Best Buy to stock ThinkPads

Soon you will be able to walk into a Best Buy and pick up a Lenovo (IBM) notebook. I for one look forward to the day, as Best Buy has better financing options for their computer products than Lenovo has in-house.

The companies are expected to announce the deal Tuesday morning, sources familiar with the plans said. Lenovo already sells some PCs at Office Depot, but Best Buy is North America’s largest consumer electronics retailer and the most consumer-oriented channel that a ThinkPad has seen in many years. The brand hasn’t been marketed to consumers in several years, but Lenovo has expressed interest in selling the PCs to a wider audience since it agreed to purchase IBM’s PC business in December 2004.

The cNet article does not mention when the machines will be appearing in stores, only that the deal has been penned.

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