[Thinkpad] ODM notebook manufacturers

[Jonathan Berry]

In article <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704131021240.3583 at tick.idlelion.net>, you wrote:
>A lot of the very old machines were made in Mexico.

Made in Mexico, by IBM.
I've wondered if they practice good housekeeping, or whether in 
some forgotten room at their El Salto (near Guadalajara) 
facility, they might have pristine parts for the old 701 or
600* series.  Parts or even whole computers just languishing to 
get out into the fresh air and snap back a vintage tequila.



>
>On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Alex Austin wrote:
>
>> I thought IBM actually manufactured everything except the old i-series
>> (Acer).
>>
>> On 4/12/07, Paul Khoury <khourypa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Which one of those companies made the older ThinkPads?  Say like the
>>> 755 series, 701, and the T20's?
>>>
>>> I'm guessing LG or Samsung made all the X20 series, since they're all
>>> made in Korea.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/11/07, Aryeh Goretsky (home) <goretsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Arima, Asus, Clevo/Kapok, Compal, ECS, FIC, Foxconn, Inventec,
>>>> LG,  Quanta, Samsung and Wistron all have ODM businesses.  I have no
>>>> idea how they stack
>>>> up, market-wise.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Aryeh Goretsky
>>>>
>>>> At 10:00 AM 4/11/2007, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Message: 4
>>>>> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:12:55 -0500
>>>>> From: "Alex Austin" <circuitsoft.alex at gmail.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Hitachi drive difference?
>>>>> To: canyonlands at gmail.com
>>>>> Cc: ThinkPad Mailing List <thinkpad at stderr.org>
>>>>> Message-ID:
>>>>>         <53baa24a0704101712o37070457g91410e559565b30d at mail.gmail.com>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>>>>
>>>>> On 4/10/07, Canyonlands Computer Raypair <canyonlands at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>> Nearly all laptops, regardless of brand, and model, are manufactured
>>> by
>>>>>> only
>>>>>> seven companies
>>>>>
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> RayBay
>>>>>
>>>>>

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