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The Original IBM ThinkPad | A Continuous Lean.

This is the notepad (the pencil and paper kind) that in the late 80s / early 90s inspired an IBM researcher to name the company’s new mobile computer the ThinkPad. To me, the IBM ThinkPad was the classic laptop computer to have. At least that was the case until I went full time Apple and the Chinese got a hold of the brand. At any rate, it is interesting to see the little promotional give-away that inspired a massive brand.

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IBM Think - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Think is a motto coined by Thomas J. Watson while managing the sales and advertising departments at the National Cash Register Company, saying “Thought has been the father of every advance since time began. ‘I didn’t think’ has cost the world millions of dollars.” In 1914 he brought the motto with him to CTR, which later became IBM.