[jscyc]

As a 20-something the writer wouldn't have even been a teenager yet when what was regarded as the golden era of second-hand ThinkPads was in swing.

>It’s rare for those teams of people to survive buyouts by foreign companies with their agency and independence intact.

ThinkPad enthusiasts were very vocal about how the Lenovo takeover impaired their later designs (200 and onwards).

I've always found it amusing to see the modern wave of people hyping ThinkPads as recent as the t480; which I've known greybeards to consider having no more in common with a "true" ThinkPad than name and colour scheme.

[estimator7292]

Yeah, the thinkpad culture really changed their tune. Or maybe it's the second generation thinkpad nerds. Wither way the t400 and t500 series are now widely regarded as the best 2010s era thinkpads you can buy. (I have two T530, one upgraded way beyond stock)