I am literally as old as the ThinkPad. When I was born in 1992, that's when floppy disks seemed high-tech, and when Microsoft Windows 3.1 was latest OS on the market. That's also when the first IBM ...

Lenovo’s design chief has come up with a wacky idea for the ThinkPad—so wacky, it just might work. The basic concept is to create an upcoming ThinkPad with design points from the original IBM ThinkPad ...

In 1992, I reviewed a new IBM laptop for Computer Shopper, the over-sized monster magazine of all things PC. It was the first ThinkPad, the 700C. I liked that first ThinkPad a lot. Many others did as ...

The original IBM ThinkPad 700c first hit the market 23 years ago, offering a now-classic design, with seven rows of keys and a blue enter key, all of which are still missed by many tech enthusiasts.

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Last month, Lenovo teased the revival of its classic T-series line of laptops through a retro-inspired Thinkpad makeover. Although both the T-series and X-series are still in continual production and ...

Here’s an idea for an IBM centennial prank: Swap one of those newer ThinkPads on display at Best Buy—say the ThinkPad L520—with the original model, the seminal IBM ThinkPad 700c. See how long it takes ...

As the specifications show, there’s nothing “retro” going on inside this limited-edition laptop. Instead, the rewind button was pressed on the aesthetics, such as multiple status LEDs, a backlit 7-row ...

On October 5, 1992, the IBM ThinkPad 700C was born. It included such cutting-edge specs like a 25MHz (upgradeable to a whopping 50MHz) 80486 processor, a 10.4-inch LCD, and a 120MB hard drive, all for ...

Lenovo has just celebrated its IBM ThinkPad's 20th birthday, though it appears somewhat muted for what has been the leading brand of laptop for most of its lifetime. The Chinese company, which took ...