[TriLUG] Re: Thinkpads... *** OT ***

[Ed Hill]

On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 19:05 -0500, Lance A. Brown wrote:
> Michael Alan Dorman wrote:
> > "Lance A. Brown" <lance at bearcircle.net> writes:
> > 
> >>Ed Hill wrote:
> >>
> >>>ps - Yes, I *will* buy another ThinkPad when the time comes.
> >>
> >>Assuming they are still around and retain their quality.  Who knows
> >>now that IBM has sold its PC Business to that Chinese outfit.
> > 
> > 
> > Well, apparently that company had been building them for years.
> > Whether the designs will go downscale...
> 
> Yeah.  Tell me about it.  I watched my T41 get shipped from China to my
> doorstep online.  I hope the quality remains because the Thinkpads are
> some of the best laptop machinery out there.


[ ...please forgive continued OT posts! ]

I've read that Lenovo (formerly Legend) was already building most of the
ThinkPads.  So I don't see how the quality is going to suddenly change.
Lenovo may eventually make a mess of things but the only real change I
can see so far is a positive one.  Have you noticed the *much* more
configurable "you build it" options on the web site?  Its a real
improvement.

Ed

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