] Not that Lenovo can't pinch pennies. Its labor costs are
] a rock-bottom $3 per desktop PC, among the lowest
] anywhere. That has helped drive its operating expenses to
] less than 9% of revenues, half the average for the
] computer hardware business

UN-BE-LEAVE-ABLE... $3 of labor costs per PC. Any other business (even TEXTILES!) would KILL for that kind of margin.

Lenovo and IBM: East Meets West, Big-Time