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    Why do thinkpads have the next gen stuff first?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Shamoke, Sep 4, 2008.

  1. Shamoke

    Shamoke Notebook Consultant

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    Like the x4500, hybrid graphics, montevina
    Just curious.
     
    Shamoke, Sep 4, 2008
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  2. AznRacerNSX

    AznRacerNSX Notebook Evangelist

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    they don't have it first.. a lot of companies have it "first"... from my experience.. asus usually gets the stuff "really" first lol
     
    AznRacerNSX, Sep 4, 2008
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  3. MaX PL

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    they dont have it first, theyre just "first" to market.
     
    MaX PL, Sep 4, 2008
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    Acer and Sony are typically way ahead of Lenovo. I think Lenovo has tried to make their Thinkpads more "consumer" friendly and so they are getting better at early adoption of new features and components, but in the process they have also introduced consumer problems that the business models never had.
     
    jjfcpa, Sep 4, 2008
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    No, he's got a point. Thinkpads have always been known to be the last one on the block making products with new technology.

    The trade-off was always a SOLID machine but not the newest technology. Looks like times are a changin... i love it. =)
     
    rxblitzrx, Sep 4, 2008
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    at least they're still offering windows xp.
     
    sp00n, Sep 4, 2008
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    The sponsored the Olympics in CHINA and ownz all the CHINA tech.
     
    SonDa5, Sep 5, 2008
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