ThinkPad is a brand of portable laptop computers originally designed, manufactured and sold by IBM. Since early 2005, the ThinkPad range has been manufactured and marketed by Lenovo, which purchased the personal computer division.
The predecessor of the ThinkPad was the PS/55note 5523-S, released by IBM Japan in 1991.
IBM introduced the ThinkPad line in 1992. The name "ThinkPad" had deep roots in IBM's corporate history and culture. Thomas J. Wat...
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ThinkPad is a brand of portable laptop computers originally designed, manufactured and sold by IBM. Since early 2005, the ThinkPad range has been manufactured and marketed by Lenovo, which purchased the personal computer division.
The predecessor of the ThinkPad was the PS/55note 5523-S, released by IBM Japan in 1991.
IBM introduced the ThinkPad line in 1992. The name "ThinkPad" had deep roots in IBM's corporate history and culture. Thomas J. Watson, Sr., had first introduced "THINK!" as an IBM slogan in the 1920s. For decades IBM distributed small notepads with the word "THINK" emblazoned on a brown leatherette cover to customers and employees. Legend has it that the name ThinkPad was suggested for mobile computers by an IBM researcher who had a "THINK" notepad in his pocket.
The first three ThinkPad models introduced were the 700, 700C, and 700T, which debuted in October 1992. The 700C used the Microsoft Windows 3.1 operating system, 25 MHz 486SLC processor, 120 MB hard disk drive,...
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