Lenovo's Most Expensive Laptop more than Reserve

I decided to visit Lenovo china web site and this is want i found

http://appserver.lenovo.com.cn/itemlist.asp?rckcode=A03B05
98,000 RMB = 13,244.50 USD

This **** cost as much as my Brand new Civic LOL..........


Another interesting thing i found out was that the thinkpad T series starts 19,999 RMB which is equal to 2,702.82 USD. Is it me or does it seems like Lenovo like to rip of Chinese people..... man I am so glad I live in the US

Here is the link if you don't believe me
http://www-900.ibm.com/lenovoinfo/cn/thinkpad/index.html

 

The best part is that this stuff is made there...

 

Maybe it's the ruggedized Reserve?

 

http://www.lenovoblogs.com/insidethebox/?p=110

 

Interesting. Military grade for special ops

 

you should calculate the exchange with the Euro not the dollar which is worthless nowadays

 

cooll. military style lol.. incredibly expensive for a laptop though

 

Its kind of funny the posts people say at the bottom of the article. A lot of them say that the T61p is rugged enough already. It's not like the notebook is marketed at consumers, it should be marketed to the military, and from my perspective, should be a direct competition to Panasonic's Toughbook line, which AFAIK doesn't have any competitors.

Anyway, it would be interesting to know more of the specs on it that set it apart from a consumer notebook such as shock resistance, operating temperature, cold starts (in terms of temp), how long it can be underwater (assuming it can), and how it does in blowing sand.

From what I do related to the military, these are some extremely important requirements in terms of making a product successful in the military market.

Anyway, just keep in mind it isn't a consumer laptop and while it is expensive, there is a reason for it.

Nice find OP!

 

Yes, you are lucky. Every thing is cheaper in US! I'm in New Zealand, I've got a T61. it's Retail price here is over US$1600! just V bit cheaper than retail in China. also every thing sold in US is first grade! you know what, your Civic sold in New Zealand retail is more than us20,000! it seems like they are riping of everybody expect Americans. Why? can anybody figure it out?

 

Because Socialist governments like in New Zealand and all over Europe require huge amounts of cash to operate. Part of the way they get money is import duties and taxes on businesses and sales. Socialist and Communist governments also have a tendency to frown on the masses having nice things (being consumers)...so the higher the price, the less likely the masses will buy things.

 

What? New Zealand and EU countries are not communist. The only communist country in europe I used to know was USSR and some of their allies.

 

errr.... last I checked New Zealand is a parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy.... i.e. Great Britain.

 

No offense, but you should at least Google a bit about other countries before posting such nonsense. FYI, USA is not the only democracy on Earth, and people in Europe (and elsewhere) also have hot water, cable and shopping carts...and other things you wouldn't even imagine!

And yes, I live in Europe.

 

socialism in the economic sense (as opposed to a political party or government system), since we were talking about economics. The US is a democratic republic but is slowly turning socialist in an economic sense much as Europe and New Zealand have.

 

Well if its any consolation I believe the rest of the world gets a lot cooler cell phones than we do over here in the US

 

The reason things are cheaper is quite complicated, but the short story is that the dollar is in decline, but corporations can not afford to alienate the American market so therefore they keep prices artificially low there so as to maintain market share in the long term even though it results in lower to non-existent profit margins in the short term.

 

Hm, how about the U.S. is one of the largest consumers in the world and we love credit.

 

ahahahah so True almost everyone is the US in the Debit....... College loans..... sigh

 

QFT !!!!!1

 

very true! regarding to import duties, if you are an importer, once goods arrived, you pay Tax, then pay GST (12.5%) on top of Tax, another word, tax on tax!!! also you pay 33% company tax. what the... if you are an individual, you pay huge amount of income tax too. http://www.ird.govt.nz/how-to/taxrates-codes/itaxsalaryandwage-incometaxrates.html

then you spend your after tax income to buy things and pay gst. Retail price=(cost+duty+shipping+ margin)*1.125%

you guys will be surprised and swear never ever live in New Zealand.

 

New Zealand is an extremely small market in comparison to the US. The sales probably account for 0.001% of US sales and it doesn't really matter to Lenovo whether they sell any in NZ at all. Providing support and distribution in such a small market is also very costly as they lack the economies of scale. Then, there's transportation and tax, but these are common factors for all consumer goods/services.

