The ThinkPad is a fabled machine — it ’s been in space , it ’s display in the Museum of Modern Art , and as of today , the classic calculator is20 years erstwhile . Happy natal day , one-time guy rope .
With a design and a philosophy inspired by a Japanese Bento box , the ThinkPad was introduced to the world by IBM in 1992 . In its 20 years , the ThinkPad has gone through various makeovers , but for the most part , it ’s stay true to the original form . It come in black , it has concave keys , and it has a signature red TrackPoint that countenance you sail the screenland . Though the brand was taken over by Lenovo in 2005 , it ’s still a name that ’s synonymous with laptops . And two decades ago , it really changed up the way people conceive about personal computation . It has a crafted reputation for dependableness — in fact , it ’s the only computing machine certified for role on the International Space Station . NASA literally own 100 of ThinkPads . Touché , MacBook . Touché .
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