{"id":942,"date":"2007-03-04T23:53:27","date_gmt":"2007-03-04T23:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/2007\/03\/04\/major-design-fault-in-the-lenovo-thinkpad-x60s\/"},"modified":"2007-03-04T23:53:27","modified_gmt":"2007-03-04T23:53:27","slug":"major-design-fault-in-the-lenovo-thinkpad-x60s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/major-design-fault-in-the-lenovo-thinkpad-x60s\/","title":{"rendered":"Major design fault in the Lenovo Thinkpad x60s"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love Thinkpads. I really do. Just yesterday I was arguing vociferously to Mike Tschudi of SAP’s Design Services Team<\/a> how the machines are a true classic of industrial design. But what genius had the bright idea of putting a hot processor under the space where you place your palm to use Thinkpad’s iconic red tracker button? My hand is burning. I wish I had a mouse here. Did the designer actually use the machine or were they on a Macbook or something? Seriously its very annoying. Note to self: travel with a mouse and possibly… lose Thinkpad religion. The thing with the hot plate under the palm is.. its not an annoyance you can get used to. So what do I do now- ding David Churbuck<\/a>? I would like to see Lenovo succeed – but they need to get the basics right. Still I guess at least the machine hasn’t actually blown up like a Dell. But maybe Lenovo needs to send out some kind of palm protector device with their laptops. There was me thinking dual cores were meant to be less hot.<\/p>\n

Update: I put my ear next to the offending region and it appears to be the hard drive. That is running very hot- which puts me in fear of my data.<\/p>\n

disclaimers: At one point it looked like Lenovo would become a customer of ours but it didn’t happen, but that’s not why I am writing this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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