ThinkPad S3 and S5

[jayton4]

http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/20/leno ... n=Engadget

When I see what they describe of this "floating" design, I think more Acer Aspire than Samsung and Vizio like the article mentions. These just have to be 1600x900 or 1920x1080! Not that I would be in the market to buy one anyway.

[Ibthink]

The S431 and the S531 (their real names) also look very much like the Dell Latitude 6430u, which also had this "floating design":
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Del ... 536.0.html

[Adda]

I don't see anything but the ThinkPad logo on some rather generic looking laptops.

[600X]

I'm literally liking the sound of JBL speakers. This is reason enough for me to betray proper ThinkPads. In my opinion all ThinkPads should have JBL speakers. I've listened to them on some other notebooks and they are really decent.

[Adda]

Speech is easy to understand on all ThinkPad speakers I have used, no upgrade needed in that area.

No matter what, laptop speakers will never be good, so why waste time and money to trying to do the impossible? oh yes, to impress, forgot Lenovo is all about that these days, now they can put a JBL sticker on too... well at least it's not beats audio.

Of cause I'm one of those people who have a sound system of stereo separates, I'd never use laptop speakers for anything but speech.

I think Lenovo should put the money in to trackpoint buttons in stead, or maybe some better displays, or proper keyboards, or a lid that doesn't dent or chip (like aluminum lids do another one of those situations where they should have left well enough alone)... the list is long.

[jayton4]

Ever hear the JBL speakers on the Z-series IdeaPads? They are not all that great. My 15 year old ThinkPad 390X has speakers that would blow away the JBL's. Too bad they continuously got worse and worse over the years.

No matter what, laptop speakers will never be good, so why waste time and money to trying to do the impossible? oh yes, to impress, forgot Lenovo is all about that these days, now they can put a JBL sticker on too... well at least it's not beats audio.

Of cause I'm one of those people who have a sound system of stereo separates, I'd never use laptop speakers for anything but speech.

I think Lenovo should put the money in to trackpoint buttons in stead, or maybe some better displays, or proper keyboards

AMEN to all of that! The HP Envy laptop with Beats Audio also had sucky speakers.

[ajkula66]

Ever hear the JBL speakers on the Z-series IdeaPads? They are not all that great. My 15 year old ThinkPad 390X has speakers that would blow away the JBL's. Too bad they continuously got worse and worse over the years.

Agreed 10001%.

It's stunning how much better my A31p sounds compared to any (and I mean *any*) newer ThinkPad...

No it doesn't sound anywhere as good as my 80's Yamaha studio monitors with a 12" paper cone bass, but come on...if the music has gone haywire (beware: the grouchy old man is coming out) the speakers don't have to follow the same route... I should at least be able to tell whether my daughter's listening to Justin Bieber or Journey...