Speaking of laptop computers, I don't know what people who are starting to use computers now think of. But I believe that, like me, many people think of IBM-Thinkpad. It has a simple black appearance, sturdy and stable quality, unique insights into technology-TrackPoint (pointing stick, commonly known as the little red dot), ThinkLight keyboard light, full-size keyboard and APS (Active Protection System, Active Protection System) , These are beyond the reach of laptop computers. And the status it creates is also unshakable by anyone. But does anyone still think so today? do not know. But in my world, Xiao Hei has become a distant memory that has disappeared forever.
在2005年5月1日，lenovo收购了IBM，也就在那一刻，Thinkpad就已经注定了，死去的命运。最终在利益的驱动下，在lenovo谋取暴利的本性中，小黑成为了它的殉葬品。看看今天的小黑，身上深深烙上的lenovo的烙印的小黑：粗糙的做工、低劣的部件、丢失的技术、无法保证的性能、拙劣的品质，早已不过是一具躯壳而已了。更可悲的是就算躯壳有时都让我觉得心痛，我见过去年lenovo做的一款所谓Thinkpad，在外面的RJ45接口都大小不一！这岂止是心痛啊！
繁华终将过去，经典已成历史。Lenovo----Thinkpad的坟墓。现在，Thinkpad早已逝去，在笔记本电脑的世界里，没有了王者，没有霸主，没有了只要说到笔记本电脑，人们就会想到IBM Thinkpad。但坚固稳重的Thinkpad的将会永远活在我们的记忆中，一段曾经美好的回忆！
有人说，lenovo毁了Thinkpad的，我想说，Tinkpad在打上lenovo烙印的那一天就已经向我们说了，它已经走了。
历史之所以成为历史，是因为它以不复存在。不论是历史塑造你，还是你塑造了历史：在历史的滚滚巨轮中，你终将碾作历史的尘埃。
缅怀Thinkpad，缅怀小黑……appendix:
The name "ThinkPad" was inspired by IBM's scratch pad. Every IBM employee or person who goes to the IBM training center for training will get a scratch pad (“pad” in English) with the company’s motto “THINK” printed on it. In a meeting to discuss the names of portable computer products, a participant threw a pad like this in the air and landed on the conference table. Another participant was inspired by this and suggested that the "ThinkPad" could be used. name. At first, IBM executives opposed the use of this name, because IBM had always used numbers to identify product models. However, the name "ThinkPad" was greatly welcomed and loved by employees and customers. In the end, IBM executives agreed to use "ThinkPad" as the product name.
IBM在1992年开始发布ThinkPad产品，其中就包括ThinkPad 700。最初的ThinkPad并没有键盘，理应属于平板电脑（tablet computer）的范畴。它装配有黑白液晶显示屏（LCD）、替代硬盘驱动器的40 MB闪存（Flash Memory）、基于Go的PenPoint OS操作系统和IBM研发的笔迹识别系统。IBM随后又发布了预装Microsoft Windows 3.1且带有键盘的ThinkPad，售价US,350，重3 千克 (6.5 l磅)，尺寸是 2.2 × 11.7 × 8.3 英寸 (56 × 297 × 210 mm)。它还装配了当时最大的10.4英寸(264毫米)液晶显示屏，25 MHz 386SX中央处理器，120 MB硬盘驱动器还有一个手感良好的带有TrackPoint指点杆的键盘。明亮的红色TrackPoint被安装在键盘上，没有了鼠标的累赘人们能够在飞机客舱托架上使用方便地便携式电脑。 Although the ThinkPad, which was designed with a flat-panel computer, was not commercially successful, it and Apple Newton jointly created the era of human use of PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) and mobile computing.
In 992, the first notebook named ThinkPad, the ThinkPad 700C, was born. ThinkPad's leadership in the development of mobile computing technology began. It is also from 700C that TrackPoint (the little red dot) first appeared on ThinkPad notebooks. This design is extremely ergonomic: push the pointing stick with your fingertips, and the ceramic plate at the bottom will respond sensitively and accurately locate the mouse position and moving direction, allowing users to achieve maximum convenience and comfort during use. This kind of humanized design is still in use today and has become a unique symbol of ThinkPad.
