Ed Hill wrote:
I've read that Lenovo (formerly Legend) was already building most of the ThinkPads. So I don't see how the quality is going to suddenly change. Lenovo may eventually make a mess of things but the only real change I can see so far is a positive one. Have you noticed the *much* more configurable "you build it" options on the web site? Its a real improvement.
It's not like IBM just handed off the business, and wiped their hands of it. The IBM guy who washead of the PC Group is becoming the CEO of Lenovo as part of the deal, and Lenovo is moving their headquarters to the US. IBM also maintained something like a 18.9% ownership of Lenovo. And I've heard that many (most?) of the PC Group employees will remain employed by Lenovo.
I for one, don't see any reason to expect a sudden, prounounced drop in the quality of the systems.
TTYL,
Phil -- Don't blame me, I voted for Badnarik
Free America - Vote Libertarian www.lp.org
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