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

[James Knott]

Macskassy Csaba wrote:
> On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:32:47 +0100, Richard Neill
> <rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk>  wrote:
> 
>> I do hope that this means that, at least for the top end, the price
>> will  go up, and the quality will get even better. It's still true
>> that  Thinkpads are the best laptops that exist, but they aren't as
>> far ahead  of the competition as they were. Some of the budget models
>> aren't  particularly special.
> I bought a "low-end" R50e one month ago. (1,8ghz Pent.M, 1gig ram...)
> I was afraid because of the label "manufactured by Lenovo for IBM", but
> it  is still as good as any other top thinkpad. The design and the
> quality is  still bullet proof (I carry it always in my backpack, a very
> hostile  environment ;-)
> The only thing it is missing is the rubber surface which an older
> thinkpad  had. That was great...
> At least for now the quality of thinkpads has not changed anything...
> 
> Regards,
> Csaba
>>
>> It used to be the case that thinkpads were very much like Apple are 
>> (considered to be) now: i.e absolutely the best machine that one
>> could  buy, and considered as such. Not that there is anything wrong
>> with the  newer machines, but I get the feeling they aren't made with
>> as much  "love" as the older ones. For one example, the 760 came with
>> an offer of  a free custom-engraved nameplate.


At work yesterday, they were selling some refurbished, off lease
ThinkPads.  They had an R31, similar to the one I own, for $500 (CDN)
Mine cost a lot more than that when I bought it almost new, about 3.5
years ago.