All analytical models ThinkPad History

Today, people are willing to spend big money buying in , not so much a product as it is the brand behind the product . Louis Vuitton as fashion , automotive sector, Rolls-Royce , Maxim Western community in the notebook computer industry , the most -cited a brand comes as ThinkPad . ThinkPad notebook users in mind has become a " reliable " and " professional " synonymous . IBM ThinkPad i1500 Battery, IBM ThinkPad i1560 Battery,

Gold standard is of course to have such an enviable , but to establish the brand and the efforts paid by the hardships , only ThinkPad 's entrepreneurs Lengnuanzizhi . They ThinkPad design incorporates the most cutting-edge technology , but also contains a kind of cultural thinking , a kind of commercial art of interpretation. Origin With excellent technical quality, and unique design , ThinkPad notebook has become almost synonymous . Looking back at the beginning of the design process is rather meaningful . The original inspiration for the design team from Japan to eat lunch with the " Shokado lunch box . " They believe that lunch box looks simple , but rich in content , enough to cause people's adventure center , it coincided with the release of notebook computers will be consistent with the design concept . In the notebook color design, located in Japan and Japan Institute of Design department engaged in a fierce internal debate . In the early 90s , personal computers and more for the pearl white color , including its own when the first IBM laptop IBM PS/55 5535-S. But the ThinkPad has finalized a black coat , which opened the era black notebook model . Designers believe that a prominent black for notebook rather than obvious, outstanding but not frivolous , and business laptop users the most consistent temperament and taste . ThinkPad 770 is the first to "ThinkPad" name of the IBM laptops. It means " to think about the book . " Talking about the origin of the name ThinkPad , there is some anecdotes . Introduced in the beginning of 1992, ThinkPad 770 , how to name this laptop for a lot of senior leadership brains . In a named conference, project leader at the time readily to a wrapper printed on "Think" ( or "thinking "), little word book thrown on the table , this time all eyes with this little Black pad in the air across , ThinkPad has it was born. ThinkPad name of this attractive not only won the love of the senior management of the press felt it broke the dull most manufacturers of products inspired by the principle of naming . Most importantly, the user name that catchy , friendly and loud , with the outstanding performance of products complement each other . Mentioned ThinkPad, Naito had to mention the positive . This is a heroic figure. As a Fellow and chief technology officer and the personal computer division vice president of technology , he is the only remaining Big Blue 53 "senior member " , is one of the major notebook ThinkPad line founder . Since the 1992 launch of ThinkPad 700C notebook started , Naito in ThinkPad notebook computers are always a senior expert and chief designer , was given the "ThinkPad "father 's reputation . He led a fleet R & D team , the ThinkPad notebook computer products onto the peak . Peak Brands in the global notebook , ThinkPad product line can be described as the most abundant and complete . ThinkPad is not in accordance with the age of the traditional cultural categories for market segmentation , but to the needs of different users , the notebook product is divided into T, X, R and G for several large series, each serieses further divided into dozens of varieties in Truly embodies the " on demand "strategy concept , satisfy the different needs of users . Where T series for high-end business users , the most powerful ; X Series is the ultra- thin , the most suitable for mobile users ; R series is an excellent value for money ; G series is a desktop replacement products . Therefore , almost all users can choose to meet their needs a ThinkPad. From the first ThinkPad - IBM 700C, to the newly launched high-end models ThinkPad T43 ( Figure appreciation of a variety of configurations and more involved in reviews ), ThinkPad received various industry awards in the world more than 1,000 . ThinkPad 's history , there are many amazing classic and made his mark as a seat of high peaks , has become a timeless classic . 　

Let us review the following ThinkPad history! Dell Inspiron 700m Battery, Dell Inspiron 710m Battery

【 1986 】

IBM PC convertible 5140 Was born in 1986, called the IBM PC convertible 5140 Although IBM 's first laptop, but the 5140 only has an astonishing weight of 9.5Kg , which uses a low power 8080 processor , with 4.77MHz frequency , 256kb of memory (which can Expand to 512k), two 3.5-inch floppy drive can be attached LCD display . While it appears that the above configuration can not imagine , but at the time , 5140 is a truly a configuration with the strongest , the strong performance of portable computers . 　　IBM PC convertible 5140Turn back the clock , ThinkPad Tracing the source of the history of the 1986 convertible 5140 stop at this moment . When I edited this again recalled the long history of two decades , from the first PC convertible 5140 to today, Z60m, we can see the ThinkPad relentless pursuit of performance and applications continue to make breakthroughs , ThinkPad 's history is that people adapt to changes in Demand in the process of growing up , ThinkPad always walk in the forefront of the times , Z60m is now the appearance of a product that people enjoy the business needs . ThinkPad Z60m has become the starting point for an update , it is not the first nor the last one, but it certainly is now live , whether it is commercial work or family life, the most ideal partner for

【 October 5, 1992 】

IBM ThinkPad 700C 　　IBM ThinkPad 700COctober 5, 1992 is available in the ThinkPad 700C IBM ThinkPad named to the first laptop , ThinkPad leadership development process of mobile computing technology from the beginning . Black ( exterior design) and Red Dot (TrackPoint) has since become a unique symbol of ThinkPad . ThinkPad 700C has won numerous honors , including "PC Magazine" 1992 Award and the Technical Excellence Award for the best system , "Business Week" Best Product of 1992 , "PC Computing" 1992 Award and most probably the best value products such as notebook . The first ThinkPad, black body , red dot (TrackPoint) to use

【 May 1993 】

IBM ThinkPad 220 This is IBM 's first notebook A5 size , which extend through the flexible options designed to achieve the incredible light , the standard system weighs only 1Kg. Its honors include the "PC Magazine" 1993 Best Year PC and notebook computers.

