where did IBM get the name lenovo it's sounds like linux

lenovo sounds like a derivative from Linus Torvalds, creator of the popular Linux

Where did they get the name?

 

y is this in the what notebook should i buy section???

 

lenovo actually is a chinese company, that bought the notebook segment from ibm. and with it they bought the name, at least for a while......

last thing i´ve heard , that lenovo is going to give up the ibm brand and the laptops will only be branded lenovo. when that will happen i dunno, but this will just be a cosmetic thing, since ibm does not have anything to do with these notebooks.

 

From About Lenovo

 

It most likely wasn't intentional. If you look at the OP's post count you will see that he is completely new to this board.

But you're right, this should be moved to the Lenovo board.

It should be added that they did not only purchase the notebook (ThinkPad) division, but the entire IBM PC business unit, which consisted of both desktops and notebooks.

 

It will happen next year, apparently.

 

Yeah, Lenovo is a Chinese (but has an American headquarters as well) company, and a blend of the name "Le" for Legend and "novo" from New.

Lenovo bought IBM's PC division a few years back. The Thinkpads still have some IBM branding as part of the deal, that Lenovo gets a few years to slowly get consumers to understand that Lenovo now owns IBM's PC division.

 

Many ThinkPads do already come with the new Lenovo branding. This is not only apparent for corporate customers (as mentioned in some articles).

It also depends very much on which country/market we are talking about. In the Lenovo retail stores in Thailand for example, all the ThinkPads are Lenovo branded.

In China, I have seen a mix of Lenovo and IBM branding at retail stores.

 

Lenovo doesn't sound like linux. If it did, I would not have a lenovo.

 

Is it just me or is it a bit weird that a Chinese company is using Latin in their name? The only reason I would think they would use it is to get in favor with American and European countries; even though they sell most of their computers in China. They'll need more then Latin name and Thinkpad branding to get more market share in America/Europe though.

 

Dude can you Imagine a chinese name in English???? It be so hard to pronouce.......Lian Shian (legend). At Office depot " He can i see you Leee Sheeiii notebook" Sales clerk "WTF???" Just for that i'd give up on legend noteboks lol.

 

Of course it takes more than a name. Nonetheless, they are doing quite well with the Lenovo name and ThinkPad brand.

Just like Western companies often adopt a Chinese name for the Chinese market, it is only natural that Lenovo has adopted a western type of name, in order to be easily recognized and pronounced.

A good example is McDonalds which in China is called 'Mai Dang Lao' or KFC which is named 'Ken de ji'. All in the sake of recognition and making business.

All the major Taiwanese companies, such as Asus ('Hua Suo' in Chinese) and Acer ('Hong Ji' in Chinese) have gotten western sounding names as well. But many who do not understand Chinese, will probably not know that a name like Asus does not exist or cannot be pronounced in Chinese.

 

Good example

Btw, it is 'Lian Xiang' if you use the official pinyin system.

 

Yes sounds just like it :S

 

"Is it just me or is it a bit weird that a Chinese company is using Latin in their name? The only reason I would think they would use it is to get in favor with American and European countries; even though they sell most of their computers in China. They'll need more then Latin name and Thinkpad branding to get more market share in America/Europe though."

This has got to be one of the most eurocentric statements I've ever seen.