
jdhodges.com
May 17, 2026
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Summary
The History of ThinkPad: From IBM’s Bento Box to Lenovo’s AI Workstations Note: this post is published but still in progress. Spot something missing or amiss? Comment at the end 👍. TL;DR: ThinkPad has shipped continuously since October 1992 under two corporate owners (IBM 1992 to 2005, Lenovo 2005 to present), making it among the longest-running commercial laptop families on the market and unusual...