The problem is that even the T and X model Thinkpads have been chasing thin and light above build quality. They no longer have protective metal cages, the keyboard isn't as good, and its bends/flexes (which makes sense considering its thin). I get thats the "modern" laptop design but I wish they went back to making massive laptops.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah, I thought those lines didn't make those 'compromises". I'll look into it, thanks!

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nearly every laptop OEM has been making comprimises, if you want a true classic Thinkpad style laptop (thats thick and has good build quality) the MNT Reform is the only option. Its massive, thick, has a mechanical keyboard, has an option for a trackball, and isnt particularly powerful (the Raspberry Pi CM5 is realistically the most powerful thing you can put in it).

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 days ago

They can come with an RK3588, which is more powerful than the Raspberry Pi 5.

Although it loses by a large margin in performance from even my old Dell XPS's Intel i5-7300HQ, the performance isn't great.

That said, that is right in between a ThinkPad T440's 4th gen i5 or i7, so maybe that's not all bad.