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

[William Sutton]

I'm curious...does anyone have some statistics on which manufacturers make 
how much of which IBM PC parts?  I was rather under the impression that my 
employer made the bulk of IBM's stuff.  (I do not work for Lenovo)

William

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004, Lance A. Brown wrote:

> William Sutton wrote:
> > I'd just like to point out that there is a very large difference between 
> > manufacturing a laptop to someone's spec and designing that laptop and 
> > manufacturing it according to your own spec.  At the moment companies are 
> > building ThinkPads (and other IBM hardware) according to IBM's design.  My 
> > understanding is that Lenovo is taking over the design part (the 
> > manufacturing already belonging to non-IBM companies).  Thus there is a 
> > potential for the design quality to drop off.
> 
> My one hope is that since Lenovo is already building the majority of
> Laptops for IBM, and since they are picking up a large fraction of the
> design and engineering people from the IBM PC Business, the same high
> quality will continue.  At least I can hope it will.
> 
> --[Lance]
>