[organsnyder]

I'm still rocking my T410. With 8 GB of RAM and an SSD, it does quite well. However, I really want to get a lighter laptop with a high-DPI screen. Before Lenovo's recent announcements (the T-450 also looks quite good) I wasn't sure where to turn when my T410 no longer sufficed.

[MichaelGG]

Yeah the older ThinkPads are perfect if they just had a tech refresh. The screens are useless, and the limit on CPU and RAM in them hurts, too.

I'm really annoyed. I went on to Lenovo right now to buy the new X1 - best news I've had all year. I go to select RAM, and it's capped at 8GB. Just to run my two dev machines I need at least 12GB (full Linux GUI + full Windows, dev setup in both). Pretty lame. (The new X250 is also capped at 8GB, doesn't offer a high-def screen. The new T450 fixes RAM, but apparently has only 1600x900 pixel screen, much less a proper 3K display. The T550 offers high-def screens, but has an offset keyboard. It's like Lenovo is just flailing around because there's no competition. ffs.)

I might get it anyways as my secondary in-bed laptop just to jot notes and code on, but at $3000 ($3388 with 3yr warranty) properly kitted, I expect more.

[organsnyder]

I've found 8GB to be acceptable for me, but it does seem strange that they would cap it at 8GB. And at this point, they should be offering high-DPI screens as an option on every ThinkPad model (or at least the T, X, and W series). My $400 phone should not have a better-looking screen than my $2000 laptop.