I work part-time selling PC Systems at a retailer who sells ThinkPads. A good majority of them have come back, especially the X41's. We can't even get rid of those at a heavily discounted price.
As for perception, I think people (especially higher-end business users) might feel the brand has been "cheapened" a bit, now that you can go purchase a ThinkPad at your neighborhood retail outlet, where in the past, these machines were only available online or from a reseller.
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I work part-time selling PC Systems at a retailer who sells ThinkPads. A good majority of them have come back, especially the X41's. We can't even get rid of those at a heavily discounted price. As for perception, I think people (especially higher-end business users) might feel the brand has been "cheapened" a bit, now that you can go purchase a ThinkPad at your neighborhood retail outlet, where in the past, these machines were only available online or from a reseller.