[ltp] Re: Linux-Thinkpad digest, Vol 1 #2599 - 1 msg

[Wei Weng]

Is it only me who feels this discussion is as valuable as talk about how
firefox sucks because it crashes on my underpowered, under-ramed, 8
years old PC?

On 04/11/2010 04:14 PM, Chris Penn wrote:
> Looks aren't everything.  You may think that Lenovo's machines look or
> feel cheaper, but at least some of the models are every bit as
> well-engineered (if not better) than IBM's ThinkPads were.
>
> So far that is only your opinion.
>
> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 7:19 AM, Robert Tomsick <robert@tomsick.net> wrote:
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>> On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 13:14 +0200, Ralph Spitzner wrote:
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>>> I'm not going to stick this into a base64 decoder, however
>>> a friend of mine recently visited me carrying a
>>> 'lenovo thinkpad'
>>>
>>> even the hinges are made of plastic nowadays.
>>>
>>> It hs a Fingrprint reader, though.
>>> (which of course only works with Vista :-P )
>>>
>>> I just don't get it why on earth IBM abandoned manufacturing thinkpads
>>> in the first place, they should at least foresee the manufacturing
>>> proccess in terms of quality....
>>>       
>> The only ThinkPads for which that might be the case are some of the SL
>> series or maybe the X100e/Edge -- I can't recall whether or not they do.
>> The T series and X20x/X30x certainly have metal hinges, as do the R and
>> W series.
>>
>> I can, however, comment on the general theme (i.e. that Lenovo ThinkPads
>> are inferior): it's rubbish.  I've got an X60s, X61s, and a T500.  Up
>> until very recently I also owned a X200 and an X40.  The X40 was
>> designed and built by IBM (produced before the sale, thus a
>> "thoroughbred" IBM machine).  The X60s was produced right after the
>> changeover (designed almost entirely by IBM engineers, built by Lenovo
>> shortly after they took ownership of the division), the X200s and T500
>> were entirely designed and built by Lenovo.  The T500 and X200s "feel"
>> cheaper than the X40.  They're also considerably stronger, and better
>> engineered machines.  The X40 had a delicate screen and developed wobbly
>> hinges despite gentle use.  The X200s had a very flexible-looking
>> screen, but was able to survive being stepped on without even so much as
>> a pressure mark.
>>
>> Looks aren't everything.  You may think that Lenovo's machines look or
>> feel cheaper, but at least some of the models are every bit as
>> well-engineered (if not better) than IBM's ThinkPads were.
>>
>> -Rob
>>
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