and Lenovo is itself an IBM spinoff.

   After the company rebranded itself to Lenovo, it merged with IBM's PC business which produced its ThinkPad line in 2005, after which it rapidly expanded abroad. In 2013, Lenovo became the world's largest personal computer vendor by unit sales for the first time, a position it still holds as of 2024.

▲ SahAssar 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Not a spinoff. It was founded 20 years before and was the largest PC manufacturer in China 10 years before buying IBM's PC business.

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jonwinstanley 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Interesting. Did not know that. I thought someone bought the IBM laptop business and renamed it.

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phyalow 3 hours ago | parent [-]

They did, but they also were a large existing manufacturer.

	▲	jolt42 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't know what they had before but their identity seemed to be IBM's overnight (thinkpads and all).