[citation][nom]ta152h[/nom]The last thing we need to do is send more money to China. They launch cyber-attacks, constantly spy, and are growing more belligerent about imposing their territorial rights.To me, having a call center in the Philippines is a plus. It's a very poor country, and the people need an opportunity to have a good life. These call centers are hopefully the beginning of more opportunities for people that have so few. And they don't launch cyber-attacks or constantly have spies try to steal stuff. They aren't causing conflict with neighbors, and they don't artificially lower their currency so it's difficult for other countries to sell to them. It's high time people realize China is not an ally, but an enemy. That's how they see us. Hopefully more businesses will leave China, and move to countries like the Philippines, or neighboring areas. I won't buy Lenovo for the same reason. We need to keep money in the United States, or at least allied countries. Not send it to enemies that hate us, steal from us, and try to undermine our country.[/citation]
Lenovo is not China. They may be based in China, but they have done business here for decades, first as an IBM partner manufacturing their Thinkpads for them, and then when IBM decided to get out of the PC business, they were the only ones IBM trusted with the brand they built, which is why they sold their PC division to Lenovo. Lenovo just makes a quality product that just works. You cannot say that about to many companies, especially Dell and HP. There is a reason Lenovo's sales increased 55% in the US while Dell's dropped 4%. Lenovo actually created jobs in the US by opening call centers here, and their parts distribution center here as well Georgia and Tennessee respectively) something that cannot be said for Dell, as they closed all their manufacturing plants here, and all their systems are built in CHINA!!!