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Just a tidbit about it a short time ago, first news in quite some time actually:
http://blog.lenovo.com/en/blog/retro-thinkpad-its-alive
Now as for what it'll actually be made up of and how it'll look is basically a guessing game filled with speculation at this point, for me personally I'd want:
- the best Intel processors available given the limitations of the form factor, so Core i5-i7 obviously, potentially quad core support (they run hotter than their dual core counterparts so heat would be a concern and maybe they can't do that)
- 32GB max RAM support, should be easy to do considering there are 16GB SODIMMs available, crazy expensive fuckers but they exist
- 14.1" diagonal or potentially a 15" diagonal 16:10 display, don't care about the actual resolution as long as it's higher than 1680x1050 which it obviously will be, probably a 2560x1600 panel maybe, or something even higher but still maintaining the 16:10 aspect ratio, I just don't like 16:9 and only use it when I don't have the option regardless of the resolution
- the 7 row classic style keyboard and hopefully the original style with actual KEYS and not chiclet shit, not a fan of that either but I figure they're going to do chiclet whether people like it or not
- the usual bevy of ThinkPad related aspects, ThinkLight (at least one, potentially two for one in each corner would be even better), the classic TrackPoint and TrackPad controllers (both at the same time), actual buttons and not just a pressure pad, etc
- a somewhat reasonable price considering the legacy of the ThinkPad brand and also with the latest hardware spec available just don't go batshit insane on us - the blog post linked above makes light of the joke that some people online have guessed such a ThinkPad (because of the limited quantities) could approach $5K in pricing and the blog poster says no, not even on that so it remains to be seen
- and please, Lenovo, for the love of all that's holy and worth, make it BLACK like it should be and not your hideous puke vomit idea of a smokey dark grey whatever you're calling it - if it's not flat matte black top to bottom then dammit it's not a ThinkPad proper
Anyway, the Retro ThinkPad is coming, there's no details on when but considering 2017 is the 25th anniversary year of the original ThinkPad's release let's hope it's coming soon and that it doesn't disappoint when it does arrive.
http://blog.lenovo.com/en/blog/retro-thinkpad-its-alive
Now as for what it'll actually be made up of and how it'll look is basically a guessing game filled with speculation at this point, for me personally I'd want:
- the best Intel processors available given the limitations of the form factor, so Core i5-i7 obviously, potentially quad core support (they run hotter than their dual core counterparts so heat would be a concern and maybe they can't do that)
- 32GB max RAM support, should be easy to do considering there are 16GB SODIMMs available, crazy expensive fuckers but they exist
- 14.1" diagonal or potentially a 15" diagonal 16:10 display, don't care about the actual resolution as long as it's higher than 1680x1050 which it obviously will be, probably a 2560x1600 panel maybe, or something even higher but still maintaining the 16:10 aspect ratio, I just don't like 16:9 and only use it when I don't have the option regardless of the resolution
- the 7 row classic style keyboard and hopefully the original style with actual KEYS and not chiclet shit, not a fan of that either but I figure they're going to do chiclet whether people like it or not
- the usual bevy of ThinkPad related aspects, ThinkLight (at least one, potentially two for one in each corner would be even better), the classic TrackPoint and TrackPad controllers (both at the same time), actual buttons and not just a pressure pad, etc
- a somewhat reasonable price considering the legacy of the ThinkPad brand and also with the latest hardware spec available just don't go batshit insane on us - the blog post linked above makes light of the joke that some people online have guessed such a ThinkPad (because of the limited quantities) could approach $5K in pricing and the blog poster says no, not even on that so it remains to be seen
- and please, Lenovo, for the love of all that's holy and worth, make it BLACK like it should be and not your hideous puke vomit idea of a smokey dark grey whatever you're calling it - if it's not flat matte black top to bottom then dammit it's not a ThinkPad proper
Anyway, the Retro ThinkPad is coming, there's no details on when but considering 2017 is the 25th anniversary year of the original ThinkPad's release let's hope it's coming soon and that it doesn't disappoint when it does arrive.