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ThinkPad750C September 1993 ThinkPad750C historic initiative to establish a ThinkPad notebook brand in the field of leadership , it is the history of mankind, the Shuttle into space the first personal computer , honors include "PC Computing" 1993 Award and most probably valuable products Best Laptop , "PC Magazine" Editor's Choice Award , "Datamation" 1993 Product of the Year , etc. .ThinkPad750CThe first human into space laptop 【 November 1993 】 IBM ThinkPad 750Cs This product has established the indisputable achievements of ThinkPad notebook brand in the field of leadership , it is the first in human history with the space shuttle into space, personal computers, honors , including "PC Computing" 1993 year full value Product Awards and the best notebook , "PC Magazine" Editor's Choice Award , "Datamation" 1993 Product of the Year and so on . HP F1739A Battery, HP Omnibook XE Battery



【 1993 】

IBM ThinkPad 750P The first notebook to support handwriting input IBM notebook in 1993 ushered in rapid development , introduced the first notebook with handwriting function - IBM ThinkPad 750P, the handwriting input area into a notebook computer , allowing users to more easily operate laptop . In addition, as the world's first notebook with handwritten input , ThinkPad 750P/360P it can also be the ancestor tablet notebook .

【 November 1994 】

IBM ThinkPad 755CD November 1994 release of ThinkPad 755CD is one of the world with a CD-ROM drive, notebook computer , a powerful graphics capabilities and high capacity memory, and drive the use of greatly enhanced the availability of laptop computers , . ThinkPad 755CD notebook marks into the multimedia era , its main honors , including "PC World" 1996 Best Product and Best portable computers. For the first time with CD-ROM device , a powerful multimedia performance

【 March 6, 1995 】

IBM ThinkPad 701C ThinkPad 701C is an artistic and technical skills of science and technology have the same superb arts and crafts, this nickname " Butterfly " models , the keyboard uses a unique retractable design , elegant , exquisite ideas from this creative design , we can see IBM in the pursuit of touch on the keyboard attachment level ! Fully demonstrated the same high-tech products with high artistic value has been the New York Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) permanent collection .IBM ThinkPad 701CBut it is a pity that although this machine has excellent design , but because of the development co- manufacturing cycle is too long , in the introduction to 486 when the face configuration and with the price of Pentium -class processor competition doom , 701C soon to Cut-off end , to become a failed IBM products , it is a shame , this machine is now on the market in two hands is also very strong opponents . 1995 "PC Magazine" Technology Innovation Award and was awarded the best portable system Award. Unique " butterfly " keyboard design, is MOMA collection

【 June 1995 】

IBM ThinkPad 850 First of all, to see this machine , you will notice that it 's head "Big Eyes" , is very similar to the C1 and the latest SONY model TR1, SONY does not know the inspiration is not from here ? Ha ha! Although pixel camera was not very high , only a mere tens of thousands only , but from this point that we can think of IBM 's intentions between users . ThinkPad Power Series 850, was for the convenience of users, it also built in a notebook , a camera , you can also directly to MPEG and AVI format for your TV signal , is sky-high price level workstation machine , priced at 12,000 dollars that year , indeed ThinkPad in the nobility + heterogeneous . In the notebook 's LCD screen above , Thinkpad 850 has a built-in camera , and people like to call it "Big Eyes" , this design can be used to photograph or web conferencing , which inspired later widely applied to Notebooks go , like Sony 's TR series, Asus W5 so . Also, this notebook also has used the PowerPC processors used in IBM 's history, this processor is only 820 and this 850 two models , PowerPC was introduced by IBM, Motorola and Apple jointly research and development from However, because compatibility is not enough after the strong , so live to IBM 's notebook not continue to use this processor , but Apple has been more dedicated to this , but later PowerPC on Apple 's notebooks are widely used .

【 September 1995 】 Sony VGP-BPS8 Battery, Sony VGP-BPS9 Battery,

IBM ThinkPad 730TE When you see the picture , you may be very confused , can we say IBM is the first Tablet PC notebook manufacturers to do What ? Oh , in fact, this model is also not known for Tablet PC, it is only a prototype Tablet PC , but it looks very similar to the Bale . Also has handwriting function , which in the late 90s , but soon disappeared , using a little-known Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing operating system .IBM ThinkPad 730TE