IBM = Made in China (as is Apple and Sony etc)

IBM X60

I got me a new computer today from Wanchai computer center. It’s an IBM thinkpad and, like Ice Cube, built like a tank yet hard to hit. It’s light, nimble and looks good but popular opinion dictates that only Mac’s look good and everything else is piffle. Well, I like my black minimalist slab and a Mac is only another brand of PC these days so it’s pointless arguing the toss anyway. Seeing as I’ve gone all Chinese I plumped for the Lenovo machine as firstly, I am in the right part of the world for the support and secondly I don’t really buy into the “inferior if it’s Chinese” argument. Lenovo/IBM are overtly Chinese as opposed to Sony, Apple, HP et al who pretend to be Japanese or Americans when all of their machines are in fact made in China.

I haggled like a mother and got 2000 HK dollars off the listed price which was nice. It should last me for years to come and has a three year warranty so I cannot see a problem. I think my copy of Vista may be hooky though so I’m going to investigate further. I think the days of getting cheap bargains in HK are over and it seems most prices are fixed no matter where you go so all in all you could walk around for days just trying to save 20 quid. That said, this machine would be more expensive in the UK so if you plan to buy anything abroad then this is the place as it seems the best shops and prices in the world are here.

One Response to “IBM = Made in China (as is Apple and Sony etc)”

  1. jesse says:

    no way, thinkpads are significantly cheaper in america. i use mac, but i do like the thinkpad line.