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From: Barry Watzman on 4 Jan 2010 00:00 No, originally IBM made Thinkpads and Lenovo didn't exist. Lenovo is a far more recent entity than IBM Thinkpad laptops. the wharf rat wrote: > In article <hhomlp$rbp$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Cameo <cameo(a)cameo.invalid> wrote: >> But they still can't produce quality products. Lenovo is an exception as >> they didn't have enough time to screw what IBM sold them. > > Lenovoe ALWAYS made Thunkpads. Even when IBM sold them. > >
From: Cameo on 4 Jan 2010 00:50 "Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM(a)neo.rr.com> wrote in message news:hhrslm$8vn$3(a)news.eternal-september.org... > No, originally IBM made Thinkpads and Lenovo didn't exist. > > Lenovo is a far more recent entity than IBM Thinkpad laptops. That's how I knew it, too.
From: the wharf rat on 4 Jan 2010 01:03 In article <hhrlp5$jo$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>, Dabbler <dabbler(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > >Yes, but IBM controlled the quality then. Who does now? > Ok, I wasn't quite correct when I said that Lenovo always made thinkpads. They were originally made by another Chinese company, "Great Wall". That factory, along with the entire Thinkpad engineering team, went to Lenovo in 2005. I've noticed some design decisions that appear aimed at cost recuctions such as less fully backed keybaords (resulting in more flex) but IMHO thinkpads have retained most of the quality design and production standards they had when they were made by a different Chinese firm :-)
From: the wharf rat on 4 Jan 2010 01:04 In article <hhrslm$8vn$3(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM(a)neo.rr.com> wrote: >No, originally IBM made Thinkpads and Lenovo didn't exist. > >Lenovo is a far more recent entity than IBM Thinkpad laptops. Well, no, thinkpads were always made in China. Lenovo is the same as Legend and the comapny's been around since the mid 80's.
From: Adrian C on 4 Jan 2010 11:56
the wharf rat wrote: > In article <hhrslm$8vn$3(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM(a)neo.rr.com> wrote: >> No, originally IBM made Thinkpads and Lenovo didn't exist. >> >> Lenovo is a far more recent entity than IBM Thinkpad laptops. > Well, no, thinkpads were always made in China. Wrong. IBM had a laptop manufacturing plant in Greenock, Scotland, UK - and other places including Mexico. -- Adrian C |