IBM SOLD PC division *Confirmed*

[remagavon]

Originally posted by: ScoobMaster

Originally posted by: darkjester

Lots of those transplanted Endicott folks are now here in Poughkeepsie, which is about 75% dependent on IBM. If IBM were to close up shop here, this little hamlet would wittle to practically nothing.

:beer: for a former IBMer.

Yep - Many of my fellow help desk colleagues went to Poughkeepsie or Fishkill. (I got lucky and jumped into an opportunity in our local BOCES. Working for the state has lower pay, but job security is MUCH better )

:Q I did community service for BOCES! Don't forget about the nice pollution IBM left behind as well

 

[rh71]

I can't believe they're getting rid of thinkpads in this too...

Anyway, it's all about Services these days... on the profit side, anyway.

 

[ScoobMaster]

Originally posted by: remagavon

:Q I did community service for BOCES! Don't forget about the nice pollution IBM left behind as well

Ugh!

Don't remind me about the goo under our village! This is on ongoing hot topic here. I live just ouside of the "plume" or spill zone. Close enough to be affected by property value decline, but outside of IBM's "homeowner payoff zone".


News articles summary on the Endicott spill
Map of goo spill

 

[Freejack2]

Thinkpads do sell very well. I know people who will easily pay an extra grand to get a Thinkpad over a Dell.

 

[Night201]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Even the Thinkpad line? Damn. Those were some of the most solid, and intelligently engineered notebooks out there.

Will there still be a "Thinkpad" line of notebooks, are are they going the way of the dodo?

I had 3 and 2 of them crapped out on me within 2 years.

 

[ironcrotch]

oOHH Nooeess my next lappy was going to be a thinkpad!!!

/cries

 

[GoSharks]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Dell = Walmart of PC world.



People go there because of dirt cheap prices, but get sub-par build quality and components.

:roll:
i dont know about the consumer line, but their entry level server (400sc) was put together with more or less the same parts that you could/would put in a pc that you build yourself. things like an intel 875 mobo and a seagate 7200.7. hardly sub-par.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: GOSHARKS

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Dell = Walmart of PC world.



People go there because of dirt cheap prices, but get sub-par build quality and components.

:roll:
i dont know about the consumer line, but their entry level server (400sc) was put together with more or less the same parts that you could/would put in a pc that you build yourself. things like an intel 875 mobo and a seagate 7200.7. hardly sub-par.

Not to jump on the Dell-bashing bandwagon, but Intel and Seagate are sub-par in my book.

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
sell it all to packerd bell:evil:

Sell it all to E-Machines!

I'll take an e-machine over a Packard Bell any day.

Anyhow, are their notebooks considered part of the PC division?

 

[Analog]

*SOLD*

 

[saltedeggman]

Originally posted by: Babbles

Originally posted by: yellowfiero

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
sell it all to packerd bell:evil:

Sell it all to E-Machines!

I'll take an e-machine over a Packard Bell any day.

Anyhow, are their notebooks considered part of the PC division?

are laptops considered PC (personal computers)? i think so

 

[ironcrotch]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
*SOLD*

:brokenheart::frown:

 

[saltedeggman]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
*SOLD*

lol

 

[ingenuiti]

Originally posted by: amdskip
They had better not stop making thinkpads. Me :heart:'s my thinkpad.

IBM has an agreement with Lenovo to make rebranded IBM pcs and Thinkpads.

 

[0]

Originally posted by: arcas
I wonder if this means the Thinkpad, as we know it, will die? Shame if it does. Thinkpads stand head and shoulders above most other laptop brands in terms of quality.

Quality will definately suffer!

 

[welst10]

It's 1.75B, not 1.25B as previously reported. I don't know why the figure was changed.

 

[elektrolokomotive]

I got a lengthy email from my IBM rep about this yesterday. Pesonal Computers and Laptops; not workstations or servers. IBM will be doing the warranty work for at least another 5 years (at least for enterprise accounts). Thinkpad and ThinkCentre desktop brand names will remian the same. There will be no changes to the current roadmap of products for at least 18 months.

 

[welst10]

Lenovo can use "IBM ThinkPad" name on their products for up to 5 yrs, after that it has to change to "Lenovo ThinkPad" (if they decide to keep the ThinkPad name).

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: welst10
It's 1.75B, not 1.25B as previously reported. I don't know why the figure was changed.

Fixed.

 

[bacon333]

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