The IBM ThinkPad 701C and was one of the most unusual laptop computers released in the 1990s thanks to a sliding keyboard system that allowed IBM to pack a full-sized keyboard into a notebook that ...

As the backlash over Apple’s wonky butterfly keyboards continues, Lenovo proves that you don’t always have to innovate to keep customers happy. The ThinkPad’s keyboards have a fiercely loyal following ...

An IBM (or, later, Lenovo) ThinkPad is a popular choice in our community. They’re prized for their rugged design, longevity, and good software support. Over the many years that the line has been ...

This is like ASMR for Hackers: restoration specialist [Polymatt] has put together a video of his work restoring a 1995 IBM Thinkpad 701c, the famous butterfly keyboard laptop. It’s an incredible bit ...

Meet the guy responsible for developing IBM's famous "butterfly keyboard." John Karidis, an IBM distinguished engineer, has what might be the coolest job at IBM's Personal Computing Division. Since ...

RALEIGH, N.C.--IBM is experimenting anew with notebook designs that mimic one of its most famous and controversial designs: the expanding Butterfly keyboard. Big Blue originally introduced the ...

Before Apple smeared the name, a butterfly keyboard was synonymous with the IBM ThinkPad 701, a subcompact laptop with a sliding keyboard. As you lifted its lid, the keyboard would separate at a ...

As I was researching this week’s story on how virtual, touch-screen keyboards may improve to the point where they challenge the dominance of physical keyboards, I got into an interesting side ...