I just bought a Thinkpad T41, and I cherish it
...but...
There is one strange thing about the chassis that is nagging at me, and I figured I'd ask if anyone has seen the same, or if I really did get a defect.
Basically, if you shut the notebook, and look down the back panel, the lcd cover is curved. It's bowed outward from the body of the notebook. When open, compared to desktop pc's i've used (this is my first notebook), the taskbar is sort of concave looking which is what brought my attention to it at first. I wouldn't think much of it, except that the very sturdy metal hinges which attach the screen to the main chassis are also ever so slightly angled past perpendicular ... almost as if both symptoms result from an overly tightened tension screw somewhere. Does IBM deliberately induce a slight concavity to the bottom of the LCD chassis? It doesnt seem consistent with the quality of their build reputation.
Other t4* users, are your lcd chassis curved in any way where they attach to the body?
Thanks
...but...
There is one strange thing about the chassis that is nagging at me, and I figured I'd ask if anyone has seen the same, or if I really did get a defect.
Basically, if you shut the notebook, and look down the back panel, the lcd cover is curved. It's bowed outward from the body of the notebook. When open, compared to desktop pc's i've used (this is my first notebook), the taskbar is sort of concave looking which is what brought my attention to it at first. I wouldn't think much of it, except that the very sturdy metal hinges which attach the screen to the main chassis are also ever so slightly angled past perpendicular ... almost as if both symptoms result from an overly tightened tension screw somewhere. Does IBM deliberately induce a slight concavity to the bottom of the LCD chassis? It doesnt seem consistent with the quality of their build reputation.
Other t4* users, are your lcd chassis curved in any way where they attach to the body?
Thanks