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Posted by hashim.muntazar@gmail.com on May 24, 2005, 1:45 am
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MAG wrote:
> > Does anyone know whether the laptops now sold by Lenovo (which is
linked
> > from the IBM site) are really the same product -- at least for the
> > present -- as the laptops recently "made by" IBM?
> >
> > I ask because when I bought an IBM G-series Thinkpad in Novermber
2004, it
> > was shipped from Shanghai. Which makes me suspect that IBM was
already
> > outsourcing the manufacturing to Lenovo (or certainly to someone in
China)
> > before the recent change in corporate arrangements.
> >
> > My IBM laptop was stolen in a home burglary, so I'm wondering
whether a
> > Lenovo laptop would be, in effect, the same product made by
more-or-less the
> > same people in the same factory as the "IBM" product made 6 months
ago.
> >
> > Of course, the comparison will become less meaningful over time, as
Lenovo
> > itself becomes directly responsibe for the design changes and
quality
> > control. But, since I'm asking about a 6-month-old "IBM" -vs- a new
> > "Lenovo", I'm hoping they would be truly equivalent. Any inside
tips?
> >
> > Thanks...
>
> They have been made in China for some time now. Every recent T series
> I've purchased has a Made In China sticker...
Has anyone bought a Thinkpad since Lenovo has taken control and does it
feel any different?
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