Test driving this smaller thinkpad at work. Seems plenty fast, even to drive the 30 inch screen (unlike the previous x201 which had the crappy old intel graphics).

I didn’t get an IPS screen so can’t tell how that is. Bummer. Screen is also definitely lower contrast than Apple display.

Touchpad is awful as usual. I don’t know why PC vendors can’t get this right. Apple has been doing it for years now. Trackpoint is decent, but still makes my fingers hurt.

[Four hours in]

It’s amazing how the eyes adjust to the difference between cleartype and the Apple rendering. I just peeked back at my MBP’s screen and the text looks reaaaaly fuzzy. I’m fairly certain that it didn’t look nearly as fuzzy a few hours ago. How can one’s eyes change like that? Is it a semi-permanent change that makes you prefer one rendering type over another?

The contrast on the x220 TN screen is definitely worse than the MBP. Probably has to do with the clear-coat glass on the mac.