Saw one yesterday, it isn't much thicker than the thin laptop optical drives. The units size while retaining Thinkpads build quality is really impressive.
The "spike" is a beveled edge that mates with the bottom half of the laptop so when it is closed, there bottom and top of the laptop are locked in every direction, side to side, front to front, up and down.
So even if you drop your laptop on one of the upper corners, the screen hinges wont take all of the force of the impact.
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What are those spikes on top of the screen??
Can anyone tell me how thick it is?
Saw one yesterday, it isn't much thicker than the thin laptop optical drives. The units size while retaining Thinkpads build quality is really impressive.
The "spike" is a beveled edge that mates with the bottom half of the laptop so when it is closed, there bottom and top of the laptop are locked in every direction, side to side, front to front, up and down.
So even if you drop your laptop on one of the upper corners, the screen hinges wont take all of the force of the impact.
Matt's lyin'. It's a built in stapler. It's got everything!
On the optical drive front- I have really yet to use mine. Most software's downloadable & when I want to watch a movie I digitize it first.