Collection · Laptop
IBM ThinkPad ×8
The ThinkPad was designed around a Japanese lunch box, given a matte black case, a keyboard that engineers trusted and the TrackPoint that people either loved or ignored.
Technical record
- Category
- Laptop
- Collection status
- Held by ATX Computer Museum
- Reference
- ATX-CAT-IBM-THINKPAD-8
Background
The ThinkPad was designed around a Japanese lunch box, given a matte black case, a keyboard that engineers trusted and the TrackPoint that people either loved or ignored. IBM sold them to the people who cared most about typing on them.