For me, I don't care if it's a 16:9, 16:10, 3:2 or 4:3 screen or whether the keyboard uses a chiclet or scissor mechanism. All I want is the f%^king big delete and esc 7-row layout. That's all I want.

Just to be clear, I also love the 7-row keyboard but the reason I brought up a 6-row suggestion is because Lenovo is dominated by a religious cult call "less rows are the future" and anything otherwise should be ignored so I thought they can only be reasoned with if we talked about 6-rows.

I think even with the 6-row keyboard, Lenovo could have done a better job by using this layout for the upper right corner: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSRyOEYUYAA42j1.jpg:large At least with this, it's harder to accidentally hit the insert key when trying to use home/end. I think since Lenovo can't ...

I just saw "CES" and "Thinkpad" in my news feed and thought that there would surely be something about the "retro" thinkpad in the announcements, but no :/ I guess they are holding that one for the actual CES. Can´t wait! They have announced a Thinkpad chromebook though, but there is no trackpoint....

Now that I've received my T450s, I can say the keyboard (non-backlit, important!) is a good keyboard, save for the Home/End/PgUp/PgDn block being scrambled. The most important part, the key action, is at least better than my X61, which has always disappointed me a bit for typing. It's still no comp...

Unfortunately, we likely won´t see a prototype on CES, due to the screen supply issue. How about this, they can at least make the next generation of mainline ThinkPads such that anyone with enough brains to use a screw driver can take and old 7-row keyboard and stick it into the machine. Or are the...

Can we seriously rename the post subject of this trend (no offense), it's becoming less and less accurate.

It will be likely the first and last one because it is not possible to sell it in high volumes like typical Lenovo junk. Customer base who is refusing to use anything than classic ThinkPad is very tiny, admit it. I agree that if they are going with this, they'll only make a one off design rather th...

Last time I checked Lenovos quarterly report, they were making money with PCs. Not surprised its taken so long, if they have been presented with evidence 5 years of so called corporate design has got them no where, then blood will flow. Blood will not flow until they start using losing revenue. Unf...

I seriously prefer them to add the 7-row keyboard and ThinkLights as options in the mainline ThinkPads rather create a separate "retro" branch. To me, the fact that they are thinking of making a one-off laptop with features that they call "retro" is no cause for celebration because it means Lenovo d...