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| Lenovo Windows 8 ThinkPad Tablet 2 announced |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-08-09 13:12:12 |
| "It'll be a full x86 device - Lenovo calls a 'joint effort' with Intel and Microsoft - that clocks in at 1.3 pounds with a 10.1-inch 1366 x 768 display. It's billed to have 10-hour battery life, which would be impressive for a device only 9.8mm thick. The standard model is Wi-Fi-only, but there will also be carrier versions including one with AT&T's LTE connectivity." If you see a 1366x768 resolution on a 10.1" display, they blew it. |
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| Haha |
| By earksiinni on 2012-08-09 13:35:47 |
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Introducing the all-new Microsoft Windows 8, a touch-optimized computing experience. Now featuring trackpoint AND stylus. Good work, Team ThinkPad. Doubling down on your guns. |
 - Score: 1 |
| That is why I don't bother with tablets |
| By moondevil on 2012-08-09 13:40:03 |
| Tablet = Laptop with detachable screen. |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE: Haha |
| By libray on 2012-08-09 14:38:04 |
| Keyboards for tablets should be built-in, otherwise, get a netbook. But a pointer device built in is at least a step in the right direction. |
| - Score: 2 |
| RE: Haha |
| By M.Onty on 2012-08-09 15:08:02 |
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> ... Now featuring trackpoint AND stylus. It would hardly be a Thinkpad without the former, would it? I get the impression the red nipple is as much for brand recognition as actual functionality now. |
| - Score: 6 |
| RE[2]: Haha |
| By gan17 on 2012-08-09 15:22:43 |
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> I get the impression the red nipple is as much for brand recognition as actual functionality now. The tablet's not on my radar, but I wouldn't even consider a laptop that didn't come with a Trackpoint clitoris. Heck, I'd actually be willing to pay extra for a Thinkpad or Tecra that was Trackpoint-only, sans those putrid multitouch-touchpad things. |
| - Score: 4 |
| Comment by shmerl |
| By shmerl on 2012-08-09 15:39:26 |
| As usual, Lenovo will try to deny refunds for those who will want to return Windows which is preinstalled there? |
| - Score: -1 |
| RE[3]: Haha |
| By M.Onty on 2012-08-09 15:40:24 |
| Agreed. I've got the Thinkpad x200 because it only came with the nipple, not a trackpad. I dislike duplication of function. Nothing against trackpads, they're better for general moseying around, graphical work &c, but if you code or write then the nipple is much more suitable. |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE[3]: Haha |
| By kwanbis on 2012-08-09 15:49:13 |
| Totally agree with you. Those who never used a trackpoint (at least for more than 1 day), do not understand how good they are. |
| - Score: 1 |
| RE: Comment by shmerl |
| By shmerl on 2012-08-09 16:27:15 |
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Lenovo is one of the companies who practically explicitly state they they deny refunds for bundled software. Up until recently, their rules used to say: > Lenovo does not provide refunds or credits for portions of a packaged offering provided at a single price or for preloaded programs installed by Lenovo. Then, they were hit with a court ruling which exposed such product tying as illegal. They changed the wording a bit (not the essence though): > If you acquired a software product separate from a hardware product, and paid a license fee, you may return the software product in its original, sealed package within 21 days of the date of invoice and obtain a refund or credit. I.e. they still pretend you can't get a refund, if you bought the software together with the hardware. |
| - Score: 1 |
| RE: That is why I don't bother with tablets |
| By earksiinni on 2012-08-09 17:12:55 |
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I was using tablets w/ keyboard way before it was popular with the Nokia 770 and then the N800 along with my folding Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard. It seems like a minor detail, but being a humanities graduate student with lots and lots of physical paper (or vellum, ha) all around me at all times, it is very useful to be able to have the keyboard detached and move it around. Nor do I think that what tablet + keyboard combos offer can only appeal to niches like myself. The main difference between tablets and laptops isn't in the features, it's in how they use the space in front of you. The immediate area where your hands land on a desk right in front of you is prime real estate for working while sitting, and laptops occupy that space entirely with the keyboard/trackpad/chassis, which is inflexibly attached to the screen. That's fine and all if all your work is on the computer, but what if you're working with mixed media? What if you need to also refer to a book, printed journal articles, or physical photographs? Then the laptop becomes a big pain; even desktops become preferable at that point. Tablets go a long way to solve that problem. |
| - Score: 2 |
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