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sliverstorm on March 24, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Steve Jobs’ Response

Reliability and robustness are features of ThinkPads, not basic laptop functionality. With the ThinkPad, a good chunk of the 2.5k goes towards making it a solid product. With the apple, a good chunk goes towards making sure it's pretty and a trendy product. Simple as that.

somebear on March 24, 2010 [–]

Must have been before they were bought by Lenovo. Seems like the T61's we have at work are nothing but trouble.

Regarding the new Macbooks, the casing machined from a solid block of aluminum is very robust. Quite a bit more robust than any Thinkpad I've ever had by hands on.

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