Stripes Feedback
August 6, 2007
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What a reaction to the post and poll about stripes and ThinkPad. You clearly have a position on stripes and we agree. We plan on putting the stripes back at the earliest date possible. Changes like this are complex due to tooling costs, lead times, and other manufacturing or supply chain constraints. We plan on continued use of this blog as a forum for discussing ThinkPad future design. Thanks for the feedback.
David Hill
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August 6th, 2007 2:11 pm
No David, thank you for listening!
We’ve been giving “feedback” amongst ourselves on the internet for a long time.
We now thank you for joining the conversation!
August 6th, 2007 3:09 pm
Thank you for listening.
August 6th, 2007 3:28 pm
And please revert back to the slim display frame. The thick one on T61 looks cheap and ugly.
August 6th, 2007 3:50 pm
Is it possible to keep the layout of the keyboard and also give the “older” users (like T60, T61, Z6x and so on) the opportunity to get some of these changed keyboards? The design now, expect for the color, is very good i think.
So the customer can change keyboard by themself and keep smiling on the new color stripes =)
Can you give us your opinion about this please?
That will be great to change my keyboard in the T60p to another one with stripes!
Regards,
Selim
August 6th, 2007 4:04 pm
thank you! Feels great to know that the wisdom of the crowd is directly impacting future thinkpad designs. More polls please…
August 6th, 2007 5:38 pm
I totally agree with Selim, please, please, please if you added the stripes, can you make a new keyboard for T60/P available so we can buy the keyboard and replace it with our stripe less one.
again, thanks for listening.
August 6th, 2007 6:15 pm
Great! It means alot this. Lenovo, as a company, listening to it’s consumers directly.
August 6th, 2007 6:19 pm
Thanks God!!!
You(Lenovo)finally heard what thinkpad fans’ voice!!!
Who was the guy told you “No Negative Feedback” upon colour stripes removal? He must be the undercover sent from other laptop manufacturers!!
August 6th, 2007 6:21 pm
These blogs are the greatest things to happen to the venerable ThinkPad!
August 6th, 2007 7:45 pm
Thanks David please put another poll for S-video
August 6th, 2007 11:39 pm
Thank you for listening to us-I know that I greatly appreciate it.
August 7th, 2007 12:36 am
Thanks!
I agree with Puppy…what gives with the T-series thick display bevel? The thin version on the T4x looks a lot less cheap (much like manufacturers that build one chassis for multiple-sized screens).
August 7th, 2007 12:40 am
And, what’s that you say. A new poll. This time on 4:3 screens. Good idea.
August 7th, 2007 2:08 am
It’s a good news.
I can understand that Lenovo want to find owen way. But I can’t not understand why to change that like symbol design?!
However ,it will be back finally. This is a really good news for ThinkPad’s fans.
August 7th, 2007 2:21 am
Thank you for listening to the voice of customers!
Thank you, lenovo!
August 7th, 2007 5:19 am
I’m very glad to hear that.
Anything in the IBM ThinkPad has it’s position.
Do not ventured to change it.
And thank you.
August 7th, 2007 5:53 am
FEEL FREE TO CHANGE IT AFTER AUGUST, BUT DON’T CHANGE IT NOW. I ACTUALLY WANT MY NEW R61 WITHOUT THE STRIPES!
August 7th, 2007 7:19 am
i like Stripes!!!!
August 7th, 2007 7:25 am
I will buy some stripes this week (red and blue/lila ones) cut them in the right shape and glue them on the buttons =)it could be nice!
Maybe i will post the pics…i just have to see my T43p @ work to get a similar setup…
regards,
Selim
August 7th, 2007 7:47 am
WOW!!!
Fatanstic news, I will be expecting new one with stripes. Is it possible to supply some x60 or T60 keyboards with stripes? I think lots of fans would love to replace their keyboards with new ones.
August 7th, 2007 8:10 am
I love ThinkPad and support to put the strips back.I have another question,Is there any possibility Lenovo will design and issue 12″ SXGA+ widescreed laptop? If there is ,when?
August 7th, 2007 9:12 am
cool. it’s back
August 7th, 2007 9:44 am
Dear David,
Whenever you add or remove a certain feature from a thinkpad, most of the feedback WILL be in form of complaints.
Competing against other manufacturers equals to continuous movement. Handing decisions in the “Design process” over to the blog reader will result in serious stagnancy of innovation – I won’t be surprised anymore if the T70 will look lika a T40 again, including the IBM label, that almost everyone of those people seems to demand.
Innovation? Progress? The thinkpads seem more and more like an everlasting retro edition.
Also, I hope you do know that a bunch of blog comments is not exactly what you’d call a representative set of customers’ opinions. Out of the 5 (very satisfied, btw) Thinkpad owners I know personally, I’m the only one to even care about participating in an internet poll about some colored buttons.