In 1993, ThinkPad 750C was the first personal computer in human history to enter space with the space shuttle, establishing the ThinkPad brand's special position in the field of notebook computers. ThinkPad 750C is the first laptop to support docking stations. Its docking design greatly expands the interconnection capabilities and flexibility of the laptop's peripheral devices, and has won numerous awards, including the "PC Computing" "1993 Most Valuable Product Award" "And "Best Notebook Award", "PC Magazine" "Editor's Choice Award", "Datamation" "1993 Product Award", etc.
In 1994, ThinkPad 755CD was the world's first notebook computer with a CD-ROM drive, with powerful graphics processing capabilities and high-capacity memory, marking the notebook computer's entry into the multimedia era. Its optical and soft interchangeable design enables notebook computers to reduce weight and size without losing connection performance, which provides an important reference for the future development of the entire notebook industry. The modular design of notebooks has also become the industry standard for notebook computer manufacturing in the future.
In 1995, the "Butterfly" machine was permanently collected by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. ThinkPad 701C can be said to be a "technological handicraft" with a retractable keyboard. Because of its high level of artistic and technological excellence, it was awarded by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Permanent collection. After opening the screen, the ThinkPad701C keyboard can be fully extended, and when the top cover is closed, it will fully retract into the machine, just like a butterfly spreads its wings, so it is known as a "butterfly machine." Its complex and precise mechanical transmission and perfect industrial design provide users with an extraordinary experience. The world's first notebook computer that can be used as a projector is born
In 1996, ThinkPad 560 became a model of ultra-light and ultra-portable computers. Because of its outstanding overall heat dissipation design, ThinkPad 560 became the rare "fanless" ultra-thin notebook in the market at that time. This bold attempt was beyond the imagination of the entire industry at that time. . At the same time, it also created a new paradigm of ultra-portable computers at that time: the body was ultra-thin and only 1.2 inches thick, and the weight was only 1.9Kg. It was the first to remove all optical drives and floppy drives from the notebook, and wireless data transmission and communication via infrared rays .
In 1997, ThinkPad 770 was the world’s first notebook computer with a 14.1" color screen and DVD drive. The processor and multimedia functions were extremely powerful, and innovations were made in communications, storage, and TrackPoint. The TrackPoint was updated to the No. In the fourth version, a third button was added to cooperate with the TrackPoint to complete up/down/left-right screen scrolling. This design has been used in today's ThinkPad notebook computers.
In 1998, the ThinkPad model with the largest sales volume in the history of the ThinkPad 600, for the first time built a CD-ROM drive in a 36.5mm body, which perfectly demonstrated the balance between performance and weight. The hand-feeling keyboard and drawer-type interchangeable optical drive design push the "super portable" notebook to a new technological peak. The full-size keyboard allows users to switch from a normal desktop keyboard to a notebook keyboard effortlessly, greatly improving work efficiency and work comfort. The key structure has always been the focus of ThinkPad design. From the early "X" bracket to the later "you" bracket, the touch is smooth, and the softness and flexibility of the buttons are just right.
In 1999, the "Ultrabase" concept applied to ThinkPad 570 developed the notebook "super portable" concept to a new stage. Ultrabase allows users to add various peripheral devices to enhance or expand the performance of the notebook computer while keeping the whole machine unchanged, including floppy drives, optical drives, second hard drives, ZIP drives, second batteries, etc. ThinkPad 570 can be detached from the base when it is moved to keep it extremely portable, and a large number of peripheral devices can be connected instantly through the docking station. This was unimaginable in the notebook industry that was dominated by all built-in devices and supplemented by optical and soft interchange. The reputation of "Transformers" also came from this.
In 2000, the ThinkPad T series inherited the essence of the ultra-portable design of the ThinkPad 600. The screen was expanded from 13.3" to 14.1" without increasing the weight of the fuselage. It perfectly combined mobility and computing performance through "light-soft interchange". The world's first Embedded Security Subsystem, successfully applied to ThinkPad T23 notebooks, can help users realize the security protection of computer data on the hardware. ThinkPad T series has become the most popular model in the world after entering the new century.
