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by vlunkr 2873 days ago
I also recently left a MBP for a Lenovo T-series laptop. One of my favorite things is the keyboard. It doesn't compare to a mechanical keyboard or anything, but it's much nicer than anything Apple offers (Which seem to keep getting worse)
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m_mueller 2873 days ago
exactly the same here, 2012 generation MBP to T480s. Never had such a nice keyboard, mechanical or not. I actually prefer it over the old T series, it got exactly the right key travel for me. I also like the case design. Light, robust and nice to the touch, has good port placement and all the ports I need without those stupid dongles.

Only problem: Windows 10. I‘m slowly getting there setting it up with WSL to be nearly as productive as with MacOS, but so far the hardware makes up for it.

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vlunkr 2872 days ago
Ah, I'm running Linux on the T480, and it's great for that. I've had no driver issues.
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sneak 2873 days ago
The latest touchbar rMBP does offer a slight improvement over last year’s failure-prone version, but I am sure the T-series is better.
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pimeys 2873 days ago
You should definitely give it a try in a shop. My partner was for many years using MacBooks, but when he compared the new rMBP keyboard to the latest X1C, the difference is so clear for the ThinkPad that now we have again one Windows computer in the house.

I think the modern ThinkPad keyboards are nice, but when I got myself the T25 I have to say it has the pinnacle of laptop keyboards. I really wish they'd release a laptop with the classic keyboard every couple of years; it'll be very hard for me to replace this. The feel of the keys is nice and soft, there's lots of key travel, it's very hard to write typos and the PgUp/PgDwn keys are in a perfect location.

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sneak 2873 days ago
Does the keyboard allow me to type iMessages and build iOS apps in Xcode?
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davidandgoliath 2873 days ago
Nope, you're stuck in your little garden by yourself for now.

You can install google `messages` for android based sms now, and KDE connect lets you do the same without google involved, well, assuming you use android :)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdecon...

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diffeomorphism 2872 days ago
Yes, https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/92unvp/my_guide_f...
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