Lenovo/IBM LCD quality?

How are the Lenovo/IBM screens on their laptops?

Are they the nice glossy kind? Or do they equip them with the dull ones claiming they are better for glare mitigation?

I am looking at the Z series. I want a widescreen, that's glossy. However, I am also looking to make sure the unit is made of METAL, and not some cheap plastic. Anyone know if these laptops are in fact metal?

Thanks

 

none of the ibms that existed up to now have glossy screen.


edit: to my knowledge, there are no laptops that are made completely out of metal. panasonic toughbook might be close. definitely not ibm though

 

IBMs are made of ABS plastic, magnesium-reinforced carbon fiber, and the Z60s have optional titanium lids.

All their screens are matte. Some of them are really nice. The Z60m has a MaxBright option, which is very bright.

 

Perhaps something like the Fujitsu n3530 would be a good choice. It has an amazing glossy screen.

 

There will be no more Fujitsu notebooks in my house.... I am sick of those things, and their poor build quality. If I wanted something made in China, I would buy a Fujitsu.

I am going to get rid of the N3510 I have right now, due to continuous failures. The C2330 I had before this, had several permanent backlighting issues. While the screens are amazing, this doesn't make them worth the trouble. Plus, the N35xx series is made of cheap plastic, which was scratched while in a Fujitsu repair shop.

I will just go with the Lenovo IBM ThinkPad Z60m, with the Titanium LCD cover.

Thanks

PS - You can send the unit in to an LCD specialist to have the LCD polarized, which makes it glossy. I will just do this, if the screen looks like junk as matte.

 

hmm...you shouldn't get the IBM then if you're afraid of made-in-china products. because every single z60m is manufactured in china

 

And so has every single IBM computer for quite a while.

Lenovo was making IBMs when IBM owned the company. Now Lenovo just does the business end too.

 

I think i mentioned this on thinkpads forum that i was surprised to notice the new Z-60t had far less keyboard flex than the T-43 sitting right next to it at my local Ofiice Depot. The quality of the keyboard was noticeably better on the Z-60. I guess sometimes you build up so much hype in your mind about a certain product that it takes a while to notice that another product that supposed to be cheaper built could be better.

 

hmm...you shouldn't get the IBM then if you're afraid of made-in-china products. because every single z60m is manufactured in china

Is the prejudice just against China or does it extend beyond it? Too bad 'cause he'll be missing out on some of the best notebooks in the world.

 

The majority of users don't know much about notebook and they don't seem to know that pretty much every notebook and most parts are build by asian contract makers, no matter if IBM/Lenovo, HP, Apple, Fujitsu, Sony, Dell, Acer ...and so on.

The world wide notebook contract makers like Qanta, Compal, Wistron, Uniwill, Mitac, Arima, Asustek, Samsung, LG, etc. do produce all world wide notebooks and notebook parts. These contract makers are all sitting in taiwan/china, korea... and thus asia. - So no matter which notebook you finally will take, they mostly all are coming from asia and there are xx million produced over a year.

 

Related to LCD quality, some of the anti-glare Thinkpad screens are very good, but these are of course not glossy and have instead mate TFT-panels. Further most Thinkpad cases and displaycovers are a lot sturdier and more scratch resistant than the majority of other notebook cases and displaylids, which are build of partial metal composites.

However, people who are definitely hunting after glossy screens and plain silver metal cases and the like, should better take a look elsewhere. Some Sony, Samsung, LG, Fujitsu etc. notebooks should fit better here.

 

I ordered a Z60 M with titanium lid and Max brote screen. Very noce display, very sturdy like IBM should be... BUT I sent it back mainly because it is a PIG. 7pounds, over 1.7 in. high... TOOOOOO BIG, Now I am waiting for my T60> Got spoiled by my T40 I guess

 

My R40 is great in my taste... Works darn well in dark... Starting to see color blurring a bit though like pixels fuking up. Happening n my Dell 400 MHz, and it's probably hapening to my R40... I had it for 4 years but use it a lot...

 

not prejudice against china. I have chinese blood flowing through my veins.

just trying to state the same point as you are:
he'll miss out a lot of things if he rejects everything that's made in china.

 

I am looking at the Z series. I want a widescreen, that's glossy. However, I am also looking to make sure the unit is made of METAL, and not some cheap plastic. Anyone know if these laptops are in fact metal?

I just bought a Z60m, 15.4" MaxBright screen w/titanium cover. It's not glossy, but the screen is very bright and legible--and sturdy. I saw some Vaios w/ glossy widescreens, but they didn't feel as durable as this Z60m.

 

Well, Fujitsu use to manufacturer their units in Japan. Then they decided it would be *cheaper* to switch the process over to China. My N3510 was the first model produced in China, and it is a POS.

If I have to, I will have a system built from Voodoo PC, or some other small US based company. At least it won't fall apart on me then. -_-

 

Good joke, Voodoo, Alienware etc. these are all just rebranded taiwan ODM barebone notebooks, mostly from Clevo and Uniwill etc. So those US companies like Voodoo do in reallity build nothing here on their own, they just assemble (put in/together) varying components like cpus, ram, hdds, odds into these and give them a different painting job and emblem, that's all they do.

Companies like Sager, Voodoo, Alienware etc. don't have the manpower and needed technology know how to develop, construct and build their own notebook designs, those companies are just buying and reselling taiwan ODM notebooks.

 

Sorry if i was unable to make it clear at whom i was making the comment. I was actually agreeing with you and it was directed to the member who didnt want any chinese products.