SL series, yet another cheaper line

Lenovo shifting weight again this time to a more small to medium business line on the cheap. Just after the announcement to kill the 3000 line. Best part is that they are now listening to the masses and incorporating a more small business with some home user features and price. The migration is starting to happen IMO. Soon you will see non business oriented Lenovo machines. Will the die hards jump ship when they release a non business machine? Some people on this forum get hot and bothered when you mention gaming and graphics (multimedia) in thread topics. Its not much yet, but could be the start.

"Lenovo has also pulled a page from its consumer-focused IdeaPad laptops in the SL series, sprucing up the ThinkPad design with a more stylish look and multimedia features such as a connector to display high-definition video and software for video creation. That's a shift away from the ThinkPad's traditional business focus, with the new look intended to make it more palatable for both personal and business use."

Read the full here.

 

All this talk about Lenovo going cheap is nonsense. They are just segregating their products and providing a greater variety that meets different customer requirements, hence allowing them to capture a bigger slice of the market. All manufacturers do that and if you look at Dell and HP, Lenovo had the smallest range of business laptops previously and badly needed a competitor to Dell's Vostro and HP's B and S series mid-level business notebooks.

If IBM were to continue operating the Thinkpad division, they would have done the same in order to meet market demands.

 

I hope you didnt get that impression from me. Lenovo in no way is going "cheap" , As stated they are just introducing cheaper lines to increase revenue. IMO the build quality and overall value is still up on the list, the Xseries is proof that they still have a much higher end line tearing it up. This is though a "cheaper line" than the standard R, T, or X (business/Home value). Since the 3000 series has been pushed out, this seems to be a viable replacement for the best.