Lenovo profits disappear

Lenovo saw its profits take a dive in the last quarter although PC sales were up over seven per cent - less than the market as a whole. Sales for the three months ended 30 September 2008 were $4.3bn and pre-tax income was $39m, down from $125m for the same three months of 2007. Lenovo's Chairman, Yang Yuanqing, said: "Due to …

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Posted Friday 7th November 2008 15:18 GMT

jezza

strange..

because their thinkpads are now rubbish compared to the IBM ones. bring back my t43 ;-)

Posted Friday 7th November 2008 19:37 GMT

Anonymous Coward

Blue Screens all round

We have loads of T61 which blue screen all the time, and they weigh a ton.

Posted Monday 10th November 2008 03:12 GMT

Paul

maybe it's because their reputation has crapped out?

lenovo might produce some good laptops, but they also produce some cheap crappy ones!

techrepublic recently had a discussion about it and a huge number of new registrants for their discussion forum appeared, all from India, all saying how wonderful lenovo were!

ah, here it is: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/classic-tech/?p=178

and here's where lenovo denied any wrong-doing: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/decisioncentral/?p=152

Posted Monday 10th November 2008 03:12 GMT

Philipp Varley