From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Tue May 04 1999 - 17:30:38 EDT
Tom, et al...
The 700 series.. (700 through 770) are not plastic, but some other
material.. i forget what its called...
most likely some sort of carbon fiber material thats lighter and stronger
than "mere" plastic..
then the paint is a rubberized material..
i understand that IBM spent some time developing this paint..
note that "mere" plastic is an amazing and wonderful material and was quite
expensive when it was being developed some years ago..
the 560 is a nice example..
plastic has become synonomous with cheap, when it should really not be
so... :-)
Tom Rockwell wrote:
> Bill Morrow wrote:
>
> >the really top end models are not plastic and are tough to find to look
> >at, play with and so forth..
>
> My 560x appears to be plastic. I thought all thinkpads were - or are
> you refering to internal structure? Speaking of internal structure -
> does anybody have pictures on the web of what the inside of a 560 looks
> like. I like to take things apart, and would like to disassemble my
> 560x - fear of not being able to put it back together is stopping me :-O
>
> To the original poster - I bought my 560x sight unseen - I don't know of
> any normal consumer retail places where you can go to play with
> thinkpads (other than i series). IMO 560 really has a quality "feel" to
> it - gives me that warm fuzzy feeling of having bought a quality
> product. If you buy mail order I think you can expect to be
> satisfied.
>
> -Tom Rockwell
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