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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

No tilde (~) key! Tilde (~) key instead of a Menu key! The Delete key is in the upper righthand corner, where Backspace used to be! Home and End are where Caps Lock used to be! *The top of the ...

IBM is thinking about bringing back the Butterfly keyboard, which appeared on some of its ThinkPad laptops in the mid-Nineties. The Butterfly keyboard could expand to be wider than the rest of the ...

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 ...

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 ...