Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) proudly announced, at an exclusive event at the Yamato Labs in Japan, the birthplace of ThinkPad, a limited-edition model to celebrate twenty-five years of design and engineering innovation. The ThinkPad Anniversary Edition 25 is a modern incarnation of the classic design and includes iconic \u201cretro\u201d features such as a backlit 7-row ThinkPad Classic keyboard, dedicated volume buttons, multiple status LEDs, and a multicolor logo.<\/p>\n
The design concept launched on June 25th, 2015, using social media to gather feedback and preferences from ThinkPad fans and loyalists worldwide. In addition to the classic features, the ThinkPad Anniversary Edition 25 is a thoroughly modern laptop. Powered by an Intel\u00ae Core\u2122 i7-7500U processor with discrete NVIDIA GeForce 940MX graphics and a 14-inch full HD display with touch, the ThinkPad \u201cRetro\u201d performance is a far cry from the original 700C.<\/p>\n
25 Years of Uncompromised Innovation<\/p>\n
Designed by Richard Sapper and engineered in the Yamato Labs in Japan, the original ThinkPad 700C announced on October 5th, 1992. Inspired by the traditional Japanese bento box, the 700C was the start of an amazing journey. In the space of a couple of months, it won more than three hundred awards and became a status symbol for presidents and CEO.<\/p>\n
130 million unit sales later, ThinkPad is an icon in the IT industry. It has helped explorers reach Earth\u2019s remotest places, supported dozens of missions into space, and facilitated countless businesses to grow. In fact, we have looked back over the years and collected several stories where ThinkPad has changed the world. So, what makes ThinkPad so special?<\/p>\n
\u201cThinkPad design creates a powerful and synergistic relationship between form and function. It balances sophisticated aesthetics, thoughtfully crafted user experiences, and renowned engineering to deliver superior products,\u201d said David Hill, former Chief Design Officer, Lenovo. \u201c25 years after the introduction of the original 700C, the latest X1 Carbon is immediately recognizable as a ThinkPad.\u201d<\/p>\n
ThinkPad at 50 \u2013 What Next? As technology has advanced exponentially, the designers and engineers behind ThinkPad have remained purpose-driven in their quest to reimagine mobile computing while preserving the original concept continually. From the ThinkPad 701C with the \u201cbutterfly\u201d keyboard to the 2-in-1 convertible X1 Yoga with a \u201crise and fall\u201d keyboard, the relentless quest for perfection has made ThinkPad the number one business laptop of all time. Over the next twenty-five years, ThinkPad will continue to develop, innovate, and deliver the technologies of tomorrow. Arimasa Naitoh, former head of the Yamato Labs and affectionately known as ThinkPad’s father, firmly believes that the future is in safe hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the original 700C to the latest X1 Series, ThinkPad has proved it can enable business transformation and offer customers uncompromised mobility,\u201d he says. \u201cOur team of engineers imagines a future world where ThinkPad creates new segments and further enrichens user experiences as technology becomes more embedded in our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cThinkPad has helped revolutionize how we do things. Business, education, healthcare, supply chain, transportation, and finance are just a few segments that have been transformed by mobile computing over the past twenty-five years,\u201d said Gianfranco Lanci, president, and COO, Lenovo. \u201cThe next twenty-five years are an opportunity for new generations to discover the wonders of ThinkPad. As long as there are customer pain points, there will be a ThinkPad to fix them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur collaboration with Lenovo has driven true mobile PC innovation and transformed how businesses get things done,\u201d said Jim Johnson, vice president of the Client Computing Group and general manager of the Client Customer Engineering Group at Intel Corporation. \u201cFrom the 1992 ThinkPad 700C to today\u2019s ultralight, connect-anywhere X1 series 2in1s, we continue to push boundaries together for the commercial-class performance, security, and manageability that empowers the modern workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been a privilege to partner with the ThinkPad team to evolve mobile computing from the first ThinkPad notebook computers running Windows 3.1 to the latest ThinkPad X1 Yoga that lights up modern experiences in Windows 10,\u201d said Peter Han, Vice President, Partner Devices and Solutions, Microsoft. \u201cWe look forward to our continued collaboration with Lenovo to deliver new experiences such as mixed reality and AI that will help ThinkPad users achieve even more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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