In this case, [Mika] wanted to resurrect the battery from his IBM Thinkpad T40. He identified the offending cell and replaced it, but couldn’t get any juice out of the battery after the repair.

[Photo: courtesy Lenovo] But there is one exception in the magazine. It’s a striking black laptop called the IBM ThinkPad. More precisely, it’s the first ThinkPad laptop, the 700C, which was ...

[NeXT] got himself an IBM ThinkPad TransNote and yeah, we’re pretty jealous. For the uninitiated, the TransNote was IBM’s foray into intelligent note transcription from roughly fifteen years ago.

In an effort to explain how the ThinkPad brand has sustained 20 years, a sale from IBM to Lenovo, and relentless competition from all sides, Lenovo design VP David Hill turned mostly to analogy.

The ThinkPad began life at IBM, but in 2005, Lenovo bought IBM’s PC business and has continued to evolve the line. Since the first ThinkPads were introduced in 1992, they’ve collectively sold ...

Ever since IBM released the first ThinkPad in 1992, businesses all around the world have depended on the rugged laptops for use on the road. If you look at buying guides from many respected ...

With IBM divesting of its PC division to Lenovo, many have wondered what will happen to the ThinkPad lineup. Will the quality decrease? What about performance? The X series is the Thinkpad ultra ...

Lenovo has just celebrated its IBM ThinkPad's 20th birthday, though it appears somewhat muted for what has been the leading brand of laptop for most of its lifetime. The Chinese company ...

IBM on Tuesday will unveil two prototype ThinkPad notebook PCs, designed to illustrate how laptops could be more comfortable for everyday use. IBM designers, envisioning the next generation of the ...

IBM is having difficulty delivering ThinkPad notebooks to customers because of a shortage affecting virtually every notebook it sells. Shortages of components such as DVD and CD-RW drives have ...