Debunked - R.I.P Magnesium Rollcage on Thinkpad

There is some truth in that. The perceived quality of thinkpads in terms of outer materials has gone down. Sometimes the parts do not fit as well. Some T61s were "warped".
The improvment has come in internals, in the rollcage.
It all comes down to judging a book by its covers.

My WUXGA screens (first dell precision M90, then Dell precision m6400 RGBLED, then HP 8710w, all business machines) have all been matte. I use them for coding right next to my window. Not glossy at all.

If you're a dell fan, you can try the precision line, that is where the real quality hides Latutudes should also have matte screens.

 

This is my first thinkpad so I cannot comment on previous models. But I do agree that its all done by "judging a book by its cover".

I love dell business. I'm an original vostro owner and absolutely love it. I was going to ask how the precision was for coding, although i assume its just like my vostro but faster. I would LOVE to have a quad core precision but it just isnt in the cards. As far as quality my vostro is a tank and has held up very well in the 2 years I have had it, but sadly is hurt by a glossy screen ( even though its a beauty in the right lighting).

 

Dell Precisions with WUXGA matte screens are great for coding
I have been using the M90 for 3 years, and it has held up VERY well (but it has sat mostly at my desk). Linux support for NVIDIA cards has been an icing on the cake. No problem at all.

I would also recommend you look at HP's business line. I'm using the 8710w, and these machines are very nice too. Darn well made. It feels like a 15" laptop when its really 17". And with the additional bottom battery slices, you will essentially get unlimited battery life as they can be swapped out in real time while the computer is on

 

Nice! I have never really been an HP fan but Im not totally against the idea. But after the vostro and t400 I have dell and lenovo (despite the thinkpad changes) have won me over pretty well.

I absolutely love both of my rigs keyboards when coding and a docked t400 with 2x 24in LCDs at wuxga is great for having more then one IDE up. I just want a quad core computer bad, as I have never owned one and it helps justify a large 17in more.

 

If you can, wait a year more. Nehalem CPUs are due for later this year. USB 3.0 is also coming out.
The M6500 does win over HP in that it has two internal HDD bays, and 4 sodimm slots.
A quad core CPU with RGBLED WUXGA screen, 1TB storage, 16GB of ram = Pure awesomeness

 

when i editted the post to update the information, it didn't let me edit the title, so i don't know how to do that. Maybe the mod can do it, but i can't do it from my end.

Also this wasn't the original post that i made.

In my original post, i posted the information from PC Mag which says that Lenovo have dropped Magnesium Rollcage and replaced it with plastics. So this title was a reflection of that information (which was later found to be inaccurate). I then consulted Matt Kohut on this issue, whom posted back that the top screen rollcage have been replaced by some other material, but he didn't know what it was. My current post is a reflection of that.

Regarding the title, i can't do anything about that, since i can't edit it like you can in Lenovo forum.

 

Alienware is even more awesome (M17x), even though they are officially owned by Dell now

 

click the image in your first post to report it to a moderator and request the title be changed.

 

Yeah those Dell XPS were magnesium lids... sorry

 

Seeing that this rumor has been debunked and the conversation over the last few pages has not gone anywhere, this thread is now closed.