Sorry to hear your experience, Bill. My previous workplace used Lenovos. All business model ThinkPads, in various sizes and over many processor generations. The total inhouse stock of them was about 40-50 machines at any time. They were extremely durable and reliable. I had three of them myself over the years. Never broke down, just got outdated on processing power. I also bought two ThinkPads for my sons, and the experience there has been the same; both machines have endured the abuse of gaming teenagers. So naturally I'm a little surprised by the categoric dismissal of all things Lenovo, but maybe it's a different story for their non-ThinkPad models.
Jostein On 14. februar 2014 17:26:05 GMT+01:00, John <[email protected]> wrote: >I don't remember Lenovo being one of the Chinese vendors the IBM PC >Company used. When I was working there all of the Chinese vendors were >based in Taiwan. > >IBM's home/consumer Aptiva line was sub-contracted to ACER. The IBM PC >(the commercial line) was still manufactured/assembled in the USA. > >Lenovo acquired the right to use IBM's name on their PCs for 5 years >after they bought the PC Company in 2005. Expiration of those rights >are >why Lenovo started putting their own name on their products. > >IBM had great technology, but their marketing & business plans for the >PC Company sucked. There was always an inherent conflict between the PC >Company & IBM's core business - mainframes & services. > >The PC Company always ended up as the red-headed step-child. > >On 2/13/2014 6:07 PM, John Coyle wrote: >> My suspicions were aroused when IBM dropped Lenovo as their Chinese >> manufacturer 9couple of years ago?), and Lenovo started manufacturing >> and marketing under their own brand name. IBM generally has a good >> reason for such actions! >> >> In Australia, the law is that the retailer has responsibility for >> repairs to defective items - and , IMHO, a keyboard should last more >> than a year or so, so it was defective - 'not up to purpose' is the >> legal phrase, I think. >> >> John Coyle >> Brisbane, Australia >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill >> Sent: Friday, 14 February 2014 7:33 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: OT: Lenovo Computers >> >> A year ago, I bought my wife a Lenovo laptop. Apparently these >> machines aren't the best there is, but this was for very light home >> use, my wife does nothing with a home computer beyond a bit of web >> surfing. She doesn't even have a home email address. Anyway, she told >> me a month ago that the keyboard was faulty, and several keys didn't >> work. Apparently, the Lenovo warranty is one year, and the machine >> was off warranty by manufacture date. Eventually, I was able to get >> Lenovo to extend the warranty to the retail sales date, so I took it >> in to the shop where a bad keyboard was diagnosed. >> >> The repair depot has now decided that they have no knowledge of the >> computer coming in to be looked at, and now the warranty has >> expired. >> >> Note to self, do not EVER buy another Lenovo computer. >> >> Friends don't let friends buy Lenovo. >> bill -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
