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ThinkPad Z60 Notebooks: Widescreen, Wireless WAN, And Wide Open Mobility
White Papers Get a look inside the ThinkPad Z60 to learn how its inner armor, a magnesium roll cage featuring twice the spill drain protection of previous ThinkPad models, is making the ThinkPad Z60 one of the most resilient notebooks on the market today.
[January 25, 2006, 14:18]
Avaya And Lenovo Team Up On VoIP
News Avaya and Lenovo have announced a partnership to enhance IP communications on ThinkPad notebooks, the companies announced on Wednesday. The partnership will see Lenovo's fingerprint reader and password manager technologies used to provide biometric...
[March 21, 2007, 15:18]
IBM Dumps Transmeta - Reports
News Computer giant IBM has shelved plans to include Transmeta's Crusoe microprocessor in its ThinkPad 240 notebooks, according to reports Wednesday. Despite demonstrating a Transmeta powered ThinkPad at the US PC Expo in June, the reports suggest IBM...
[November 1, 2000, 9:48]
Lenovo To Launch Linux ThinkPads
News Lenovo is to offer a Linux operating system pre-installed on its ThinkPad notebooks. ThinkPad T Series notebooks will come pre-installed with Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 in the fourth quarter of this year.
[August 7, 2007, 9:20]
A Year Ago: IBM DVD ThinkPad To Act As 'VCR'
News IBM will launch a range of ThinkPad notebooks in the U.K.in October which will enable users to plug them into a TV and use them as a DVD-based video player. The ThinkPad i Series range is equipped with a 2x DVD drive powered by either an Intel...
[June 8, 2000, 7:01]
IBM Shows Off Fuel Cell With Mobile Potential
News IBM and Sanyo have put together a prototype of a fuel cell system for ThinkPad notebooks. This hybrid system could enable the user to efficiently operate IBM's ThinkPad notebooks for a longer time compared to systems with only a fuel cell, while...
[April 12, 2005, 15:05]
Big Blue Unveiling Colorful ThinkPad
News IBM will make a fashion statement Monday, when it announces three new ThinkPad i-Series 1400 notebooks. The cover fits over the back of the ThinkPad's display panel. IBM will introduce three new ThinkPad 1400 i-Series models Monday.
[October 1, 1999, 9:24]
Smallest Laptops Lose Weight
News Small notebooks, such as IBM's ThinkPad X series, have traditionally been more popular with businesses, because corporate executives and others who travel frequently tend to want smaller, lighter machines.
[February 4, 2004, 7:35]
IBM Hypes High-end Notebook
News IBM is pitching its latest ThinkPad notebook as a portable design studio. Big Blue on Wednesday dubbed the new ThinkPad A31P a "portable workstation. IBM says its customers wanted something more portable to run these high-end applications, said...
[March 6, 2002, 15:39]
'Coppermine' Notebooks Arrive (Part 1)
News IBM, for example, says its new ThinkPad notebooks based on the chips are realizing 15 percent to 25 percent performance increases over Pentium II-based models, depending on the benchmarks used. IBM will offer the mobile Pentium III chips at 450MHz...
[October 26, 1999, 12:08]
Lenovo Launches Global Assault
News Lenovo waded into the global computer market without its ThinkPad life preserver on Thursday, banking on easy-to-use PCs as its edge over better-known rivals. ThinkPad or ThinkCenter brands it picked up in its acquisition of IBM's
[February 24, 2006, 8:50]
IBM Enhances Wireless Notebooks
News The ThinkPad R40 family, targeted at small and medium-sized businesses, is IBM's first foray into what will likely be a busy year for notebooks. Ease of use will be another selling point for the new ThinkPad line.
[January 27, 2003, 9:35]
Lenovo Recalls Laptop Batteries Over Fire Risk
News Lenovo acquired the ThinkPad line of notebooks from IBM, which historically has been known for careful design. A Lenovo ThinkPad T43 caught fire at Los Angeles International Airport earlier this month.
[September 29, 2006, 8:40]
IBM Floats New ThinkPad Prototypes
News IBM will unveil two prototype ThinkPad notebook PCs today, designed to illustrate how laptops could be designed to fit more comfortably into everyday use. IBM designers, envisioning the next generation of the 10-year old notebook ThinkPad line...
[September 16, 2003, 10:35]
IBM Merges Desktop And Laptop Divisions
News The change created a new Personal Computing Devices group that combines not only the NetVista desktop and ThinkPad portable product lines, but also their design, development and logistic operations. In a year, why couldn't the desktop motherboards...
[April 3, 2001, 14:56]
PC Expo 2000 Roundup
News IBM to use Transmeta chip in Thinkpad notebooks Transmeta's Crusoe chip will extend Thinkpad notebooks battery life by 50 percent. Learn all there is to know about everything from personalisation to xDSL; ASPs to e-marketplaces; eCRM to wireless...
[June 27, 2000, 9:47]
'Coppermine' Notebooks Arrive (Part 2)
News We see the majority of the interest this year primarily from small and medium-size businesses," said Leo Suarez, director of worldwide product marketing for Thinkpad. The company also improved its ThinkPad 240 mini-notebook with a 366MHz mobile...
[October 26, 1999, 14:19]
Fifteen Years Of ThinkPad Highs And Lows
News In September our then editorial fellow Guy Kewney was struggling not to make "unkind remarks about the history of the ThinkPad range, and the difficulty of using some examples of the species for productive work even when making strenuous efforts...
[July 20, 2007, 14:56]
IBM Redesigns ThinkPad Notebook Line
News The search engine's information comes from locally stored files as well as the IBM ThinkPad Community Web site. IBM's Personal Systems Group on Monday announced a redesign of its ThinkPad line of notebook computers.
[May 2, 2000, 14:05]
Notebook Makers Tune Into Wireless
News A source close to IBM said the ThinkPad T23, which could be up to a couple of months from launch, will add integrated wireless networking to the company's line of thin-and-light portables. The source said the antenna needed for the wireless...
[May 11, 2001, 8:12]
