Why are so many ThinkPads from Singapore?

[UMPC2024]

Just noticed that a lot of ThinkPads that I get secondhand from eBay, the forum, and other sites are made for the Singapore market. So far I've been lucky and getting pretty high quality stuff (low/no keyboard shine, low hard drive hours, intact rubberized corners). Why is it that there's a lot of Singapore market ThinkPads in the US?

[ajkula66]

Why is it that there's a lot of Singapore market ThinkPads in the US?

What makes you believe that they were intended for Singapore market?

[UMPC2024]

What makes you believe that they were intended for Singapore market?

The labels on the bottom that say "Manufactured for Lenovo (Singapore) Pte, Ltd." on all of them and a Windows 7 COA for Lenovo Singapore on two of them.

[ajkula66]

The labels on the bottom that say "Manufactured for Lenovo (Singapore) Pte, Ltd." on all of them and a Windows 7 COA for Lenovo Singapore on two of them.

I thought that you were going to go along those lines, but wanted to make sure.

"Lenovo Singapore" is a division that handles certain aspects of Think-range products. Or at least it used to.

Market is identified by MTM. For instance, a 8919-22U (R61 that I'm typing on) was intended for USA/Canada. Its Europe-bound twin would be labelled 8919-22G. And so forth.

[hengster]

We have a very persuasive corporate tax rate here in Singapore

[UMPC2024]

I thought that you were going to go along those lines, but wanted to make sure.

"Lenovo Singapore" is a division that handles certain aspects of Think-range products. Or at least it used to.

Market is identified by MTM. For instance, a 8919-22U (R61 that I'm typing on) was intended for USA/Canada. Its Europe-bound twin would be labelled 8919-22G. And so forth.

Cool, glad that we got that resolved. Too bad it's no longer a thing, I really liked the products (got an NMB keyboard on the T410 and a trackpoint that seems to last forever).