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#1 Post by **JHEM** » Tue May 24, 2005 9:04 pm

I attended an interesting show today put on by ZiffDavis showcasing IBM/Lenovo and Intel.

First and foremost, I had an X41T in my hands! It exists and it's gorgeous. Papa wants!

Also of interest was a widescreen Lenovo that will be offered as a Thinkpad sometime later this year. Not my cup of tea, but I'm sure it will find a market.

Office Depot will soon be carrying a range of Thinkpad Express models.

Regards,

James

admsteiner · #2 Post by **admsteiner** » Tue May 24, 2005 9:16 pm

1) I'm guessing that the Office Depot move is the first of many with respect to marketing Thinkpads. I hope to see this happening more as it will hopefully lead to price decreases.

2) What did the widescreen TP look like...was it actually there or just a concept on powerpoint?

--adam

#3 Post by **JHEM** » Tue May 24, 2005 10:52 pm

admsteiner wrote:1) I'm guessing that the Office Depot move is the first of many with respect to marketing Thinkpads. I hope to see this happening more as it will hopefully lead to price decreases.

Highly unlikely. PCs have already reached the point at which they're almost disposable.

admsteiner wrote:2) What did the widescreen TP look like...was it actually there or just a concept on powerpoint?

It was a Lenovo and WHITE! Yech. Fully functional unit, but no info on what it contained and we weren't allowed to really touch it. Didn't help that it was running XP in Chinese.

Regards,

James

admsteiner · #4 Post by **admsteiner** » Tue May 24, 2005 10:57 pm

JHEM wrote: Highly unlikely. PCs have already reached the point at which they're almost disposable.

True, though Thinkpads have not. I don't know the profit margin, but I'd like to think there's room for them to move down in price.

JHEM wrote: It was a Lenovo and WHITE! Yech. Fully functional unit, but no info on what it contained and we weren't allowed to really touch it. Didn't help that it was running XP in Chinese.

Well that definitely doesn't make it a TP original...though color can be changed and we'll see if they let the IBM engineering team get a crack at its insides. Here's to hoping.

--adam

T41mbi · #5 Post by **T41mbi** » Thu May 26, 2005 7:45 am

WHITE!!?????????????????????

Ahh hell naw

#6 Post by **K. Eng** » Thu May 26, 2005 5:13 pm

White? I'm betting that it doesn't look anything like a ThinkPad. It'll probably be some plasticky consumer grade machine with an ThinkPad label taped to the cover.

Well, there's always the chance that it'll be good, but I have my doubts.

JHEM wrote: It was a Lenovo and WHITE! Yech. Fully functional unit, but no info on what it contained and we weren't allowed to really touch it. Didn't help that it was running XP in Chinese.

IAmTheEvilest · #7 Post by **IAmTheEvilest** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:03 am

Is there any chance that it looks like the Lenovo products from the "3D Showcase" on their homepage (http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/)?

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