build quality runoff: Thinkpad vs Asus

Thinkpad was the runaway winner on the build quality poll, but just as many people seemed to be upset that asus wasn't an option.

Now these are the only option.


Only those familiar with both please.

 

You mean in general? I'd take a T61 over an A8Jp any day, but I'd also take a V1Jp over an R61 any day, too. It all depends on the line. In general, I'd say Thinkpad has better build quality, because the Thinkpad line is the Lenovo business line, but if you compare Thinkpad's to just the Asus business laptops, I'd have to say it's real close. The keyboard on the Thinkpad is nice, but the general better specs on the Asus is nice, too. If the option was Lenovo vs Asus, I'd choose Asus.

 

It's hard to say. Thinkpad quality has been really on or off recently. If it's on it can't be beat. If it's off then it's pretty bad. Asus is pretty consistant, but not as good as a Thinkpad that's rolled out of a good build factory.

On a side note my opinion is: 2007 is the year the Thinkpad's legendary reliability and quality dies [why would you put a Webcam on a business laptop if you're not including face recognition security]. Thanks Lenovo!

 

My biggest concern would be service -- IBMs are easy to get serviced here in the states, ASUS machines are not.

 

Service a different topic.

Really looking at build here. Case materials, fit and finish, quality of buttons, keyboards, hinges, latches, and just how well everything's put together in general. Definitely not specs, not service, not lcd- but maybe how well lcd is protected or how durable.

 

Considering Asus makes the Macbooks, and I have seen some of the same issues over and over on those (keys breaking off, hinges failing, the old palmrest staining, hot bottoms) I would hardly call Asus a business quality laptop manufacturer. Better than many other consumer brands, not really better than the Thinkpad line.

 

I'll take a Thinkpad over an Asus.

 

I would chose a Thinkpad laptop over an ASUS business laptop.

 

I don't know, I always though the V series had at least as good build quality as the Thinkpad R series.

Also, I want to point out that this poll is completely unfair. Thinkpad is just one line of notebooks produced by Lenovo, while Asus produces many varying lines with varying build quality. The poll should be Lenovo vs Asus to be fair.

 

Just consider best against best. No non-thinkpad lenovos, and the best you consider that asus has to offer.

 

Then Thinkpad definitely wins. As a whole company, I prefer Asus' build quality to Lenovo's, but the high-end Thinkpad's beat out everything Asus has to offer, hands-down.

 

Yeah, thinkpad wins this one easily. My friend's sister has some old Thinkpad and it's still so sturdy. It's not taken care of as much as it should be since it was given to her from her college, it can take a beating.

My friend sometimes just hold it from the top of the screen and walks around with it.

 

thinkpad for sure

 

Ok, I see. The reason the other thread was so close b/t the two was b/c it specified "consumer" lines. Thinkpads probably still got lots of votes anyways from people who didn't read the OP, but most people who were complaining of no asus option meant across the board, or at least asus in general vs non-thinkpad lenovo.

Thinkpads must to be tops in this regard apart from the hardest core line of panasonic toughbooks, and all the other suitcase looking notebooks.

 

I would say that Asus wins in heat control, which is related to so many other things. Also in research and innovation, which produces models ahead than IBM (ie C90, G1)

 

Ah, that's a burn. One of my top priorities, so much so that I accept the sacrifice of lowest speed processors in bigger sizes than I would otherwise desire (only thing keeping me from seriously considering an ultraportable).

Definitely I would consider heat, cooling system, fan quality part of build quality, along with noise.

 

Thinkpads do not have any problems with heat control. I am not sure where someone heard that from.

 

Care to elaborate on where you got this information from?

Historically Thinkpads are the benchmark against which all other laptop computers are measured against.

 

The only IBM Thinkpad that's really got a heatproblem is the T43. That's because IBM figured they'd take a T42 and update to "Centrino 2" without completely redoing the cooling. The T60s are a little warm and there have been some screw ups with the heatsinks not having the protective plastic removed before assembly. But Thinkpads in General don't have heat issues. My Asus M6 had a heat issue the fan would run when it felt like it I found one night after a Windows update restart that it didn't run. The whole system was 80 degrees and it fried a RAM stick.

 

Neutral.

As long as both manufacturer's notebook does not break or fall apart ridiculously, I'd take either considering other factors such as cost, perfomance and heat.

 

After years of using Thinkpads at work, both my colleagues and I have to yet to see a single Thinkpad "falling apart." Thinkpads are top of the line business class laptops. They are designed to withstand repeated physical abuse and neglect.