Comments on: The IBM Thinkpad’s 1992 debut https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-ibm-thinkpads-1992-debut/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ibm-thinkpads-1992-debut David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:40:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave Farquhar https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-ibm-thinkpads-1992-debut/#comment-57903 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:40:02 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=39507#comment-57903 In reply to JOHN DOMINIK.

I am planning a blog post on the Butterfly, it will run sometime in the spring. Along with some additional IBM content. IBM considered some things that would have made the story go very differently if they’d followed through on it.

]]> By: JOHN DOMINIK https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-ibm-thinkpads-1992-debut/#comment-57900 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:02:46 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=39507#comment-57900 I remember seeing a Thinkpad “Butterfly” at a local computer show. Quite small the keyboard extended out and aligned itself when the top was opened, leaving you with a 10″ screen and full-sized keyboard. Between that and the Canon with a built in printer beneath the keyboard, today’s laptops are a lot like today’s cars – all pretty much the same, and boring, unless you spend an arm and leg.

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