Can some one explain this to me

[Philippine Mango]

Alright, back in the old days of IBM laptops they had the 700 series laptops, the 300 series, the 500 series, a for a while the 600 series. The 300 series I believe became the R series of Today, the 500 series (ultra portables) became the X series and the 600 series which quickly became popular, became the T series. Now, what did the 700 series, which was IBM's premium line of laptops become? Did the 700 series and 600 series morph into a balance of high end performance with reasonable pricing?

 

[Trippytiger]

Sounds like the closest equivalent today would be the T**p series. That's really the only true high-performance range of Thinkpads right now, although the high-end Z60m laptops come close.

 

[simms]

That sounds about right, the T4Xp and the X4XP along with the new T60s and X60s are the high end performance series.

 

[WackyDan]

The 700 series also used to be ultra-portable back in 96 ala 701 "butterfly"

By the late 90's the 700's became a two modular bay desktop replacement. So you could say that the 770 desktop replacements morphed into the T -series to a degree. But before that happened, there was also the A-series ThinkPads, which did replace the 770 types for a while before the actual T-series offered it's forst performance model.

The days of users wanting two modular bays are over, which is what helped the T become one of the new desktop replacement standards, outside of widescreen.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: WackyDan
The 700 series also used to be ultra-portable back in 96 ala 701 "butterfly"

By the late 90's the 700's became a two modular bay desktop replacement. So you could say that the 770 desktop replacements morphed into the T -series to a degree. But before that happened, there was also the A-series ThinkPads, which did replace the 770 types for a while before the actual T-series offered it's forst performance model.

The days of users wanting two modular bays are over, which is what helped the T become one of the new desktop replacement standards, outside of widescreen.

Sigh, I miss the days of two modular drive bays, I don't see why they can't still have them today, especially with the fact that they've got 15"+ screens on laptops..

 

[WackyDan]

Yeah 15" screens that compared to the 13" chassis of the old days are lighter. 🙂

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: WackyDan
The 700 series also used to be ultra-portable back in 96 ala 701 "butterfly"

By the late 90's the 700's became a two modular bay desktop replacement. So you could say that the 770 desktop replacements morphed into the T -series to a degree. But before that happened, there was also the A-series ThinkPads, which did replace the 770 types for a while before the actual T-series offered it's forst performance model.

The days of users wanting two modular bays are over, which is what helped the T become one of the new desktop replacement standards, outside of widescreen.

Good explanation, but what about the infamous G-series? 😉 Could the 700's have split into T-series (thin, light, powerful) and G-series (huge, heavy, powerful)? 😛

 

[WackyDan]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak

Originally posted by: WackyDan
The 700 series also used to be ultra-portable back in 96 ala 701 "butterfly"

By the late 90's the 700's became a two modular bay desktop replacement. So you could say that the 770 desktop replacements morphed into the T -series to a degree. But before that happened, there was also the A-series ThinkPads, which did replace the 770 types for a while before the actual T-series offered it's forst performance model.

The days of users wanting two modular bays are over, which is what helped the T become one of the new desktop replacement standards, outside of widescreen.

Good explanation, but what about the infamous G-series? 😉 Could the 700's have split into T-series (thin, light, powerful) and G-series (huge, heavy, powerful)? 😛

Ahhh.. ..who can forget the G series? As in Gee!! It's heavy!!!

Well, that was part I left out. 🙂 Where the A-Series replaced the 770 type, the G-series aimed to replace the A-series though at the same time the T evolved to replace the higher end of the A's. THe G became the value low end desktop replacement, still offering high numeric performance with the desktop proc. - remember, that the initial G's were integrated graphics only, and the G series overall wasn't mobile, only portable, and battery life sucked. Very niche.

Now the G is gone, and we have the Core Duo T60's, which at the high end are as close to true desktop replacement as the industry has ever been.

 

[fbrdphreak]

The G's are gone? 🙁 *sniff* Oh, oh, almost got a tear out :evil:

 

[ND40oz]

Originally posted by: Trippytiger
Sounds like the closest equivalent today would be the T**p series. That's really the only true high-performance range of Thinkpads right now, although the high-end Z60m laptops come close.

I have a T60 core duo, I can't wait for the Titanium Z60m Core Duo or whatever they're going to call it. The Titanium Z60m I used to have (coworker has it now) kicked ass, best screen I've used on "Business" class notebook, sturdy, good ATI video card and decent battery life. Plus it ran Server 2005 R2 like a champ, portable reimaging station for Thin Clients.