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    Most Popular Laptops for May 2012 Discussion

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Jerry Jackson, Jun 3, 2012.

  1. Jerry Jackson

    Jerry Jackson Administrator NBR Reviewer

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    Each month we compile data for the number of times a particular notebook is viewed on this site's product pages to get an idea for what mainstream consumers are looking at and thinking about buying. Take a closer look at the notebooks that our visitors wanted to see the most during the month of May.

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    talin Notebook Prophet

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    Lenovo still holds 3 of the top 10, and 6 of the top 20. With the new notebooks coming any day now, I wonder what this month will look like. :)
     
    talin, Jun 3, 2012
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    Lenovo is one of those companies that doesn't have the flashy name recognition (at least here in the US) that Dell or HP has ... but they do a lot of things right for large and small businesses (and increasingly for consumers).

    For example, the ThinkPad X220 (now being replaced by the ThinkPad X230) is a solid 12.5-inch business notebook. ASUS came out with its version of the X220 earlier this year (the B23E) and it looked VERY impressive but build quality wasn't "quite" as good and, most importantly, business-class support from ASUS has been lacking.

    One of the key selling features for the B23E, like many business notebooks, is a docking station that allows you to dock the small laptop and turn it into a desktop replacement. Unfortunately, ASUS discontinued the docking station for the B23E within a month of the notebook's release!

    It's that kind of poor support for business from other companies that gives Lenovo the opportunity to take the lead.
     
    Jerry Jackson, Jun 4, 2012
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