Comment by phyalow

13 hours ago

They did, but they also were a large existing manufacturer.

I don't know what they had before but their identity seemed to be IBM's overnight (thinkpads and all).

  • They used the Think(Pad|Centre) brand and expanded it to other things (like IdeaPad).

    They basically bought IBM's good reputation name and style and used it for both IBM-alikes and budget machines.

    Some of it was good machines, some of it was crap.

    • They actually bought entire ThinkPad R&D as well, and have been subcontracted manufacturer for some time before that.

      So Thinkpads are still designed in ex-IBM Lenovo Japan