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    Thinkpad: IBM/Lenovo vs. Lenovo

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Bannabein, Jul 10, 2006.

  1. Bannabein

    Bannabein Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello.

    I've gotten the IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad recomended by a few people on this forum, and I'm now considering getting one.

    But then I found out that IBM and Lenovo has split (probably old news), and people say that Lenovo alone do not make the same quality.

    So is the Lenovo Thinkpad the same computer as the IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad, or is it not as good as it used to be?

    Here's the computer I'm talking about:
    http://www.costcentral.com/proddetail/Lenovo_ThinkPad_T60_2623/2623D6U/J49840/

    Have a good day.
     
    Bannabein, Jul 10, 2006
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  2. 343453j4538i4

    343453j4538i4 Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's harder to imagine the group that bought the line didn't already understand it had a unique perception and storied past among notebook cognoscenti. The subsidiary is still based in NY with design handled out of NC, as it has always been.

    Even back in the 1990s, there were dings. My 365XD--a value line admittedly--shipped in 1997 with a bad pixel, and I'm sure that higher priced models probably had even finer finish tolerances in the very narrow gap where the keypad met the case. Its CD-ROM drive started opening and closing cockeyed a little less than a year into ownership and never again had a smooth movement, and it also gave up reading CDs and making terrible noises more often than not.

    Compared to others, they look, feel and work better. And they have--and have always had--the finest folding-point hinge on the market. (For the worst, see Apple.)

    They are not perfect.
     
    343453j4538i4, Jul 10, 2006
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  3. strikeback03

    strikeback03 Notebook Deity

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    the most obvious change with the new ownership is the styling, some feel it looks cheaper. I don't think any of the reviews have stated that in operation it is any worse than the ones designed when IBM still owned the name.
     
    strikeback03, Jul 10, 2006
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  4. Jmmmmm

    Jmmmmm Notebook Consultant

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    When IBM announced they were handing over the laptops to Lenovo, people freaked out, and the IBM fan(atic)s proclaimed thinkpads were doomed and it was the end of the world. It was reasonable to worry, but everything seems to have worked out just fine so far. In fact, I think my friend's t60 (lenovo) is even a bit sturdier than my t43 (ibm), and it also runs a lot cooler. I don't think you should have any worries ordering a Lenovo thinkpad.

    That d6u is a great deal, that is definitely the computer I would order if I could get one today.
     
    Jmmmmm, Jul 11, 2006
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  5. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    The Z61m I reviewed was every bit as solid if not more as every other ThinkPad I have seen.
     
    ZaZ, Jul 11, 2006
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  6. Bannabein

    Bannabein Notebook Enthusiast

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    Great.

    Thanks for the replies.
     
    Bannabein, Jul 11, 2006
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