Hi there,
I have a Thinkpad x220 running FreeBSD 13 and I love it. However, the display is awful - it’s not bright enough, it generally looks “washed out” and there’s only about a 30 degree “sweet spot” both horizontally and vertically where the colours look reasonably okay.
So, I saw a really good deal for a Thinkpad p50 on Amazon, I think they came out around 2017. It’s a real beast of a workstation, i7 processor and 16GB RAM. I’m really tempted.
So my question is, did Thinkpad displays actually improve in the intervening seven years or so between those two models? I don’t really want to buy a p50 if the subjective experience is going to be the same.
I’d love to hear your experiences with Thinkpad screens over the years.
Thanks.
I have a Thinkpad x220 running FreeBSD 13 and I love it. However, the display is awful - it’s not bright enough, it generally looks “washed out” and there’s only about a 30 degree “sweet spot” both horizontally and vertically where the colours look reasonably okay.
So, I saw a really good deal for a Thinkpad p50 on Amazon, I think they came out around 2017. It’s a real beast of a workstation, i7 processor and 16GB RAM. I’m really tempted.
So my question is, did Thinkpad displays actually improve in the intervening seven years or so between those two models? I don’t really want to buy a p50 if the subjective experience is going to be the same.
I’d love to hear your experiences with Thinkpad screens over the years.
Thanks.