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My impression of Lenovo products is that ThinkPads proper have gone downhill since the IBM acquisition, and they have a lot of lower end brands that are typical
by ZanyProgrammer 13y ago
My impression of Lenovo products is that ThinkPads proper have gone downhill since the IBM acquisition, and they have a lot of lower end brands that are typical OEM garbage. I think they also have been using the TP branding on lower end products as well, IMHO. Not sure why Kutcher would want to latch onto them.
- lazyjones 13y agoHave a look at their Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro series notebook/tablet combos. They are currently the overall most attractive Windows notebooks in my opinion. As a past ThinkPad (720C!) owner I would have expected Lenovo to do a much worse job than they actually did and I believe their surprising commercial success underlines this too. Sure, IBM's ThinkPads were much better (with some exceptions like the X21), but it's hard to say how they would look today if IBM had kept the brand (my guess is: not better than Lenovo's).
- ZanyProgrammer 13y agoI was seriously tempted by the Yoga (and ended up going the MBP route). My biggest concern, basically my only concern, was the hinges (were the hinges?). I kept thinking that they'd wear out quickly, and that you'd be left with a laptop with a screen that wouldn't stay up. That's sorta my biggest beef with high end Windows 8 hybrids-too many moving parts that can break.
- zeckalpha 13y agoI'm on a 5 year old MacBook Pro and it needs new hinges. Again. That being said, I'll still likely get another one. On the other hand, if the Chromebook Pixel had a bigger SSD...