<p>I know that lenovo has a new great ideapad...I'm a senior in high school, who will get a laptop for christmas. I'm just wondering if anybody knows from experience....or if someone could just tell me the slight differences between the two. Thank you!</p>
<p>I'd get the thinkpad.</p>
<p>Thinkpads are made to a higher quality than the ideapads.</p>
<p>thinkpad is business oriented, ideapad is consumer oriented.</p>
<p>i see. the ideapad seems lime more of a "fun" and entertaining computer. But I'm just worried that it's too fragile...and that it's not going to last me. Plus, I want to put limewire on my laptop without a doubt. Will an Ideapad last me 4 years?</p>
<p>buuuuuuuuump</p>
<p>The best engineering is in the ThinkPads (spill protection, magnesium roll-cages, etc)</p>
<p>thinkpad x series is the way to go</p>
<p>i’m on an ideapad y550 right now and it’s amazing. 4 GB ram, Intel core duo, 320 GB storage, it’s great. I wouldn’t worry about any durability issues here, it’s made very well.</p>
<p>What retailer carries the Lenovo products? I’ll like buyonline, but would like to see and touch first before deciding.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Fry’s (at least the one by me) carries the value line and Ideapad line of Lenovo. Don’t even try Best Buy, they don’t carry any Lenovo’s for some odd reason.</p>
<p>if you go on the Lenovo website and enter your zip code, it’ll list nearby stores that carry Lenovos. although, most stores (at least most stores around me) carry only a select few models of thinkpads/ideapads.</p>
<p>allphillyfan - could you expand on your ideapad’s durability? like how long have you had it, has it overcame any fall or something… stuff like that. </p>
<p>i’m trying to decide which ideapad model is best. i would get a thinkpad, but thinkpads are a little out of my price range :/</p>
<p>No I haven’t dropped it or anything, don’t plan to. It did survive a travel though before I had a bag for it where the person that was driving stopped short and it was obvious the box I put it in hit the back of the trunk by the sound. I don’t know how to explain how i feel it’s build quality is good but just by holding it you can tell it’s a well made machine</p>