Report: Lenovo looking to buy MSI gaming laptop business

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However MSI denies any such negotiations are taking place.

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[Gunbuster]

Please Lenovo, call your gaming laptops the GamePad ;-)

[GuidoLS]

[quote = From Digitimes]Some market watchers noted that MSI may start facing fierce competition from Dell, Acer and Asustek[/quote]

Considering Dell owns and makes Alienware, I kind of think the quoted source might want to do a bit more research on who is facing fierce competition from who.

Directly on topic -

Dear MSI. I have multiple pieces of your hardware. If you sell out to Lenovo, I'll take them out and set them on fire, and curse your name unto death.

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Dear MSI. I have multiple pieces of your hardware. If you sell out to Lenovo, I'll take them out and set them on fire, and curse your name unto death.

So... I take it you dislike Lenovo?

[GuidoLS]

So... I take it you dislike Lenovo?

http://www.cnet.com/news/superfish-t...e-than-adware/

The preloaded software, called Superfish, alters your search results to show you different ads than you would otherwise see. But it also tampers with your computer's security so that attackers can snoop on your browser traffic -- no matter which browser you're using.

"Attackers are able to see all the communication that's supposed to be confidential -- banking transactions, passwords, emails, instant messages," said Timo Hirvonen, a senior researcher at security software maker F-Secure. That kind of threat, known as a man-in-the-middle attack because the hacker can spy on the users' Internet traffic and infiltrate their computer, poses a serious risk to consumers, he said.

Dislike isn't strong enough.

[tribaljet]

http://www.cnet.com/news/superfish-t...e-than-adware/



Dislike isn't strong enough.

Ah, I remember that but admittedly had forgotten. I can indeed agree upon that. However, (very) botched preloaded software with compromised security aside, their hardware remains solid so, from a purely hardware-related perspective, there are little signs that hardware quality would be impacted in a negative way.

[Axle_Grease]

As an ardent PC enthusiast, my chair squeaks for Lenovo just it does for Acer product announcements.

Lenovo! Hoah!

[Normanyakuza]

lets see what happen if Lenovo take over the MSI gaming laptop business

[RT-XD]

This feels like it could go either way (good or bad..). If only it were possible to run a simulation! XD

[Bagnaj97]

Ah, I remember that but admittedly had forgotten. I can indeed agree upon that. However, (very) botched preloaded software with compromised security aside, their hardware remains solid so, from a purely hardware-related perspective, there are little signs that hardware quality would be impacted in a negative way.

I'm not even so sure on that. I had a Lenovo 3000 C100 ages ago and it was rock solid through all my abuse (replaced the 1.5GHz Celery with pin-modded 1.6GHz Pentium M making it 2.13GHz, then used it for F@H!), and Lenovo have a solid reputation, so based on that I decided to go Lenovo when I was laptop hunting last year.
I picked up a G505s with A10-5750m and I've been very disappointed. It suffers from severe throttling issues, they've issued several bios updates to try and solve the problems, and I've tried re-pasting the heatsink, but it just keeps overheating and throttling. The cooling is simply inadequate.

I'd certainly think twice before buying another Lenovo now. Perhaps their Thinkpad line are still very solid, but I've got no recent experience of those.

[Bambooz]

I picked up a G505s with A10-5750m and I've been very disappointed. It suffers from severe throttling issues, they've issued several bios updates to try and solve the problems, and I've tried re-pasting the heatsink, but it just keeps overheating and throttling. The cooling is simply inadequate.

I'd certainly think twice before buying another Lenovo now. Perhaps their Thinkpad line are still very solid, but I've got no recent experience of those.

That's the thing with Lenovo these days. It's either Thinkpads if you want something at least halfway solid/decent, and everything else (Ideapad, Thinkpad Edge, their weirdo tablets and smartphones, ...) is just plain factory-fresh ultra-crappy consumer trash, not designed to last longer than a year or at most 2.

My SO's Ideapad Z585 is a prime example, because it literally started to fall apart within 2 years of stationary use.
The keyboard was worn to the point of the keys being reflective within 6 months, the webcam randomly stopped working completely (not detected anymore) not too long after that, it's been damn near overheating from day 1 and has started overheating after 1.5 years due to the fan bearing taking a dump, the battery was a joke when new (2 to 2.5 hours on max. power saving mode) and as of now only lasts long enough to get to the next outlet (<20min), the touchpad randomly clicks on its own (she's using a bluetooth mouse since she can't stand touchpads) and as of a couple months or so ago, cracks started to appear in the casing in various places (the intense heat this thing produces most likely didn't help)

It's now 2.5 years old and just barely usable. There's no point in replacing parts to get it going again because they're either not available at all (the casing is pretty much unobtanium even on ebay from the overly friendly chinese guys) or just available as chinese "OEM" parts (keyboard, fan, touchpad, .. ; most likely not original but even worse quality clones)

My own Thinkpad Edge E130 isn't really any better, with the keyboard now having a mirror-finish, large parts of the palmrest being shiny from the display frame rubbing on it, the hinge-anchors in the bottom half of the casing being cracked/half ripped out (2part epoxy is holding them in place now) and lots of cracks everywhere in the case (esp. around the touchpad and the DC power socket)
It still works and the electronics haven't given up just yet, but I highly doubt it'll last another year, which is a shame because it's still plenty fast enough for me (i3-3217U 1.8GHz, 8GB DDR3-1600, 128GB mSATA SSD, 320GB HDD)

Their tablets are mostly junk too. The most common point of failure being the microUSB socket used for charging (loose or ripped right off the board). Lenovo systematically refuses to fix this, simply saying that users weren't careful enough or that it's not covered by the warranty (depends on who you ask..)