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

[Paul R Streitman]

FWIW, I bought a t43p for my wife through the IBM employee purchase program
last week.  I have been using company-issued thinkpads for many years and
this one looks and feels (except for the fingerprint reader) just like the
t42p that I am currently using which in turn looks/feels just like my 'old'
t41p that I am about to set up for a co-worker.  We have lots of those t41p
thinkpads deployed in our development shop and they have been at least as
good as the previous models we have had (going all the way back to 750s...)

                                                          Paul
z/OS core components development
Internet: prs@us.ibm.com

linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org wrote on 12/08/2005 06:17:35 AM:

> 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,....)
>
> HTH
> Ferdinand
>
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