 found this helpful- some displays are glossy fingerprint magnets
- most webcams are of minimal spec; understandable since they're business-oriented
- AMD versions have poor battery life - reviewed on 09-Nov-10
- trackpoint and touchpad
- super high quality materials1 out of 1 found this helpful - reviewed on 09-Nov-10
- regular-sized keyboard on a tiny frame
- very portable, lightweight computers
- excellent battery life (~4-8 hours)
- large RAM and HD capacity
- HDMI + VGA
- affordable
- webcam0 out of 0 found this helpful - reviewed on 09-Nov-10
- magnesium-alloy chassis, case, and roll-cage are super tough but very light
- most have 2 drainage holes for spills; spill-proof keyboards!
- exceptionally well designed hardware0 out of 0 found this helpful