Lenovo seems to be the only manufacturer with such outrageous pricing differentials as I believe they use their profit margins from the rest of the world to offset the loss they're making from their US operations. This is partly because they need to build a strong foothold in the US market as this market has a higher attachment to the IBM brand (as it was IBM PC's largest market) than the other markets.

As laptops have little export restrictions for personal use, this has also prompted many people overseas to end up contributing towards US sales.

 

lol...i have always been envious of the cell phones offered in europe and asia

Everyone is surprised that the thinkpad prices are so low under lenovo...but it is only in the US...thinkpads can cost up to $3000 US in other countries

 

Pretty pimp, but 13 grand??????????

 

I am sure many people wish you were right about the $3,000 USD, but I know that in certain North European countries a fully spec'd ThinkPad T61p could cost you $5,000 USD.

And unfortunately one does not get those incredible discount coupons that US customers are flooded with everyday.

 

whoa...i knew it was high...but not that high

We get flooded with 10% off coupons everyday. We also have a thing called FatWallet (not sure if it works internationally) that gives you a extra percentage off...credit card discounts + extra warranty.....then the shareholders, EPP, CPP, education discounts and so forth

 

Yes US citizens are very fortunate when it comes to notebooks and electronics in general - not to mention cars. It sometimes make me think about moving to the US.

 

In addition, that thinkpad reserve contest was only for US citizens as well

What country do you live in?

 

In here, Estonia (nera to finland) it's normal. For example, one our main wholesale prices:


Thinkpad T61W (this sounds reasonable)
Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 2 GHz, 1024 MB mälu, 160 GB kõvaketas, 15.4" WXGA kuvar, DVD±RW seade, WiFi, Bluetooth, kaal 2.7 kg, Windows XP Pro, skandinaavia klaviatuur, sõrmejälje lugeja

1371 eur / 2018 USA
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ThinkPad T61 (yes, not a P)
Intel Core Duo T7100 1.83GHz , 1024 MB mälu, 80 GB kõvaketas, 14.1" WXGA+ 1440x900 ekraan, DVD/CDRW seade, a/b/g WiFi, Bluetooth, 6h (7Cell), 2.2 kg, Windows Vista Business(Win XP recovery),

2688 eur / 3957 USA
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Thinkpad T61p
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2 GHz, 2x 1024 MB , 100 GB kõvaketas, 15.4" WUXGA , 256MB nVIDIA Quadro FX 570M, DVD±RW , WiFi, Bluetooth, 3.5 tundi, 2.6 kg, Windows XP Pro,fingerprint


2231 eur / 3284 USA

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or if this is to cheep u can try (from same store):


ThinkPad T61P Model: 6457-5GG

Core 2 Duo T7700 2x 2.40GHz • 2048MB • 100GB • DVD+/-RW DL • NVidia Quadro FX 570M 256MB • 3x USB 2.0/FireWire/Modem/Gb LAN/WLAN 802.11agn • 4in1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/xD) • 15.4" WUXGA non-glare TFT (1920x1200) • Windows Vista Ultimate • Li-Ionen-Akku (9 cell) • 2.56kg• FingerPrint Reader

3890 eur / 5725 USA
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Of course, old times one dollar was over 18 EEK,now it's 10..something..

But for my self, i am thinking to buy: IBM Thinkpad T41p - price: 576 Eur / 849 USA. I know it was released 2004 but its almost new and it works better then most of them out there. I just need business laptop not something for gaming or vista. Specs:
Pentium M Centrino 1700MHz, 1024MB DDR, 80GB Hdd 5400rpm, CDRW-DVD Combodrive, 14" SXGA Ekraan (1400x1050), WiFi, Bluetooth, 100/1000Lan, 128MB Ati Fire GL Video, WinXP PRO, - just need to add DVD burner and 1GB memory.

So why the hell i should pay 5725 USA if i can get what i need from IBM just for 850 - 900 dollars. ...but how much T42p / T41P costs out there, same?

 

Wow, your T6x prices are pretty insane

That's not nearly as bad but still quite up there.

About a month ago or so, bought my T42p from Lenovo's Outlet for $650. They currently have a T42p P-M 2.05Ghz/2 GB RAM/80 GB HD/15" UXGA Flexview/BT/WiFi/Fingerprint for $882.