[ltp] considering t43p... is the lenovo quality okay?

[James Knott]

Ferdinand Haselbacher (jr.) wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 06:24:19PM -0500, James Knott wrote:
>> Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
>>> Quoting Brad Langhorst <brad@langhorst.com>:
>>>> I'm about ready to upgrade my t40...
>>>> but I'm worried about the build quality of the new t43p.
>>>>
>>>> Anybody have a relevant story?
>>>>
>>>> Brad
>>>>
>>> My pre-Lenovo T41 was made in China.
>> My R31 was made in the Philipines and my T30 work computer was made in
>> Mexico.
> AFIAK lenovo did produce the thinkpad's for IBM, before they bought the
> PC-section of IBM. I don't really now one PC brand (maybe DELL) who's making
> their hardware all on their own. there are imho 3 big chinese companies who
> do the hardware for the big ones (HPQ, Acer, ....IBM,....)

Hopefully, they'll maintain the ThinkPad quality.  Of course, there's
nothing to stop them from making a cheaper line, under another name.
Over the years, I have used Compaq, Dell, Toshiba and others, and
there's nothing that's as good as a ThinkPad.  Incidentally, Compaqs
have a lot of hard drives failing lately.  I get to hear about all the
problems with them at work.