| I asked about this here, recently, and had one qualified reassuring comment. But, in my reading of it, not unqualified. I'll have to get my hands on one, to assess for myself. Given that, my comment is a bit extreme and "cart before the horse"; nonetheless, I feel this is a physical example of what I've also been experiencing in web design: Some designers ("design ueber alles") need to... well, to avoid the harsh language, stop making my and others' lives miserable. A LOT of people have expressed a lot of loyalty to the ThinkPad line specifically with respect to their keyboards. Also, with older or "upgrade" models, with respect to their displays. What's under the hood is all fine and dandy, but some people feel and realize the paramount importance of the physical interfaces they use to the devices -- 8, 10, 12 hours a day, at times. I'd seriously like Lenovo to speak -- in detail -- to their decision to go "chicklet" with the keyboards and whether/how they attempted to address the concerns of those seeking and loyal to their "legendary" keyboard feel. P.S. Here's the response I received to concern I expressed a couple of weeks ago. It's more positive than I recalled, and I'm grateful for the reassurance. Nonetheless, I won't be comfortable until have a chance to try one -- more extensively than "glued to a shelf in a store". http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3928558 |