The Lenovo ThinkPad T520 notebook
Jul 11, 2020 19:24:42 #
racerrich3 wrote:
not sure about that model and i didn't read the 2nd page of replies but did you know Lenovo is IBM's brand. they just changed the name. notebook is still the same. any IBM laptop/notebook is good for whatever I'm sure. if you knew forgive me, if not it's ok, a lot of people i come across didn't know. :-)
No, "ThinkPad" was IBM's brand.
IBM sold the brand to a Lenovo - Chinese company - and everything from design to marketing changed hands.
Jul 11, 2020 19:37:11 #
I am using a Lenovo Ideapad 520 to type this on, it is several years old. Despite only 8GB of RAM, there is 7.88GB usable, and it has a modest I5-8250U CPU. It copes with Lightroom quite well and when not in LR, it quite often has a number of Office apps open along with 100 plus tabs in Firefox. I bought it with a 2TB HDD
and I replaced it with a 2TB SSD, relegating the old HDD to a secondary position by using a DVD/CD cradle.
I have used Lenovo laptops for several years and find them to be quite robust and very reliable. I concede that it used to be slow on start up, but that was my fault with all of the crap that I put on it.
If you buy the Lenovo, then I don't think that you will be disappointed.
and I replaced it with a 2TB SSD, relegating the old HDD to a secondary position by using a DVD/CD cradle.
I have used Lenovo laptops for several years and find them to be quite robust and very reliable. I concede that it used to be slow on start up, but that was my fault with all of the crap that I put on it.
If you buy the Lenovo, then I don't think that you will be disappointed.
Jul 11, 2020 19:40:41 #
rehess wrote:
No, it was IBM's brand.
IBM sold the brand to a Chinese company, and everything from design to marketing changed hands.
IBM sold the brand to a Chinese company, and everything from design to marketing changed hands.
forgive me , my memory is going to.... but very recently i saw in a store (best buy ?) a Lenovo think pad and turned it over. it said to the best/worst of my memory "made by IBM" or something to that effect. so your reply confuses me. not arguing at all, just confused. :-)
Jul 11, 2020 19:49:00 #
tropics68 wrote:
That may be the case for the high end Dells but it... (show quote)
Like I said it's an individual thing. It's not realistic to trash Dell because your (or any other individual's) machine is no good. I bet all the companies have a certain percentage of lemons not caught in quality testing, and if it meets their goal they're OK with it. If you're unlucky enough to get one of the fraction of 1 percenters, you're hosed. >Alan
Jul 11, 2020 20:04:13 #
racerrich3 wrote:
forgive me , my memory is going to.... but very recently i saw in a store (best buy ?) a Lenovo think pad and turned it over. it said to the best/worst of my memory "made by IBM" or something to that effect. so your reply confuses me. not arguing at all, just confused. :-)
If it said "Made by IBM," it was made a very long time ago. Maybe you didn't notice the one extra word in very tiny type: "Formerly made by IBM." When you walked into the store the sales guys said, "Looks like we've got a live one here. We'll sell him the 10 year old Lenovo. He'll never know the difference until 2 hours after the end of warranty coverage when it explodes." >Alan
Jul 11, 2020 20:09:47 #
racerrich3 wrote:
forgive me , my memory is going to.... but very recently i saw in a store (best buy ?) a Lenovo think pad and turned it over. it said to the best/worst of my memory "made by IBM" or something to that effect. so your reply confuses me. not arguing at all, just confused. :-)
The name may remain on some molds, but IBM definitely gave up when they had clearly lost control of the business.
"In 2005, Chinese technology company Lenovo purchased the IBM personal computer business and the ThinkPad as a flagship brand along with it. Speaking about the purchase of IBM's personal computer division, Liu Chuanzhi said, "We benefited in three ways from the IBM acquisition. We got the ThinkPad brand, IBM's more advanced PC manufacturing technology and the company's international resources, such as its global sales channels and operation teams. These three elements have shored up our sales revenue in the past several years.
Although Lenovo acquired the right to use the IBM brand name for five years after its acquisition of IBM's personal computer business, Lenovo only used it for three years. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkPad
Jul 11, 2020 20:16:24 #
racerrich3 wrote:
but did you know Lenovo is IBM's brand. they just changed the name. notebook is still the same. any IBM laptop/notebook is good for whatever I'm sure. if you knew forgive me, if not it's ok, a lot of people i come across didn't know. :-)
No, IBM sold its PC division to the Chinese company named Lenovo in 2004.
Lenovo has not been IBM for quite some time!
Jul 11, 2020 20:19:23 #
aellman wrote:
If it said "Made by IBM," it was made a very long time ago. Maybe you didn't notice the one extra word in very tiny type: "Formerly made by IBM." When you walked into the store the sales guys said, "Looks like we've got a live one here. We'll sell him the 10 year old Lenovo. He'll never know the difference until 2 hours after the end of warranty coverage when it explodes." >Alan
glad i don't have to give sarcastic remarks like other a-h's, lol.
Jul 11, 2020 20:23:22 #
rehess wrote:
The name may remain on some molds, but IBM definit... (show quote)
thank you for your intelligent answer. much appreciated. have a good weekend.
Jul 11, 2020 20:29:15 #
Robg wrote:
No, IBM sold its PC division to the Chinese company named Lenovo in 2004.
Lenovo has not been IBM for quite some time!
Lenovo has not been IBM for quite some time!
"No."
OMG. An argument over a difference of one year 15 (or16) years ago. I can certainly see how that factoid would be a critical piece of information for the OP. Someday I am going to figure out why so many UHHers always have to be right so they can supposedly prove others wrong. I count myself among a select group of members who just don't care! >Alan
Jul 11, 2020 20:53:50 #
racerrich3 wrote:
thank you for your intelligent answer. much appreciated. have a good weekend.
I had to look it up - later than I remembered it {I would have guessed ten years earlier}.
This was a very important event to me then, since I was then an active "Associate Professor of Computer Science" at a small college.
Jul 11, 2020 20:58:51 #
racerrich3 wrote:
glad i don't have to give sarcastic remarks like other a-h's, lol.
I take responsibility.
Jul 11, 2020 20:59:33 #
I just got my Lenovo Thinkpad back from repair to replace it's Motherboard after less than 6 months of use. It was out nearly one month. I use it for photo processing with no problems (while it's working).
Jul 11, 2020 21:05:53 #
rehess wrote:
I had to look it up - later than I remembered it {I would have guessed ten years earlier}.
This was a very important event to me then, since I was then an active "Associate Professor of Computer Science" at a small college.
This was a very important event to me then, since I was then an active "Associate Professor of Computer Science" at a small college.
Sounds like a great career.
Jul 11, 2020 21:33:36 #
racerrich3 wrote:
not sure about that model and i didn't read the 2nd page of replies but did you know Lenovo is IBM's brand. they just changed the name. notebook is still the same. any IBM laptop/notebook is good for whatever I'm sure. if you knew forgive me, if not it's ok, a lot of people i come across didn't know. :-)
There's no path left for me except giving up photography cold turkey and enrolling in
the not-for-credit courseBasket Weaving for Old People at the local community college
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