A step back in time, this timeline snapshot is a pretty cool visual representation of Lenovo and ThinkPad innovation over the years!
If you like this, check out this ThinkPad way video, this TrackPoint history video, this history of ThinkPad Innovation webinar recording or all this ThinkPad content!
Do you have a favorite ThinkPad generation or milestone date?
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700C with first thin film transistor display in 1992 0%
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750C first 'modern laptop' to fly in space with NASA in 1993 9%
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755 with first CD Rom in 1994 9%
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701C "Butterfly Keyboard" in 1995 9%
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770 first built-in DVD-ROM in 1997 0%
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600 for mobile travelers in 1999 0%
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Series 1 first PC with built-in wireless, also sold 10 Million units in 2000 0%
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Embedded security subsystem in 2001 0%
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Active Protection System in 2003 0%
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Built-in finger-print readers in 2004 9%
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Lenovo acquire IBM Personal Computer Division in 2005 0%
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X14 thinnest, lightest, most secure ThinkPad Tablet in 2006 0%
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15th ThinkPad Anniversary in 2007 0%
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X300 full-function 13 inch laptop in 2008 0%
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W700ds first dual-screen mobile workstation in 2009 0%
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ThinkPad Edge introduced for small businesses in 2010 0%
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ThinkPad Tablet first Android Tablet in 2011 0%
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X1 Carbon is the first ThinkPad Ultrabook in 2012 19%
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ThinkPad Helix and ThinkPad Yoga Tablet Convertibles arrive in 2013 9%
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Gen 8 & Gen 10 in 2014 0%
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Helix Gen 2 in 2015 0%
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X1 Tablet, P50 & P70 in 2016 18%
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ThinkPad 25 Year Anniversary in 2017 0%
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P1 & X1 Extreme in 2018 0%
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X1 Yoga Gen 4 first made of aluminum in 2019 0%
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X1 Fold 'Worlds First Foldable PC' and X1 Nano the lightest ThinkPad ever built in 2020 0%
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X1 Titanium 2-in-1 PC made of titanium in 2021 0%
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Z13 & Z16 Sustainable series + X13s in 2022 9%
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Other (comment below! :) ) 9%
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