Re: [Thinkpad] 700 ThinkPad

Yes, it was a tough system. I had one that I lugged around in a
backpack, and when I took it out at resturaunts and such, people
stopped dead in their tracks and stared at the flat screen. That
was a kick, back in the days when people didn't have laptops
commonly. Heh. Like having a pager in 1977--people were
once impressed with the existence of that. ;-)

--STeve Andre'

On Sunday 28 September 2003 12:06 am, Justin Philip wrote:
> Talk about one tuff notebook. Man it's no wonder they called these things
> think tanks. I bet you could probably run one over with a truck and it
> still boot up fine crushed and all ~ I picked up the one that was intact
> and nearly fell over. They must weigh more than 10 lb.. whew ! Poor
> people back in the day that had to drag one of these around town can you
> imagine !
>
> STeve Andre' wrote:
> > Um, IBM hasn't supported the 700 in some time, I don't think.
> > I don't think they meant to pull the pages for it however; I've
> > looked at some "i" Series units in the past and have found
> > missing pages, only to resurface some time later. I see that
> > the 700 stuff is gone--I'd wait a day or so and try again.
> >
> > 700s! I had a 700c once upon a time...
> >
> > --STeve Andre'
> >
> > On Saturday 27 September 2003 11:28 pm, Justin Philip wrote:
> > > Hmmm, am I going crazy or has IBM discontinued all support for the 700
> > > Think Pad?
> > >
> > > I finally dug out a box with a few old Think Pads a list member asked
> > > me about. After looking at a few of them, I wasn't even sure if either
> > > of the two identical units I found (9552) were 700's, so decided to go
> > > check IBM's site and everything for 700 came up "our apology ~ page not
> > > found"
> > >
> > > Did IBM finally take all the 700 stuff out as being obsolete ?
> > >
> > > Gee, I hope they don't do it to the 701, I guess that's next on the
> > > list ~ lol.
> > >
> > > If anyone happens to go check for example Think Pad "products" support,
> > > it's just not in the list of Think Pads. You get 600's then 701 ~ :o
> > > what happened to 700
> > >
> > > Justin
> > >
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Received on Sun Sep 28 00:25:48 2003