From: Mark Lemon (mlemon_at_hickseq.com)
Date: Thu Apr 06 2000 - 18:32:20 EDT
I'll have to agree with Randy on this one.
The i-Series feels like those modular laptops where the
manufacturer purchases a CPU from list "A" and a hard drive
>from list "B" etc. and then the box is assembled. They flex
slightly when you lift them up. this doesn't make them a bad
box - no more than my Dell Latitude. But a couple of styling
cues (black with a track point) don't make a TP.
I bought a TP because I honestly believed IBM was taking my (and
everyone else's) extra cash and using it to create a technically
superior product line. Then one day some corporate whiz kid at
IBM had a bright idea:
"Everyone wants a TP, so let's leverage that reputation to offer
a value line of laptops that look like Thinkpads. We'll have to
cut costs to make price point (R&D, service) but market research
tells us we'll sell a bunch of them. Waddaya think?"
I've been to a couple of corporate meetings like this over the years,
and I've heard the marketing pitch. I just want to know who the man
or woman is who listened to marketing and said "yes", and if they
are also listening to us. After all, it was you and I that tried
the product first, and then convinced everyone else the
Thinkpads are the best.
Mark
> >To say that the only similarity is that they're both black is
> >nonsense. You may not like the i series--thats a perfectly
> >valid opinion regardless of what I think of
> >it. But trying to differentiate
> >IBMs other offerings from the i series just doesn't make sense.
>
> Refer to above. Have you compared them--physically--next to each
> other? No contest. Most owners of a "real" ThinkPad that does so would
agree.
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