Google’s Internal Memo On Motorola’s Sale To Lenovo

Re:Google’s Internal Memo On Motorola’s Sale To Lenovo by Stratoscope on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @09:32PM (#7148735)

> Lenovo intends to keep Motorola’s distinct brand identity–just as they did when they acquired ThinkPad from IBM in 2005.

In other words, they will keep the brand label on the products while destroying everything that makes the brand.

For the ThinkPad, that would be (among other things) a solid keyboard that closely matches a desktop keyboard and doesn't change from model to model, a TrackPoint with three physical buttons, a quality display, and serviceability up the wazoo.

Ask any ThinkPad fanatic like me - yes, we exist - just how good a job Lenovo has done of keeping "ThinkPad's distinct brand identity."

OK, after a few years in the darkness with low-resolution TN displays, Lenovo is finally shipping ThinkPads with modern high-DPI IPS displays. That's great!

You just have to accept their new and "improved" keyboards, and TrackPoints with no buttons, to get it.

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Re:Google’s Internal Memo On Motorola’s Sale To Lenovo by jmccree on Thursday January 30, 2014 @04:31AM (#7149759)

I went T60P to T520. Its about time for an upgrade and I'm not looking forward to the keyboard setup on the W540. At least they left the trackpoint...

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Re:Google’s Internal Memo On Motorola’s Sale To Lenovo by pointernil on Friday January 31, 2014 @09:45AM (#7156840)

My T60 is bound to be replaced... sniff ;(

After checking out the current Lenovo "propositions" I'm wondering if there are meanwhile better "Thinkpads" produced by other brands... I could just put the classic/nostalgic "IBM ThinkPad" sticker on the best candidate, which I sadly suspect will not be from Lenovo.

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