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Medion and Lenovo

debitcardmayhem
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Hi guys today's Telegraph Business section (sad I know....) Lenovo have agreed to buy Medion ..... Just a quick heads up
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  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 14,226 Forumite
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    Hmmm - that isn't going to help the product quality...
  • bengalknights
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    Should do considering Lenovo stuff is tough as nuts and reliable.

    Id probably say lenovo would hand over personal consumers to medion and they deal with business only products.
  • S0litaire
    S0litaire Posts: 3,535 Forumite
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    Lenovo is just the consumer arm of IBM (It was bought by the Chinese 10 years or so ago.)

    They kept the same factories and staff, basically they just changed the decals/labels on the machines! lol
    Laters

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  • John_Gray
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    S0litaire wrote: »
    Lenovo is just the consumer arm of IBM (It was bought by the Chinese 10 years or so ago.)

    They kept the same factories and staff, basically they just changed the decals/labels on the machines! lol
    Surely was just the consumer arm of IBM?
    And you can't be saying there have been no changes to the models over the last ten years?

    I think you must have missed the ;) smiley from your post!
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 14,226 Forumite
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    Lenovo is not part of IBM.
  • bengalknights
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    Prowla is correct Lenovo is its own company that bought out IBM pc/laptop manufacturing division so that IBM could concentrate on its server and software business.
  • asbokid
    asbokid Posts: 2,008 Forumite
    edited 3 June 2011 at 10:30PM
    Lenovo is a PC retailer but not a PC manufacturer. That is to say, it does not fabricate its own motherboards, nor does it fabricate any other significant component of a PC.

    The motherboards for all Lenovo laptops are fabricated by Quanta and Compal. These are then branded as IBM Thinkpads.

    Lenovo's purchase of Medion is about building a retail presence in Europe with its own brands.

    Medion is one of the largest PC retailers in Germany. Through this acquisition, Lenovo will have 14% market share in the sale of new PCs in Germany.

    http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/73fcf1cc-8c53-11e0-b1c8-00144feab49a.html
  • prowla
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    ThinkPads are now branded as Lenovo, not IBM. (I have an older IBM ThinkPad and a newer Lenovo one.)
  • A._Badger
    A._Badger Posts: 5,881 Forumite
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    prowla wrote: »
    ThinkPads are now branded as Lenovo, not IBM. (I have an older IBM ThinkPad and a newer Lenovo one.)

    Out of interest, is the later one any good? I have an IBM branded (but post-takeover) Thinkpad Z61M which has been a dog. I'm casting around for a replacement but Lenovo worries me.
  • debitcardmayhem
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    You need an unbiased opinion,or otherwise , I don't have any experience of Lenovo but Hammy might
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