A Short History of the ThinkPad Laptop

History of the ThinkPad laptop begins in the year ofweight it measured just 56mm by 300mm by 210mm
1992, starting with a range of computers that wereand originally cost $4,350.
sold and manufactured by IBM. The roots of the nameThe prototype ThinkPad different significantly from the
come from a 1920s slogan from IBM. The slogancommercial version with it's tablet style design without
'THINK!' was brought about by Thomas Watson anda keyboard. The commercial ThinkPad had a pointing
was included on many brown leatherette pocket-sizedstick or TrackPoint device in bright red, enabling the
notebooks that were given to customers andlaptop to be used without the use of a mouse.
employees.A repair mission to the Hubble Telescope during
The name ThinkPad was suggested by DennyDecember 1993 included NASA tests run on a
Wainwright, an IBM employee working for theThinkPad 750. Making its way aboard the Endeavour
company at the time. Whilst the name faced difficultiesspace shuttle it determined whether radiation contained
with the naming committee it stuck as a brand namein space could cause anomalies in the ThinkPad or
after the press showed appreciation for it. The namingother unanticipated problems. The Space Station as of
procedure for IBM computers was numerical.2010 still holds many computers by ThinkPad for use.
ThinkPads were released during October of 1992 withDuring the history of the ThinkPad laptop the design
three models being presented, starting with the 700,has been praised for unique and quirky designs. A
700C and 700T. The 700C used Windows 3.1 as itsbutterfly design keyboard that folded out can still be
operating system and contained a 120MB hard drive,seen displayed on the ThinkPad 701 at the Modern Art
25MHz processor and a small and revolutionary 10.4Museum in New York.
inch TFT full color display. Weighing 2.9kg or 6.5lb in