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ThinkPad 15-year golden age of the ups and downs ...

ThinkPad, is surrounded by the majority as "Thinking of the laptop will", 1992, IBM ThinkPad 700 and 700C to open up all of this. 2007, ThinkPad just gone through trials and hardships of 15 years, though to today's numerous black friends are still reluctant to accept that this is real, but the fact is that after the birth was came from the association to help you, the 15-year fixed black notebook rallied a large number of giant blue crystal technology, but also created a business notebook miracle. It can be said: those who have it is something to be proud and lucky.Because from the first ThinkPad 700C began to ThinkPad T42, today's generation ThinkPad product is the next generation to inherit the previous generation of classical design, and then combine IT with the latest technology of the era, and thus it was also said to let you enjoy classic ThinkPad, enjoyment of science and technology.


NetEase digital special planning, in 2007 ThinkPad 15-year-old era, with all the diehard ThinkPad together they look back on his glory days! October 5, 1992: The ThinkPad 700C is available this year, first with IBM ThinkPad notebook computers name, 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 won countless awards, including PC Magazine, 1992 Technology Excellence Award and best system award, BusinessWeek 1992 best product, the PC Computing "in 1992, the most valuable product Award and the best notebooks, etc..


ThinkPad 700C. .


In 1992, IBM introduced the landmark ThinkPad 700C. ThinkPad 700C screen adopters at maximum 10. .4 inch color TFT Panel, at the same time pick up the then largest 120MB hard drive.


Of course, is just on the IBM, ThinkPad 700's meaning is more remarkable, because it is the first named to ThinkPad notebooks. ThinkPad leading mobile technology development process from the beginning. Black (design) and Little Red Riding Hood (TrackPoint) has since become a unique symbol of ThinkPad. Highlights: All black body, red dot (TrackPoint) to use. .


IBM ThinkPad notebooks with human 750C historic feat into space, become the world's first notebook into space. 750C is the first laptop support base, the base of the design greatly extends notebook peripherals Internet capability and flexibility. ThinkPad ever laid in the notebook industry leadership.


To be the first notebook to go into space, is in itself a ThinkPad from the side that the quality and strength, then this message so many excited and proud black. Highlights: the first human into space laptop. .


Unique Butterfly keyboard design.


Has been hailed for ThinkPad 701C is a landmark masterpiece, she has a retractable keyboard, open the screen, the keyboard completely spread out, and close the lid, then they will completely shrink to interior locations. Like butterfly wings, as so as the "butterfly machine." .


701C symbolizes the technology and the perfect combination of art, its sophisticated mechanical transmission, a perfect industrial design provides to the user's experience. The unique design is the New York Museum of modern art (MOMA) permanent collection. Highlights: the unique design of the "Butterfly" keyboard, MOMA collection.


ThinkPad 560 data via infrared wireless transmission and communication, as IBM's overall superior thermal design and manufacturing, the market for ThinkPad 560 a rare "no fan" ultra-thin notebook.ThinkPad 560 won almost all of the industry awards, including "best product" COMDEX BYTE, the Info World "first class" awards, the PC Magazine technical excellence award "," PC Magazine "Editors ' choice award from PC Computing," "1996 most valuable product Award and the award for the best portable laptop, etc..


770 did not lose 560 honor, honors, including "PC Computing" 1997 award year full value products, "PC Magazine" Technical Excellence Award, Editor's Choice Award and the 1997 best high-end notebook computers. 98 years -99 years: ThinkPad 600 ThinkPad history is the largest selling model, the total sales of more than 2 million units, it is the performance and portability for the perfect balance and combination of keyboard and feel very good exchange of drawer drive design, the "super-portable" laptop onto a new technological heights。 And 99 years produced the ThinkPad 570 nicknamed the "Transformers", it's major breakthrough was the use of a highly flexible expansion base design, either as a built-in feature of desktop replacement, but also through the separation of the subject and the base for high portability, which makes "ultra-portable" concept to a new stage.


Shipments of more than 2 million units of the ThinkPad 600. .


ThinkPad 600 subjected to various types of market and users, and access to a myriad of honors, including BusinessWeek best product design, the PC Magazine "Editors ' choice award from PC Computing," "best ultraportable Mobile products, the Insights of the best mobile performance award and best portable products, etc..