August 7th, 2007 11:44 am
Let me clarify I meant internet feedback in my first sentence.
August 7th, 2007 4:17 pm
David, is it a matter of weeks or months? (I know you can’t give an absolute answer…)
August 7th, 2007 5:16 pm
WOO HOO!!!! The stripes are back!!!
I am so happy that you guys are listening to us….thanks!
August 7th, 2007 8:31 pm
Well I hope you people are happy with yourself. I’m not that bothered if they put the strips back (although they match the 80s IBM logo and not the new ThinkPad one) but i’d be seriously concerned that Lenovo will not attempt to evolve ThinkPad design in the future given such an uproar about such a small, insignificant change.
August 7th, 2007 9:08 pm
I voted yes for the return of the Strips…But I can also concured with felix statment…Designs should move forward. With thinkpad’s “classic” image..it’s difficult to break out of the existing “mold” and find the right balance between Innovation without alienating its existing fan base..its alittle bite like when Coke try to bring out the “New Coke”…but not too many people wanted the “new Coke”..I guess thats what make it a “classic”
I think Lenovo should take a look at Asus’s design on notebooks…(I do not own any of them) but ‘looking’ at them..they really look sharp, fresh and exciting..(design wise)..Iam looking forward to the next generation thinkpads…
August 8th, 2007 2:52 am
I appreciate your openness to hear users’ opinions while I personally do not need the strips. I am looking forward to find newly evolved buttoms which have not only the stripes but also new shape and touch. In addition, I want to suggest another poll on silver paints on power and volume buttoms since I think most users will not bother to keep these paints either.
August 8th, 2007 10:15 am
Acer boxes should not even be considered for ThinkPad inspiration – their systems could not be more consumer based, I have been liking HPs evolving design for its business models, they are really starting to get that black box ThinkPad feel about them.
August 8th, 2007 11:00 pm
YES! 21st century ThinkPads get to look like 1990s machines again. W0000T!
My T60p: first, best, and last ThinkPad I will ever buy.
August 9th, 2007 6:22 am
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August 9th, 2007 4:32 pm
Brilliant! Thank you for listening.
August 10th, 2007 5:30 am
Wow, I can’t believe I almost missed this news. Wonderful news. Thanks for listening. *pats on the back*
August 12th, 2007 4:49 am
I am so excited to hear this!! Like many people said here, though, it would be even better if Lenovo would make striped keys for older systems too (such as T60, and X60)! Lastly, thank you for listening!!
August 12th, 2007 4:27 pm
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August 13th, 2007 11:14 am
Nice, thanks for listening to your customers. A bigger gripe for me though, is how cheap-looking the ThinkPad media buttons have become. Before they used to be black on a glossy black strip of plastic. Was this specifically a usability decision to make the buttons silver and blue in their own ridge, or was this just a legacy-design thing that IBM would not let Lenovo use going forward on their future ThinkPads?
August 14th, 2007 3:20 am
But LENOVO is still a bad company.
I am shamed about Lenovo,as a Chinese.
August 14th, 2007 3:36 am
Boo to changing a well-considered design change on a whim (especially a webpoll). I beg you, please don’t make a poll regarding touchpads on 12 inch notebooks; I don’t think I could stuff the ballot in opposition enough times to make my opinion matter!
August 14th, 2007 7:11 am
Thank you for listening. I never owned an T4X series before (mine is Z) but i can see why so many die hard fans here desire that stripes!
September 8th, 2007 12:37 am
I really like and appreciate thr colour scheme of ThinkPad stripes.
September 22nd, 2007 1:38 am
Dynamite! Please give us sticker strips until you can get them back into the manufacturing.
September 23rd, 2007 2:00 am
I really love the stripes on thinkpad, please stay our thinkpad in good looking in the future series. Although I am using T42 and going to buy another X61, always support thinkpad.
September 26th, 2007 4:09 am
we’d better go on with history embeded!
just keep the stripes logo!
October 30th, 2007 2:26 pm
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January 14th, 2008 2:28 pm
Does “at the earliest date possible” mean T62 or T70??? Please tell it if it’s the case.
January 18th, 2008 2:59 pm
Much ado about nothing, IMHO.
While you are fretting whether your laptop mouse buttons should have stripes, Apple is creating innovative designs.
This comes from someone who is considering a Lenovo (currently own an HP laptop).
Stripes are totally irrelevant, except to designers and marketing types who believe form trumps function.
January 23rd, 2008 8:00 am
Please bring back the grey function keys as well, and never, ever even think about changing the blue return key!!!
August 22nd, 2008 2:35 pm
Seems like X300 and X200 have them. And even those SL “wannabe-ThinkPads” have them. But T400, T500, R400, R500, W500 and W700 all haven’t got them.
“We plan on putting the stripes back at the earliest date possible.”
Should have been:
“We plan on putting the stripes back to a very narrow range of models, but certainly not on those which have the biggest outlet.”
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