ThinkPad
ThinkPad ya kasan ce wani layi ne wanda na kwamfyutocin kasuwanci masu dacewa da kasuwanci da allunan da Lenovo / IBM suka tsara, suka haɓaka da tallata su. IBM ya fara siyar da shi har zuwa 2005. ThinkPads suna da baƙar fata, harshe ƙirar boxy, wanda aka yi wahayi da shi daga akwatin abincin rana na Japan, wanda ya samo asali a shekara ta alib 1990 kuma har yanzu ana amfani da shi a wasu samfura.

An fara samar da layin ThinkPad a IBM Yamato Facility a Japan, kuma aka saki ThinkPads na farko a watan Oktoba shekara ta alib 1992.

ThinkPads sun ga babban nasara a kasuwar kasuwanci. An yi amfani da kwamfyutocin ThinkPad a sararin samaniya kuma shekaru da yawa sune kawai kwamfyutocin kwamfyutocin da aka tabbatar don amfani akan tashar sararin samaniya ta duniya,

Tarihi 
An haɓaka ThinkPad don yin gasa tare da Toshiba da Compaq, waɗanda suka ƙirƙiri litattafan rubutu na hannu guda biyu na farko, tare da mai da hankali kan siyarwa zuwa Makarantar Kasuwancin Harvard. An ba da aikin ƙirƙirar littafin rubutu ga Yamato Facility a Japan, wanda Arimasa Naitoh, injiniyan Japan da mai zanen samfur wanda ya shiga IBM a shekarun 1970, wanda yanzu ake kira "Uban ThinkPad"

Sunan "ThinkPad" ya samo asali ne daga tarihin kamfanoni da al'adun IBM. Thomas J. Watson, Sr., ya fara gabatar da "TUNANI" a matsayin taken IBM a shekarun 1920. Tare da kowane minicomputer da mainframe, an shigar da IBM (kusan duk an yi hayar su - ba a sayar ba), an sanya alamar filastik shuɗi a saman na’urar sadarwa, tare da rubutun “Ka yi tunani” da aka buga a farantin aluminum.

Shekaru da yawa IBM ya kuma rarraba ƙananan takaddun rubutu tare da kalmar "TUNANIN" wanda aka zana akan murfin leatherette mai launin ruwan kasa ga abokan ciniki da ma'aikata. Ma'aikacin IBM Denny Wainwright ne ya ba da shawarar sunan "ThinkPad", wanda ke da irin wannan takarda a aljihunsa.  Kwamitin suna na kamfanin IBM ya ki amincewa da sunan saboda duk sunayen kwamfutocin IBM adadi ne a wancan lokacin, amma an ajiye “ThinkPad” saboda yabo daga ‘yan jarida da jama’a.

Samfuran farko 

A cikin watan Afrilu shekara ta alib 1992, IBM ya sanar da samfurin ThinkPad na farko, 700, daga baya ya sake suna 700T bayan fitowar sabbin sababbin samfura guda uku, 300, (sabo) 700 da 700C a watan Oktoba shekara ta alib 1992. 700T kwamfuta ce ta kwamfutar hannu.

Wannan inji ita ce samfurin farko da aka samar a ƙarƙashin sabon dabarun "keɓantattun samfuran samfuran" na IBM, haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Sapper da Tom Hardy, shugaban shirin ƙirar IBM na kamfani.   Haɓaka 700C kuma ya haɗa da alaƙar aiki tsakanin Sapper da Kazuhiko Yamazaki, jagorar mai tsara littafin rubutu a Cibiyar ƙirar Yamato ta IBM a Japan da kuma haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Injin Sapper da Yamato.  

Wannan haɗin gwiwar "kafin Intanet" tsakanin shekara ta alib 1990-1992 tsakanin Italiya da Japan ya sami sauƙaƙe ta hanyar tsarin sadarwa na dijital na Sony na musamman wanda ke watsa hotuna masu ƙarfi ta layukan tarho. An kafa wannan tsarin a manyan cibiyoyin ƙira na duniya da yawa ta Hardy don haka masu zanen IBM za su iya sadarwa da kyau sosai kuma suyi hulɗa kai tsaye tare da Sapper don shawara kan ayyukan su.   Don jagorancin jagorancin ƙirar ƙirar sa yayin haɓaka ThinkPad, Hardy ya kasance mai suna "mai kirkirar shekara ta alib 1992" ta PC Magazine.

Kwamfutar ThinkPad ta farko, na'urar da aka kafa ta PenPoint wanda aka fi sani da IBM 2521 ThinkPad, an sanya shi azaman sakin mai haɓakawa. Kwamfutar ta ThinkPad ta samu samuwa ga jama'a a cikin watan Oktoba na wannan shekarar. 

IBM ya sayar da ThinkPad ta hanyar kirkira, ta hanyoyi kamar shirye-shiryen matukin jirgi na farko, sanarwa da yawa na gabatarwa, da kuma shirin mai ba da lamuni mai yawa wanda aka ƙera don nuna ƙarfi da raunin samfur ɗin, gami da ba da mashin ga masanan binciken ƙasa da ke haƙa tsohon garin Masar na Leontopolis . Rahoton da aka samu ya nuna kyakkyawan aikin da ThinkPad ya yi a ƙarƙashin mawuyacin yanayi; "ThinkPad inji ne mai kayatarwa, mai kauri wanda za a iya amfani dashi ba tare da kulawa ta musamman ba a cikin mafi munin yanayi da Masar zata bayar." 

ThinkPads na farko sun yi nasara sosai, sun tattara lambobin yabo sama da 300 don ƙira da inganci.

Duba kuma 

 Littafin tunani
 IBM/Lenovo ThinkCentre da ThinkStation kwamfyutoci
 Jerin samfuran IBM
 HP EliteBook
 Dell Latitude da daidaici
 Littafin Rayuwa na Fujitsu da Celsius

Hanyoyin waje 

 
 ThinkPad models on ThinkWiki
 Withdrawn models Specs Books

Manazarta 
Lenovo
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