Lenovo ditches IBM from ThinkPad early

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Anonymous Coward

Dropping 'IBM' not 'ThinkPad' or 'Think' #

Posted Thursday 1st November 2007 17:28 GMT

Granted that I'm only reading the same press release as you, but I says that Lenovo is removing 'IBM' from their 'Think' products. I imagine that ThinkPads will still be ThinkPads, just not IBM ThinkPads.

And it's not just hardware, but all the associated ThinkPad software... like the new 'ThinkVantage Access Connections' software that I downloaded used to be 'IBM Access Connections'

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Ross Fleming

You've missed the point? #

Posted Thursday 1st November 2007 17:28 GMT

I'm struggling to see where Lenovo are planning to ditch the IBM's ThinkPad brand.

"One important sign of this progress is our decision to completely transition our Think products from the IBM brand to the Lenovo brand two years earlier than planned"

From what I've seen and what I'm understanding from the above comment, they're dropping ThinkPad's IBM brand. ThinkPad will still exist, but will be branded with Lenovo instead of IBM - this is evident from the fact that the new ThinkPads coming out are branded this way. They'd be fools to drop a massive brand that is so popular in the business community.

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Drew Cullen

Re: You've missed the point? #

Posted Thursday 1st November 2007 17:41 GMT

Headline writer did indeed miss the point, namely that Lenovo is detaching the IBM name from the Thinkpad brand. We have corrected this error.

Thanks to all who pointed out our inability to read: back to school for us.

Richard Neill

Quality back up? #

Posted Friday 2nd November 2007 00:38 GMT

Would it be too much to ask Lenovo to fix the quality while they are at it? The old IBM thinkpads were really excellent machines (and well worth paying a premium for). The current Lenovos are pretty mediocre. The unfortunate effect of competition on price is that there are now no options for a buyer who would like to pay a 20% premium for a higher quality product.

frankgobbo

Re: Quality #

Posted Friday 2nd November 2007 04:28 GMT

I've been using a Lenovo T60 (badged as IBM on the palm rest) for 6 months now and have been totally happy with both the build quality and performance of the machine.

But then I didn't have much choice in my machine, being an IBM contractor and all..

Chad H.