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ThinkPad 500
The IBM ThinkPad 500 is a subnotebook from the ThinkPad series released by IBM in 1993.
The ThinkPad 500 (type 2603) was announced on 16 June 1993. It was the first subnotebook by IBM, made and registered with the FCC by their then-recent spin-off, Lexmark.
The next subnotebook by IBM was the IBM ThinkPad 701 series, which John Karidis influenced after using a 500 and feeling the keyboard experience could be improved by making it wider than the screen.
It was announced at the same time as the IBM ThinkPad 350. The New York Times noted that IBM challenged companies like Zeos, Dell, Zenith Data Systems and Hewlett-Packard who developed computers in the same class as the 500.
The ThinkPad 500 has a Lexbook counterpart called Lexmark SE10 (codename "Enchilada"). The main difference is that instead of using a TrackPoint, its keyboard has a mouse-key button.
The ThinkPad 500 was the earliest known IBM portable computer to use an IBM Model M6-1 buckling sleeve keyboard assembly, a minor revision of the original Model M6 and descendant of the IBM PS/2 Model L40 SX's Model M3. M6 and M6-1 were used on many early IBM (and all Lexmark) laptops and were even produced for other companies like AST, Apple and Tadpole.
InfoWorld regarded the ThinkPad 500 as a bit too small for comfort.
PC World awarded the ThinkPad 500 the "Best Buy - #1 Value Mobile PC" in September 1994.
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ThinkPad 500
The IBM ThinkPad 500 is a subnotebook from the ThinkPad series released by IBM in 1993.
The ThinkPad 500 (type 2603) was announced on 16 June 1993. It was the first subnotebook by IBM, made and registered with the FCC by their then-recent spin-off, Lexmark.
The next subnotebook by IBM was the IBM ThinkPad 701 series, which John Karidis influenced after using a 500 and feeling the keyboard experience could be improved by making it wider than the screen.
It was announced at the same time as the IBM ThinkPad 350. The New York Times noted that IBM challenged companies like Zeos, Dell, Zenith Data Systems and Hewlett-Packard who developed computers in the same class as the 500.
The ThinkPad 500 has a Lexbook counterpart called Lexmark SE10 (codename "Enchilada"). The main difference is that instead of using a TrackPoint, its keyboard has a mouse-key button.
The ThinkPad 500 was the earliest known IBM portable computer to use an IBM Model M6-1 buckling sleeve keyboard assembly, a minor revision of the original Model M6 and descendant of the IBM PS/2 Model L40 SX's Model M3. M6 and M6-1 were used on many early IBM (and all Lexmark) laptops and were even produced for other companies like AST, Apple and Tadpole.
InfoWorld regarded the ThinkPad 500 as a bit too small for comfort.
PC World awarded the ThinkPad 500 the "Best Buy - #1 Value Mobile PC" in September 1994.