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Which company has a better reputation Lenovo or ASUS? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39088745

Lenovo or ASUS? Trying to figure out which laptop to go with.

Which company has a better reputation (in quality, privacy...), or are they both bad?

EDIT: I have come the the conclusion that both Lenovo and ASUS are extremely terrible, anyone who sees this post should go straight to framework laptop

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[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No they're not. IBM sold the brand and supply chain off. Not sure how many employees were kept, transfered, or axed, but the concensus has long been that it wasn't enough to justify your claim.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

IBM had their ThinkPad laptops line until 2005. They sold it off, the entire PC business, which was a part of IBM, to Lenovo, a Chinese company. Lenovo bought the laptop designs, the tech, all, except the IBM name, obviously.

I never mentioned anything about employees, but if you know anything about how manufacturing companies with production lines work, well, then you’ll know how all assets, including employees with their know-how and experience, are transferred to the new company when sold. Whether they remain with time is another matter.

I do know what I am talking about.

You can read more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkPad

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That was 20 years ago. Few, if any of those employees would still be with the company today. "Knowing" means nothing to the passage of time, particularly in the tech sector.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 0 points 12 hours ago

What are you even arguing about!?

You know what nevermind…