Comment Re:No, it's because Thinkpads suck (Score 1) 472
I realize this is a highly subjective area but I think the above poster has either not used a thinkpad recently or has had some serious problems with IBM in the past.
I currently use (R51) and purchase IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads for my company (T-30, T-40/42 and one X somthing). Over the years I have used and purchased other brands such as Gateway, Toshiba, Sharp and HP. 7 years ago I got my first Thinkpad A20m and have since that day forward been buying thinkpads.
When I think of buying a corporate laptop for a sales person the LAST thing on my mind is "looks". I want a rugged, well built, well supported and most of all reliable laptop. After all when they are 1200 miles away in a board room making a sale the last thing they need is a good looking pile of crap that won't boot. I currently support more than 30 Thinkpads of all shapes and sizes. I have only sent two in for repairs. One was dropped down a flight of concrete stairs and the other decided it wanted a rum and coke... Both were repaired and returned within 5 business days. No screens have failed, no drives have failed and these are all in the field laptops not desktop riders.
Most of my sales people hadn't used Thinkpads prior to working with this company and now many of them have sworn off the likes of Dell and HP. There are several sizes of thinkpads for those that want small and light, or like myself big and powerful (I'm young, I can lug it). I think all but the X series now have both the nipple and a touch pad. Very convienent once you learn how to use them at the same time.
I'll grant you that for a home user a thinkpad may not be the best option. They don't have Widescreens or Dolby Surround sound or 900 different Flash slots on them. They do run Linux quite well. I have installed Suse, Fedora and others on mine over the last year.
Lenovo has been making thinkpads for some time now, even before the sale. In fact current thinkpads come in a Lenovo box but still have the IBM branding on the machine. There are no lenovo stickers or logos on the actual laptop. I will continue to buy them so long as they remain reliable and well supported.
I currently use (R51) and purchase IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads for my company (T-30, T-40/42 and one X somthing). Over the years I have used and purchased other brands such as Gateway, Toshiba, Sharp and HP. 7 years ago I got my first Thinkpad A20m and have since that day forward been buying thinkpads.
When I think of buying a corporate laptop for a sales person the LAST thing on my mind is "looks". I want a rugged, well built, well supported and most of all reliable laptop. After all when they are 1200 miles away in a board room making a sale the last thing they need is a good looking pile of crap that won't boot. I currently support more than 30 Thinkpads of all shapes and sizes. I have only sent two in for repairs. One was dropped down a flight of concrete stairs and the other decided it wanted a rum and coke... Both were repaired and returned within 5 business days. No screens have failed, no drives have failed and these are all in the field laptops not desktop riders.
Most of my sales people hadn't used Thinkpads prior to working with this company and now many of them have sworn off the likes of Dell and HP. There are several sizes of thinkpads for those that want small and light, or like myself big and powerful (I'm young, I can lug it). I think all but the X series now have both the nipple and a touch pad. Very convienent once you learn how to use them at the same time.
I'll grant you that for a home user a thinkpad may not be the best option. They don't have Widescreens or Dolby Surround sound or 900 different Flash slots on them. They do run Linux quite well. I have installed Suse, Fedora and others on mine over the last year.
Lenovo has been making thinkpads for some time now, even before the sale. In fact current thinkpads come in a Lenovo box but still have the IBM branding on the machine. There are no lenovo stickers or logos on the actual laptop. I will continue to buy them so long as they remain reliable and well supported.
