IBM's ThinkPad began as a brand, is said to be the origin of the brand within the company's IBM laptop (the kind used for writing), while the laptop's appearance is a reference to the Japanese bento box (because the first generation machine is large and experimental IBM Japan chamber design), the first appeared in 1992 ThinkPad. In 2005, ThinkPad series (as well as ThinkVision, ThinkVantage, ThinkCentre, Aptiva and NetVista) is Lenovo (Lenovo) are bought, ThinkPad become Chinese brand, and this year is the 17th anniversary of ThinkPad born full, that is, over 18 years years old.
ThinkPad along the way, bring a lot of innovation, a simple strip are as follows:
TrackPoint (or should we say Pointing Stick) - also known as "red dot" or "pointing stick", was first introduced in the ThinkPad 700. Invented by MIT scientist Ted Selker, and later in HP, Dell and Fujitsu products can be seen. ThinkPad TrackPoint is patented, is the need to pay for the use of other brands, so not much use other brands.
Built-in optical drive - in 1994, ThinkPad 755CD was the world's first built-in CD-ROM laptop
Webcam - appeared in 1995, at the time of the ThinkPad 755 first time
14.1-inch and built-in DVD drive - in 1997, ThinkPad 770 is the first 14.1-inch screen and built-in DVD drive of a laptop
Thinklight - appeared in 1998, the first application at the time of the ThinkPad T series
Removable drive - launched in 1998, the first application in ThinkPad 600, the drive can be taken out like a drawer-like, second battery can be replaced
Ultrabase - appeared in 1999, also known as "Dock", in order to increase the laptop's expandability, another to design a tank chassis with multiple connections can be installed under the ThinkPad, applied at the time known as the world's thinnest ThinkPad 570
Hardware encryption - built-in hardware encryption chip, to insert something similar to the chip card for the computer, in the ThinkPad T23 2001 as the world's first use of this mechanism for the first time laptop
APS - is "Active Protection System", the hard drive protection technology, in 2003, on the ThinkPad T41 and ThinkPad R50 for the first time using
More than 10 hours of battery life - appeared in 2003, ThinkPad X30 was the first breakthrough in battery life over 10 hours of laptop
Fingerprint - English as "Fingerprint Reader", in 2004, when the ThinkPad T42 is the world's first laptop equipped with fingerprint recognition
Cage protect magnesium alloy frame - English called "roll cage", appeared in 2005, inspired by the car's roll cage, in order to strengthen the body is strong, applied at the time of ThinkPad T / R Series
As for as the spill-resistant keyboard (Spill resistant Keyboard), imitation owl wings cooling fan (to reduce wind noise), metal shaft, etc., maybe not the first to use the ThinkPad, but these have become one of its characteristics.
However, be acquired by Lenovo ThinkPad will guarantee long as the former glory of innovation? I believe the time will give us the answer.
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