On the other hand, new materials and ergonomics in the 570 on the latest achievements were widely adopted. It received a large number of honors including "PC Magazine" Editor's Choice, "PC Computing" A-class products, "PC Magazine" 1999 Best products. Highlights: Extended base design, the use of new materials, ultra-thin body design. .


ThinkPad T20 laptop using the Intel Pentium 700MHz Ⅲ processor. To guarantee the processing speed of, optimizing the performance of the battery, the battery life of up to 4 hours. At the same time, this model adopts 100MHz front-end system bus configured MB SDRAM memory (expandable to 512MB), 12GB s.. .A .M. .R. .T. hard drive and 35. .8cm (14. .1 inch) display; enhanced AGP graphics card supports multiple monitors display; built-in V.. 90 standard Mini PCI 56Kbps modem, and random with built-in RJ-11 and RJ-45 port. .


IBM ThinkPad T20 also provides a number of new optional feature enhances the flexibility and functionality of the T20. Improvement: the perfect appearance design, powerful performance and mobility.


Strange design idea once again appear in the ThinkPad notebook is TransNote, a range of notebook and Tablet PC's "deformed children," and at that time sought after by many advocates. Transnote is designed for senior administrators. .


Since the company's electronic network featured and being able to handle large amounts of text input of a notebook computer, and must be easy to carry, at a meeting of the need to paint it would be difficult to operate. Using Windows with the artboard is too slow, the direct use of conference room inside the White Board nor the electronic document and at the same time as the Conference record ... IBM Transnote..


Highlights: tablet and touch screen combination, the appearance of subversive thinking. .


IBM ThinkPad T30 Series notebook combines the ThinkPad T series of outstanding quality, in particular, has adopted the powerful 1. P4-M .6GHz Intel processors, and further enhances wireless communications, system security, efficient management, and options. With the traditional ThinkPad T series is different, ThinkPad T30 models some particular set IBM UltraNav dual-pointing system, with the IBM TrackPoint and touchpad pointing to achieve the flexibility, all models were built in the two-antenna 802. .11 B wireless technology. .


IBM special offers for users who need a more perfect graphics solution sets the ATI Radeon 7500 video card mobile. Improvement: the powerful graphics processing, UltraNav double points, hard drive shock.


While Intel announced to the world in the history of a notebook computer for the development of CPU --- Pentium-M officially made public, IBM has demonstrated its latest generation of the flagship models --- ThinkPad T40-Series. .


Use a Centrino Intel Pentium-M processor and platform bore many ThinkPad T40-Series expects, and laboratory has once again demonstrated their ideal of the ThinkPad and insisted his bets, ThinkPad T40 launches is great and the laboratory for the future development of the ThinkPad's primary representative.


Highlights: Centrino mobile, thin body, long battery, excellent wireless performance. .


IBM ThinkPad IBM X40 changed it in the past business stable image of big brother, 12-inch screen while xianxiu but not IBM's face. IBM IBM X40, known as the most rich notebook, is a focus on mobility and compact lightweight notebook.


X40 looks simple, lightweight, heavy one. .23 Kg, portability and mobility and strong. X40 with pure classical piano black shiny paint panel, in weight control also played a good role in shock. X40 screen interface and two USB interfaces on the left side of the fuselage next to the location of vents, and the rest of the interfaces are on the right side of the fuselage, making easier to use. Highlights: thin and light body, APS active hard drive protection, long standby time. .


2005: 16 March 2005, the IBM personal computer Division in 2005, IBM Forum held a "timeless classic, excellence – Thinkpad T43 new releases, and Thinkpad in Chinese market became a million users" Press Conference. Conference, the father of THINKPAD Naito in specially from Carolina triangle Research Park, and personally announced ThinkPad T43 notebook in the Chinese market, maybe just proves that IBM T43 this classic masterpiece for attention. Just at this time, ThinkPad notebook users in China had already exceeded the 100 million mark. Conference, also 12 years were reviewed boutique ... ... T43 body is too much load on the memory of it THINKPAD. .


