Both the 700 and 700C came with MS-DOS 5.02 and Prodigy, an internet service. It also had a 10.4in 640 x 480 active-matrix color screen. The 700C had a standard 120 MB hard disk size, and 4, 8 or 16 MB memory options. The 700 had the option of a 80 or 120 MB hard disk size, and a 9.5in 640 x 480 monochrome screen. Features and models īoth the 700 and 700C were based on the 25 MHz Intel 486SLC processor with 4 MB of memory, and had a nickel metal hydride battery that was claimed by IBM to last almost 4 hours. It was the largest active matrix display in a laptop when it was released. The ThinkPad 700C uses a color screen made by a joint venture between IBM and Toshiba. It was marketed as a data entry tablet for hospitals, health care providers, and field operation workers. The IBM 2521 (IBM 700T) was announced on April 17 of 1992 and launched the following year in July. The first IBM ThinkPad, the 700 and 700C, were launched on October 5, 1992, alongside the 300 series. īefore the announcement of the 700 series, it has been speculated that the 700 and 700T would be manufactured by AST Research, Inc. Richard designed the ThinkPad 700, being inspired from a rectangular cigar box, and kept it simplistic. The ThinkPad That Started It All 700c (1992) on YouTube (75 seconds)īecause of design issues with the L40SX, the next iteration of IBM laptops were going to involve industrial designer Richard Sapper.
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