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from: Ed Durrant
date: 2005-06-19 15:17:12
subject: Re: [OS2HW] Elementary laptop question

Kris Steenhaut wrote:

>inkleput{at}isp.com schreef:
>
>  
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>>question.  How on earth do you find detailed stuff on the IBM site?
>>
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>You don't.
>
>As (about) everyone knows by now Big Blue has sold out his Thinkpad 
>department to Levono in China, and as it went with IBM keybords, IBM 
>printers and IBM harddisks, lasting stock has been sold out to whole 
>purchasers. In respect to keybords for instance that is 
>http://www.pckeyboard.com.
>
>So, if you want an item of the past (= not produced nor supported by 
>Levono) you should search for and at third parties.
>
>Don't forget Big Blue ditched the Thinkpad because the department wasn't 
>cost-effective anymore. Keeping sticks costs to much, giving support 
>costs to much. Levono only will keep the cost-effective pieces.
>
>That's the way economics work.
>
>  
>
It Lenovo, not Levono - a slight typo there Kris, just in case anyone 
wants to search on the company.

Cheers/2

Ed.


 
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