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Monday, August 29, 2005

Lenovo sees itself as top PC maker in five years

Reuters:

Top Chinese personal computer maker Lenovo Group will start to sell its namesake personal computers outside China in the first quarter of next year as part of its long-term plan to build the world's leading PC brand, its chief executive told Reuters.

Lenovo's PC shipments in China were three times those of its closest rival in the second quarter, but it has only recently broken into the international market in a big way, with its $1.25 billion acquisition of International Business Machines Corp.'sPC unit.

Lenovo will make IBM's flagship Thinkpad laptops available in Lenovo stores shortly. The acquisition has made it the third-biggest global PC vendor behind Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co.

"We want to grow Lenovo into a worldwide brand," CEO Steve Ward said. "In five years, we will have a strong chance to be the leading brand in PC."

If they ever release that widescreen ThinkPad I was promised, consider me in.

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