IBM has officially been sold. :(

[vshah]

for the record, i've dropped my dell d500 several times, from heights ranging from 3 feet to 5 feet, powered and not powerd. its still trucking along...

then again, my friend's t40 got run over, and its still trucking....

 

[welst10]

Originally posted by: ed21x

Originally posted by: t3hmuffinman

Originally posted by: imthebadguy
i hope these chinese ba$tared dont fvck up the thinkpad line

thanks for being ignorant, asswipe. look at most of the electronics you buy, and see what country they were made in.

you must be ignorant too. Most notebooks and LCD's are manufactured in Taiwan, not China.

China != Taiwan

Taiwan is just part of China.

 

[welst10]

Originally posted by: WalkingDead

Originally posted by: imthebadguy
damn, IBM pc's are a joke, but the thinkpads are like the lexus's of laptops, state of the art lappys, i hope these chinese ba$tared dont fvck up the thinkpad line

Those Chinese ba$tared already making some of the IBM laptops as well as most of the Apple laptops and all of the iPods. That's just from huge Foxconn compound in Shenzeng.

I thought Ipods are made in Shanghai, i could be wrong here.

 

[maziwanka]

this thread title is really misleading. i thought all of ibm was sold off and was ready to be shocked.

 

[Gibson486]

Interms of build quality, IBM is pretty hard to beat (not counting tough books), but some companies (Fujitsu) are getting there. In everything else, IBM is not really ahead.


Anyways, IBM has wanting to get rid of this division for some time. Everything they do now is focused on the corporate side. No more SOHO consumers.

 

[Adul]

Originally posted by: ingenuiti

Originally posted by: jumpr
Under $2 billion? I'm surprised IBM let itself go for that little.

As someone stated, it is just the IBM PC division and not all of IBM. IBM makes over $6 billion in a month.

75 Billion last yaer. Only a few companies can buy out IBM.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: ingenuiti

Originally posted by: jumpr
Under $2 billion? I'm surprised IBM let itself go for that little.

As someone stated, it is just the IBM PC division and not all of IBM. IBM makes over $6 billion in a month.

Nope they make $80-90 billion a year!
Though they spend almost as much as they make.

Stop posting. Over 6 billion in a month can equal 80-90 million.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: ed21x

Originally posted by: t3hmuffinman

Originally posted by: imthebadguy
i hope these chinese ba$tared dont fvck up the thinkpad line

thanks for being ignorant, asswipe. look at most of the electronics you buy, and see what country they were made in.

you must be ignorant too. Most notebooks and LCD's are manufactured in Taiwan, not China.

China != Taiwan

"American components, Russian components... all made in Taiwan!"

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: ingenuiti

Originally posted by: jumpr
Under $2 billion? I'm surprised IBM let itself go for that little.

As someone stated, it is just the IBM PC division and not all of IBM. IBM makes over $6 billion in a month.

Nope they make $80-90 billion a year!
Though they spend almost as much as they make.

Stop posting. Over 6 billion in a month can equal 80-90 million.

IBM annual revenue is $85 billion+ with gross profits at ~$35 billion of that. $6bil / mo. in revenue looks right.

 

[ultimatebob]

From what I've heard, these Lenovo folks were contracted out to build IBM's desktops and laptops years ago. They're already built there, so you shouldn't expect all that much to change in terms of build quality in the near future.

Besides, like most big companies, IBM has a habit of putting their logo on things that they don't build themselves. It's like that "IBM" printer paper that you see at Staples... Do you honestly think that IBM owns their own paper mill?!?

 

[welst10]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
From what I've heard, these Lenovo folks were contracted out to build IBM's desktops and laptops years ago. They're already built there, so you shouldn't expect all that much to change in terms of build quality in the near future.

Besides, like most big companies, IBM has a habit of putting their logo on things that they don't build themselves. It's like that "IBM" printer paper that you see at Staples... Do you honestly think that IBM owns their own paper mill?!?

Actually IBM contracted their PCs to Great Wall Technology (#2 PC maker in China after Lenovo) for a while now.

 

[toant103]

Originally posted by: Chadder007
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041208/D86R6U3O0.html
IBM has been officially been aquired by the Chinese company.... Lenovo

The chinese are taking over

 

[Juno]

Wow, my first computer was a IBM Aptiva. HAR HAR HAR PH34R THAT 133MHZ MACHINE!

 

[JoeKing]

the nubby "nipple" owns! does any other brand use a nubby?

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: jewno
Wow, my first computer was a IBM Aptiva. HAR HAR HAR PH34R THAT 133MHZ MACHINE!

circa '95 ? I had one too... gutted its components but it's still running fine at my parents' house.

 

[MaxDepth]

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ

Originally posted by: Ornery
Name a better PC laptop, asswipe.

I'll admit my dislike for IBM laptops is somewhat dated.
Back in the days of NT, I had to do a roll out of 100+ thinkpads and it was a nightmare

That's too bad. I was the co-author of the tool, System Migration Assistant, which is now part of the ThinkVantage toolset for personal computing devices (mostly for ThinkPads). Also I was one of the designers for LCCM (now called RDM). Not exactly as quick as Ghosting machines and changing the NT SIDs (boy am I geeking out here), but it worked pretty well for networks at the time (aboot six years ago).



PCD personnel, mostly here in RTP, NC will not have to change their daily routine at all for the next three years. IBM maintains a clause that they have the option to extend it. Basically IBM gains money (and IBM's debt is assumed by China) for the sale of the entire division. China gains third place behind Dell and HP as the supplier of personal devices. IBM last year broke even for the first time in many years for this dision. And this is because they lumped ThinkPad into PCD.

Of course those folks will be searching for other jobs anyway because of the uncertainty associated with the sale and personnel involved.

 

[forumJunkie]

i was just talking about this with my boss..... R.I.P IBM

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: MaxDepth
Of course those folks will be searching for other jobs anyway because of the uncertainty associated with the sale and personnel involved.

I'm reading 10000 IBMers will now be working for Lenovo.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: Viperoni

Originally posted by: Ornery
Name a better PC laptop, asswipe.

Panasonic Toughbook.

Excellent choice sir.

Toughbooks kick ass.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: maziwanka
this thread title is really misleading. i thought all of ibm was sold off and was ready to be shocked.

 

[MaxDepth]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: MaxDepth
Of course those folks will be searching for other jobs anyway because of the uncertainty associated with the sale and personnel involved.

I'm reading 10000 IBMers will now be working for Lenovo.

Headquarters in the US, with main offices in RTP and Beijing. Sales offices around the world. R&D in US, China and Japan.

Since they are in IBM buildings, I guess they'll move off campus? I guess we'll find out. I'd would have liked to be a fly on the wall of the Vice president in charge of PCD when he found out about the sale. Did he know already or was he caught off guard? Either way he becomes the CEO of Lenovo.

 

[t3hmuffinman]

Originally posted by: ed21x

Originally posted by: t3hmuffinman

Originally posted by: imthebadguy
i hope these chinese ba$tared dont fvck up the thinkpad line

thanks for being ignorant, asswipe. look at most of the electronics you buy, and see what country they were made in.

you must be ignorant too. Most notebooks and LCD's are manufactured in Taiwan, not China.

China != Taiwan

Never said notebooks and LCD's. I was just commenting on his ignorance by automatically associating the degrading term "bastard" with "china" for no apparent reason.

edit: i sort of see what you mean more, but either way, I was trying to show him that many things are made in china, and there was no reason for him to use the word bastard.

 

[Shawn]

 

[Argo]

Spoke to the guy from IBM today. He says won't really make a difference since Thinkpads are already assembled in china....