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    Best 1990s Thinkpad.

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by XX55XX, Dec 27, 2011.

  1. XX55XX

    XX55XX Notebook Evangelist

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    I remember my father buying me a used Thinkpad i-Series (forget the model number) back in 2000, and that was my very first computer ever. I was 9 at the time. I don't have it anymore, but that is the only Thinkpad from the 1990s I have ever used.

    How about you guys? What is the best 1990s Thinkpad you have ever used?
     
    XX55XX, Dec 27, 2011
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  2. csclifford

    csclifford Notebook Evangelist

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    The only thinkpad laptop I've used even close to that age was I believe a T20 that either came out in 1999 or 2000? I'm not entirely sure as I was like 8 at the time but that was our first family laptop haha.
     
    csclifford, Dec 28, 2011
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  3. ThinkRob

    ThinkRob Notebook Deity

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    Apart from the lousy batteries, I'd say the 600 series.
     
    ThinkRob, Dec 30, 2011
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  4. schiesz

    schiesz Notebook Consultant

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    My first real laptop was a 600. Followed by a 600X. At the time my co-workers used 770's which were (seemed) about 3x as thick and UGLY. The 600 series was a lean mean machine.

    I also used a 240x for a little while, which caused me to fall in love with the mini thinkpads. I wanted one to get another 240 for a long time, long after they were actually a usable machine. My current Edge 120 is the closest i've been to getting a tiny little machine like the old 240.
     
    schiesz, Dec 31, 2011
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  5. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Does IBM Transnote count as 1990's? 701C...or the old T20 I had..
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Dec 31, 2011
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  6. LegendaryKA8

    LegendaryKA8 Nutty ThinkPad Guy

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    The T2X machines(I still have mine) are tanks. They'll likely survive a zombie apocalypse intact, they're that insanely tough.

    If you want to go more -vintage-, I had a 770Z that I flat-out loved. Not as powerful as the T21 I have, but it was a solid system that gave me many hours of reliable computing happiness. :)
     
    LegendaryKA8, Jan 1, 2012
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