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Reference

• Wikipedia

Models

alphabetical order

• 300 series (replaced by A series): CPUs from 386SL/25 to Pentium III 450; larger, heavier, slower, and cheaper
  • 390X: Mobile Pentium II / 400, 6.4GB, 15" 1024x768 active matrix TFT
• 500 series (replaced by X series): CPUs from 486SX2-50 Blue Lightning to Pentium III 500: main line; lightweight, slim, only HD onboard
• 600 series (replaced by T series): Pentium MMX, II, and III; very durable
• 700 series (replaced by A & T series): cutting-edge models – largest screens, largest HDs, fastest CPUs (for the time)
  • 700: monochrome screen
  • 700C: active matrix TFT color screen
  • 701 models have the "butterfly" fold-out keyboard
• 800 series: PowerPC 603e CPU at 100 MHz (except where noted); SCSI2 instead of IDE
  • 860: CPU at 160 MHz
• A series
  • A31p: as of 2006 (presumably), seven of these are being used in orbit aboard the International Space Station
• R series
  • R30: manufactured by Lenovo
  • R31: manufactured by Lenovo
  • R40e: manufactured by Lenovo
• T series
  • T20 series (T20, T21, T22, T23): Pentium III Mobile, 650 MHz to 1+ GHz
    • T23: internal WiFi
  • T30 series (one model only): Intel Mobile Pentium 4 from 1.6 GHz to 2.4 GHz
  • T40 series (T40, T41, T42, T43): Intel Pentium M Processor 1.3 GHz to Pentium M 770 at 2.13 GHz
  • T60 series
• X series
  • X20 series
  • X30 series
  • X40 series: very well-supported by OpenBSD
    • X41 tablet model
  • X60 series
• Z series (introduced by Lenovo)
  • Z60 (Z60, Z61)

chronological order

• "ThinkPad", no model number: tablet computer without keyboard, using Go PenPoint OS
• models 700 / 700C : first ThinkPads introduced