[ltp] OT: Thinkpad maybe re-branded to IdeaPad
Kelvin KAN
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:35:34 +0800
Thanks for corrections!
To be honest I bought my T42 for believing that it was the last Thinkpad :)
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Kelvin.
Laurent Gilson wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> Just read from some local financial news, that Lenovo may rename the
>> Thinkpad & Thinkcenter lines acquired from IBM, to IdeaPad & IdeaCenter.
>
>
> No
>
> They created another line called IdeaPad/Center. It is targeted
> between the old
> thinkpad and the lenovo something-serie.
>
> => http://www.geek.com/new-from-lenovo-three-ideapad-notebooks/
>
> IMHO they are creating way to much more new lines and systems.
>
>> This is earlier than Lenovo original agreement with IBM to keep the
>> "IBM" brand for 5 years (2004-2009)
>
>
> They got the thinkpad-logo, not the IBM-logo.
>
> cu