In 2001, ThinkPad TransNote was a revolutionary product with a handwriting board and a touch screen. It had a subverting traditional appearance and won the "Global Industrial Design Gold Award" that year, marking a new breakthrough in mobile computing in terms of intelligence. TransNote can convert your handwritten records into digital files through the handwriting board for storage and processing. TransNote has a very user-friendly and peculiar folding design. This perfect design is convenient for recording information at any time, or paperless transcripts in meetings, and the weight of the whole machine is even lighter than many file boxes.
In 2002, the ThinkPad X30, a notebook computer with 25 patents, was affectionately called the Black Elf because of its delicate and unassuming design. At that time, it set four industry firsts in one fell swoop, including battery durability reaching a record 8 hours, 5 wired and wireless communication methods (including wired network card, wireless network card, infrared, Bluetooth, and Modem access). First passed the TCPA security certification, and the only feature that supported disaster data recovery at that time. X30 has further optimized the network connection characteristics, has a complete wireless solution, and has flexible network connection options. It was the only ultra-thin notebook computer in the industry that simultaneously supported 802.11b wireless LAN and Bluetooth technology. The development direction of Bluetooth is still unclear.
In 2003, ThinkPad T40 was called another masterpiece in ThinkPad history. The machine is lighter and thinner, with longer battery life and excellent wireless performance, making its opponents far behind. Active Protection System (APS, Active Protection System) is used to reduce the probability of hard disk crashes after a collision, completely change the traditional way of using shock-absorbing materials to absorb vibration energy, and make the notebook truly leap from passive protection to active protection in the past , The impact is far-reaching. In the business world where the situation is changing, even if there are occasional ups and downs, precious data can be protected without fail and worry-free. On November 5, 2003, the world’s 20 millionth ThinkPad was officially sold. It was born in the IIPC, a joint venture between IBM and Great Wall in Shenzhen.
In 2004, ThinkPad T42 was the first ThinkPad equipped with integrated biometric fingerprint recognition technology. It innovatively applied biometrics technology to improve the security standards of the entire PC industry and became the most secure notebook computer. The biometric fingerprint identification technology replaces traditional passwords with fingerprints, and cooperates with client security solutions to build a strong defense for important data, keep ***, viruses and all kinds of illegal *** out of the door, and easily defend the private space of the dedicated agency, thus becoming The safest laptop in the world.
In 2005, the first innovatively designed ThinkPad tablet notebook computer was born. It continues to break through the existing ones. The technological exploration of ThinkPad continues to bring new user experience to consumers. The ThinkPad X41t tablet computer was the industry's leading, smallest and lightest variable 12" tablet computer. It has the longest life-span standard battery among similar products. This model has all the functions of the ThinkPad X41 series notebooks and is unique The rotating hinge can support the display to rotate 180. Using the tablet digital conversion pen can directly perform handwriting operations on the display. In March 2005, China's one millionth ThinkPad notebook user was born.
In 2006, the company took the lead in adopting the "magnesium roll cage" technology, integrated molding, firmly fixed the internal components, and improved the physical safety to the height of protection of the whole machine. The design principle comes from the roll cage of ×××. Tests have shown that this new design reduces the impact of internal components by 30%, forms a golden bell-like protection for internal components, and improves system stability; the material is adopted Lightweight magnesium alloy, the toughness/weight ratio is the best among general structural metals.
In 2007, the magnesium roll cage was creatively applied to the display screen. This leading design not only builds a solid screen, but also shields interference and enhances the wireless communication performance of the notebook. Double defense of priceless data at the same time makes your thinking no more breakpoints. Double magnesium roll cage, T series exclusive service, Eagle wing cooling system, triple hard disk protection, APS active hard disk protection technology, biometric fingerprint recognition technology, emergency and recovery system, network adaptive software, splash-proof keyboard.
The ThinkPad brand is derived from "thinking". Mr. Naito, the father of ThinkPad, said: "If people can give a product the power of thinking, then it must have value beyond technology."
在过去的15年里, ThinkPad缔造了许多辉煌,也缔造了许多个业界第一。截至2005年年底，ThinkPad 在全球所获各种业内大奖已超过了3500项，这几乎是其他品牌所无法逾越的巅峰；而ThinkPad创造的无数经典力作也在移动发展史上构筑了一道道里程碑。