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C:Amie - 2019-09-10 9:32 AM
They might have been high quality back in the day - before the Chinese got hold of them and converted them into state intelligence assets - but I always and still maintain that their design was and is, awful. They have no style what so ever.
I couldn't agree more. In my current job I see a lot of used IT equipment and the Lenovo stuff always stands out as remarkably ugly. The newest ThinkPads look more or less the same as 20 year old ones, and they looked dated
(and boring
) even then.
I had a little play with the CAD model this morning to try and reduce the logo 'bump'. I've tightened up clearances inside and managed to get it down to just over 2mm proud of the rest of the lid, still quite obvious but a little less clumsy looking. To do away with it entirely I need to either increase the thickness of the lid and therefore whole machine by 1.5mm
(not my favourite option after I worked so hard to slim it down
), or unsolder the HDMI socket on the display and replace or relocate it
(probably beyond my current level of skill and also a significant amount of time if I want to build more than one
).
I'm inclined to live with the reduced bump while I get this one built and hope that something comes up while I'm doing so. Open to suggestions as always though!