From: mikes (mike760_at_ricochet.net)
Date: Fri Oct 01 1999 - 13:25:05 EDT
On Fri, 01 Oct 1999, Esmail Bonakdarian wrote:
> Hiya everyone,
>
> Just read this on slashdot which had a pointer to the Yahoo article
>
> slashdot at:
>
> http://www.slashdot.org/
>
> Cheers,
> Esmail
> -------------
>
> Thursday September 30 10:57 PM EDT
>
> Big Blue unveiling colorful ThinkPad
>
> John G. Spooner, ZDNet
>
> IBM will make a fashion statement on Monday, when it announces three
> new ThinkPad i-Series 1400 notebooks.
>
> The company has redesigned the 12-month-old line of notebook PCs for
> consumers with greater individualization in mind, said Bill
> Holtshouser, program director for consumer mobile product marketing in
> Research Triangle Park, N.C.
>
> Purchasers of one of three new i-Series notebooks will be able to
> choose between seven different snap-on covers, ranging from a metallic
> green to an IBM blue color. The cover fits over the back of the
> ThinkPad's display panel.
> <....>
This reminds me of the old Apple Powerbook 1400's. They had a snap on back.
It was clear where you could put pictures or another type of graphic on the
powerbook.
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