[Thinkpad] Has the Inevitable Started?

[Baz]

On Dec 24, 2007 9:14 AM,  <eletourneau at verizon.net> wrote:
> Baz,
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> Yes, a lesser quality is to be expected; e.g., you can't have low price
> and high quality at the same time.
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> We are now getting Thinkpads for 1/3 or less, of the price they were from
> IBM.  If you want a $4000 laptop for $1000, then you need to rethink how
> the world works.
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> In <ce3d5a650712240855v59150d3ep3bfe3b4c1d786847 at mail.gmail.com>, on
> 12/24/2007
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>    at 08:55 AM, Baz <bazciscor at gmail.com> said:
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> >On Dec 24, 2007 8:46 AM,  <eletourneau at verizon.net> wrote:
> >> In <00a901c84641$035882d0$0a098870$@com>, on 12/24/2007
> >>    at 07:24 AM, "Dan Galender" <thinkpad at galender.com> said:
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> >> >In a recent post having a subject line of "T61 14 screen with DOS only",
> >> >Jeffrey Race commented on the unacceptable keyboard.
> >>
> >> >I recently received my 7th ThinkPad, a T61p, and for the first time ever,
> >> >I don't like the keyboard.  Usually it's one of the things I like best
> >> >about ThinkPads, but this one feels more cheap and more plastic-y (I know
> >> >it mostly is, but in the past they didn't feel like this).  This may
> >> >sound crazy but when I type on it, it has a different sound to it.  It's
> >> >louder and it has hollow-like sound to it--much less solidly put together
> >> >than in the past, or at least that's how it feels to me.  My most recent
> >> >previous machine was a T60p from a year and a half ago (just when Lenovo
> >> >started coming out with machines without the IBM logo on it--mine did
> >> >have it) and it was just fine--not like this one.
> >>
> >> >Is this what we can expect from here on out?  Is it time to start looking
> >> >at other vendors?  Is there anyone else who has noticed this or feels the
> >> >same way?
> >>
> >>
> >> I think this was to be expected, however, remember a machine like the
> >> TP600 cost $4000.  The T61 can be had for $1200 to $2000.  You can't have
> >> a great price and the same quality as before.
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> >This was expected because of the take-over?  If so, what a shame.  My
> >next machine will be a MacBook.
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Would you care to speculate as to why the new owners are messing with
a proven winner?  I guess to expand the customer base - but at what
price?


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