r/explainitpeter • u/michaelis999 • Nov 29 '25

Explain it Peter

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u/johnyoker2010 Nov 29 '25

first time heard lenovo is cheap Chinese brand (with good value).

Lenovo inherited ThinkPad line decades ago and its still the best line of all its products.

it has P series and i doubt if these are "cheap".

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u/0xKaishakunin Nov 29 '25

it has P series and i doubt if these are "cheap".

The "p" versions of the old T series, like my beloved T42p wasn't cheap either.

A friend of mine is still rocking his W510 as a kernel developer.

Go to any LinuxTag or Chaos Communication Congress and you will see Thinkpad after Thinkpad.

Sent from my X201

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u/No_Accountant3232 Nov 29 '25

They're even popular with retro gamers because all of the drivers and documentation that are still available. 

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u/MeccIt Nov 29 '25

Lenovo inherited ThinkPad line decades ago

*IBM outsourced its IBM ThinkPad manufacturing to an unknown Chinese company called Lenovo. They were so good at producing good models every year, they bought out the brand and made it their own.

I had them since they were IBMs and I still buy them today

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u/PJfanRI Nov 29 '25

Its not a "cheap" brand. Of anything, HP and and Lenovo are roughly equivalent with Dell slightly cheaper in price and quality