History of the Thinkpad

IBM ThinkpadI love my ThinkPad. In fact, I’ve gone through several models already, and my next purchase would most likely be a ThinkPad. Here’s something other ThinkPad lovers might be interested in: A history of the ThinkPad.

Did you know the ThinkPad® name was thought up during a coffee break? According to the legend, a researcher took from his pocket a notepad, which had the word THINK on it, and conceived the idea of a small, portable tool on which to write, read, work — and think.

March 12th, 2006 Posted by J. Angelo Racoma in IBM at 2:33 am 1 Comment »

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