Comment by camgunz
What's the lid shell design flaw (did a little googling couldn't find it)?
What's the lid shell design flaw (did a little googling couldn't find it)?
Yes, if you look at a photo of the X220 lid, what looks like a cosmetic accent across the lid near screen-top is actually a seam, between the nice alloy traditional lid, and some plastic that's barely held on, painted to look the same. Even minor impact can break the little plastic screw hole tabs that hold the screen-top edge of the lid. Absolutely not what you want from a ThinkPad, which has a legacy of being durable.
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd....
A disappointing thing about this is that someone changed the design, to this, to be more fragile and non-ThinkPad. In this way, it's similar to the series of regression changes to the keyboard, and now the TrackPoint.
According to https://old.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/1d13sb6/should_i_...:
> - Display lid is very fragile at the top where the wifi antennas are and can easily crack there