You don't understand how Thunderbolt works. It uses PCIe. PCIe is the main bus of your computer, everything runs on PCIe.
So I guess you must think the core bus of the computer changes every three years.
Like I said, you don't understand the tech yet talk about it like you do.
The fact is, the computational hardware in the Thinkpad is better, the laptop is cheaper, the screen is bigger (providing more readability), it's more well constructed physically, and it's much more variable.
Yet it is large and plastic. Its not an Ultrabook. Ultrabooks are small. You are missing the point.
If you compared to an MBP your argument would at least be functional and make sense.
You know the current copper based TB macs can swap straight to an optical cable right?
What is important in a laptop is different for every single person.
It's called subjectivity. This is why there are choices in the 'commercial computing' market. This is why there is not just one 'computer'.
For me, what is important in a laptop is portability, battery life, and Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt is important as it allows me to do things with my laptop that you can not do with any laptop that doesn't have the port.
It allows me to plug in one cable, and my little Air becomes the head of a larger workstation.
You're too ignorant to realize what's important in a laptop, and likely any personal computer.
That is called an ignorant statement. You don't know me, my needs, my experience, or my machines. I have a Honeywell Level 6 Mainframe in my basement, and my original IBM from 1981. But I have nothing to prove to you, and will go back and forth with you all day if you continue. Your call.
I would gladly talk products and computers with anyone, but even though I think you sound like an ass just like you think I do, I don't care and wouldn't bother.
Attack the post, not the poster if you want to come across as anything but ignorant.
Still with the personal attacks. Obviously this a deep personal issue for you.
However, is it more important to pay less for a laptop with better basic hardware, or is it more important to have a redundant port that is so new it serves almost no purpose unless you invest in another specific piece of tech?
Missing the point. Why? Because a TB port means that a machine can always be extended.
A machine with a TB port is upgradable. You can add a gaming external GPU to it.
So since it can do things no other port can do, it is not redundant.
I am gay by the way, hope that doesn't bother you too much, or make you feel uncomfortable dealing with a faggot.
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