In fact, T43 in 05 March release THINKPAD series still belongs to the IBM T43, so until now still referred to as IBM T43. As a masterpiece of IBM T series, T43 represents the T series classic designs, the continuation of the t-series mature internal design and the adding more security design. T43 hot of parallel sales for IBM's flagship admiration, understand IBM three letters in the consumers mind status.


Black symbolizes the eternal and classic, as the black fans has been THINKPAD unique culture subtly influence. Some may think that static black too monotonous, it was also high on the price of IBM to question. But the red dot package, Trackpoint Pointing stick, ThinkLight keyboard light, fingerprint identification, IBMAcsess a key recovery, hard drive protection technology and a series of unique design, has been to use the principle embed THINKPAD security. .


As the THINKPAD's most historic masterpiece, is IBM T43 times T series arrogates, 05, and the most popular models in the mainstream of nearly $ pleasures 4W, behind the IBM LENOVO THINKPAD + of + mode has gradually matured as acceptable.


Highlights: light under the Sonoma platform technology, IBM swan song of making. 2006: 06 years, Lenovo released the T60, X60, R60, Z60, four in 06 years swept across the entire market, and Lenovo acquisition of IBM PC Division in the first year since. With the T60, X60 release, it was found that two new works in the most classic ThinkPad design for renewal under the premise of innovation in some detail or to expose the association is anxious for the world recognize the Lenovo ThinkPad IBM, and thoroughly forgotten mentality.Don't know what it's eager to get rid of the shadow line, IBM. For wearing the color of the Halo 3 LOGO, IBM is to continue to enjoy it has a time limit of intangible assets, or would like to announce to the world we acquired only his technique, the share of intangible assets is only need breathing space.


T60 is divided into 14. .1-Inch T60 and 15. .1 Inch T60P two models, using Intel's recently released dual-core processor Dual core, skip the single core processor platform architecture. Hard drive from 40GB to 100GB 7200 RPM hard drives have the election, graphics cards, is provided from the integrated graphics to the ATI X1300, X1500 choice of three different grades. .


January 5, 2006, the new ThinkPad, Lenovo introduced by X60 series integrates the past x, X4 two subtle branch. We can put X60 as X32 upgrade products, dust X60 remains a constant, apart from the keyboard. Compared to the older X60 in addition to weight better performance, performance, and time has been exceeded. Highlights:!!-!-!.


In 2005, completed the acquisition of IBM PC Division, the Lenovo leap into the world's five largest PC manufacturer, ThinkPad from Lenovo branded (Lenovo) Chinese brand, from a certain extent,, ThinkPad products will not Lenovo customers under the auspices of the demand for products to be integrated into the national characteristics of elements? . .


Innovation is the key to product design, based on the needs of innovation will be accepted by users, but a very practical question is as innovative contradictory body-the traditional vision of how to accept changes of rule never? may say that this vision of power can not be ignored, and Lenovo have the courage to go out this step or do not have the necessary further?.


Conjecture: ThinkPad Lenovo hand, brilliant or retrogression? . .


NetEase digital full-feature summary: 15 years just over trivial little drops, ThinkPad brings 15 years of memories and surprises, but also bring us the next 15 years, 15 years of development history, there are many ThinkPad models for various reasons only in people's eyes flashed in a hurry, but they are also fighting hero ThinkPad, NetEase digital editing by these unsung heroes, set out, let us look at a real ThinkPad: 1997: ThinkPad 380 series; 1998: ThinkPad I series; 1999: ThinkPad 240 Series; 2000: ThinkPad A20 series, x; 2001: ThinkPad R series, S30 series; 2002: ThinkPad R40 X30 series, series; 2003: T41 ThinkPad R50 series, series; 2004: ThinkPad T42 series ... . .


Remember the first saw the red point, remember the first felt so comfortable keyboard, remember that one of the "black body". Lenovo ThinkPad in now in the hands of another new development and creation, ThinkPad wondering what people are able to handle the experience of ThinkPad? 15 years of glory days, gave our 15 years of memories, Lenovo, don't let us down! we are also looking forward to the next 15 years!.


Lenovo ThinkPad income has been under the command of two years, is good or bad? Branded Lenovo branded ThinkPad, you will continue to support or to give up? Leave a comment, we would like to know your answer. .


This article comes from: 15 years of glory days ThinkPad hardship and comprehensive review _ NetEase digital.