Comments on: Lenovo-brand PCs aim to Think for less

First Lenovo-branded PCs to appear stateside follow lead of IBM's ThinkPad design philosophy--for much less.
Photos: The first Lenovo-branded PCs

[nhandler]

Not a chance

It appears that Lenovo's rendition of the IBM laptop is lacking most of the good features of the IBM such as thin profile, eraserhead (I will never purchase a laptop lacking an eraserhead), and robust case (that thing looks flimsy, sorry). I love my T40, but I wouldn't purchase that. I do realize this is a consumer oriented laptop, so hopefully they realize that the IBM platform is a great start for serious users and that they should build upon it for their business line.

[dotmike]

Eraserhead

Is that the official name? I always called it the "nipple!"

(Prefer a trackpad myself though, the rubber stick thing always
seemed too point-it-in-the-right-direction-then-wait to me.
Tastes differ.)

[i_made_this]

IBM, this product is useless...

...at the price point of $350 requiring a Microsoft operating system, it offers zero that hasn't already been on the American market by Lenovo's competitors for years. An open source architecture is required. Americans will not widely adopt open source till it's aggressively offerred with at least equal support as Microsoft product by the major OEM's. Next... .

[regulator1956]

IBM ???

Yeah, your advice is welcome. IBM doesn't own that company. They sold the business.

[dimasy]

Open source what?

Despite the amazing rate of proliferation and benefits associated
with Open Source Operating Systems such as Linux and Unix, they
have little to offer to consumers (a notable exception is Mac OS X).
From my personal experience with Linux, I find that these Open
Source fellows are clumsier than retail products, with long boot
times, poor energy management, and a lack of software packages
that are demanded by mainstream users, such as MS Office,
business packages, and games.

[dimasy]

Open source what?

Despite the amazing rate of proliferation and benefits associated
with Open Source Operating Systems such as Linux and Unix, they
have little to offer to consumers (a notable exception is Mac OS X).
From my personal experience with Linux, I find that these Open
Source fellows are clumsier than retail products, with long boot
times, poor energy management, and a lack of software packages
that are demanded by mainstream users, such as MS Office,
business packages, and games.