They still look like basically any other cheap laptop. It's actually kind of annoying to me, as a former ThinkPad owner. The whole point of a TP is its build quality; trying to cash in on the name with a clearly inferior line (as the 3000 line was, and this line looks to be) just strikes me as disingenuous. I've seen people who don't know any better describe the 3000 as "similar to a ThinkPad", which it just isn't. This is not going to make the line demarcations any clearer.
Eventually, this blurring of categories is going to cheapen the ThinkPad lineup. They'll start cutting corners and nobody will care, because after all, why should the ThinkPad be any different than the "IdeaPad"?
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Jeff @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:07AM
They still look like basically any other cheap laptop. It's actually kind of annoying to me, as a former ThinkPad owner. The whole point of a TP is its build quality; trying to cash in on the name with a clearly inferior line (as the 3000 line was, and this line looks to be) just strikes me as disingenuous. I've seen people who don't know any better describe the 3000 as "similar to a ThinkPad", which it just isn't. This is not going to make the line demarcations any clearer.
Eventually, this blurring of categories is going to cheapen the ThinkPad lineup. They'll start cutting corners and nobody will care, because after all, why should the ThinkPad be any different than the "IdeaPad"?
Jon @ Jan 3rd 2008 2:24AM
But you see, these are not ThinkPads!
I will wait for a proper ThinkPad, but these looks about right for consumers.