Thinkpad Yoga not suitable for travel: 2:nd broken screen in 2 months
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 4:42 am
My new screen got a tiiny crack just 3 weeks after I got it, from a transitory and not heavy push toward the laptop's middle, but that was no problem as it was almost invisible.
Now, I had with me the laptop on 5 days' travel, as usual in the Neoprene case, and on the 4:th day, just like before my previous replacement, I got rainbowy rubbing spots on two places.
I think I realized the mechanical reason for why this happened now, and that is that unlike traditional thinkpads like the Thinkpad X1 Carbon and.. I think Thinkpad X61 Tablet, and other thinkpads, who have an embossing on the screen's top side that joins with the most anterior side of the palmrest when the screen is closed -
This thing is not on the Thinkpad, and that perhaps together with the 360-degree hinge, opens up for screen damage from rubbing, and also for more vulnerable to screen damage from pushing.
With this said I believe this was my last Thinkpad Yoga laptop, as it's simply not robust enough
(that I conclude because ultimately the keyboard is also more fragile than on a typical Thinkpad - Lenovo has done a good job, but, I can feel that it's easier to damage the keys, and that is also clarified from the fact that I'm on the 3:rd (4:th??) keyboard module in one year).
Now, I had with me the laptop on 5 days' travel, as usual in the Neoprene case, and on the 4:th day, just like before my previous replacement, I got rainbowy rubbing spots on two places.
I think I realized the mechanical reason for why this happened now, and that is that unlike traditional thinkpads like the Thinkpad X1 Carbon and.. I think Thinkpad X61 Tablet, and other thinkpads, who have an embossing on the screen's top side that joins with the most anterior side of the palmrest when the screen is closed -
This thing is not on the Thinkpad, and that perhaps together with the 360-degree hinge, opens up for screen damage from rubbing, and also for more vulnerable to screen damage from pushing.
With this said I believe this was my last Thinkpad Yoga laptop, as it's simply not robust enough
(that I conclude because ultimately the keyboard is also more fragile than on a typical Thinkpad - Lenovo has done a good job, but, I can feel that it's easier to damage the keys, and that is also clarified from the fact that I'm on the 3:rd (4:th??) keyboard module in one year).