Last week, the world’s third-largest PC seller Lenovo makes its products available in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Home based in China, Lenovo purchased IBM’s PC business in 2004. Authorized as Lenovo-branded PCs distributor, Thakral offers a series of low-end desktop and notebook PCs for small and midsize businesses to start. Phnom Penh residents can find advertisment banners as this campaign has begun worldwide.
Late 2005 marked the presence of Intel in this South-East Asian country. The world’s largest chip maker established its first office in Phnom Penh, and started a “My First PC” promotion campaign that offers computer for between $300 and $459.
While China and India both seen as giant elephants in this continent, Vietnam is another emerging Asian tiger. Yesterday Intel announced a $300m factory in the country that will be based in the Saigon Hi-Tech Park outside Ho Chi Minh City.
If Lenovo keeps the IBM standards, they’re going to be one awesome company. I own an IBM laptop, and it is one of the best computers I’ve had, WAY better than Dell.
A laptop is in my wish-list for a couple of years now. Probably Lenovo laptop is an alternative.