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Lenovo splits the Think brand into a separate group

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Re: Lenovo splits the Think brand into a separate group

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If I had to use a PC, I'd use a ThinkPad. This was true before Lenovo took over the branding from IBM (they were already the manufacturer from what I understand), and it's true now that Lenovo is removing their branding from it. It's a solid machine and a great brand.

Re: Lenovo splits the Think brand into a separate group

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If I had to use a PC, I'd use a ThinkPad. This was true before Lenovo took over the branding from IBM (they were already the manufacturer from what I understand), and it's true now that Lenovo is removing their branding from it. It's a solid machine and a great brand.

Yeah, the Thinkpad brand is really one of the few in the industry that I feel is confident in its own fundamentals. It knows it is good, and it knows why it is good. Besides Apple, I can't think of any other brand in the market that I can say that about.

Re: Lenovo splits the Think brand into a separate group

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I think Lenovo wants to be associated more with machines like the Yoga, even though the dependable ThinkPad workhorses are who brought them to the dance.

I think you're reading this backwards, I think this is like Toyota splitting off Lexus into a separate, high-end brand.

Re: Lenovo splits the Think brand into a separate group

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post #6

ThinkPad is amazingly solid. I had two so far and both were wonderful machine. Lenovo's service is pretty good as well. My latest laptop's Intel SSD drive went dead after a year. They shipped a replacement right the way with no question asked.

I had an IBM era T43 for a while and currently have a T60 that's almost as old as Lenovo's take over of the brand, and it's still chugging along. A friend of mine recently upgraded to the t430u ultrabook and has been loving it. As far as laptops go I'm pretty sold on the thinkpad line for the foreseeable future.

Re: Lenovo splits the Think brand into a separate group

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The best they could do is ditch Thinkpad brand for their consumer grade machines (SL, R). T and X series are Thinkpads. The rest- not so much.

SL and R series "Thinkpads" are rubbish, imo. Not to mention the cheap Ideapad's- the build quality is on par with pretty much every other cheap notebook manufacturers.

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