"Closed, it looks pretty much like any other laptop manufactured in 1995. To be sure, it's more compact than most-making it, in the parlance of the day, a subnotebook. But it's still comically thick, standing almost as tall as four MacBook Airs stacked on each other."
"Thirty-five of the laptop's keys glide out to the left in a cluster. Another 49 swivel downward and to the right. By the time you've raised the screen into place, those 84 keys have assembled themselves into a keyboard that's 11.5" wide-even though the laptop's case is only 9.7" wide."
"The result is the holiest of 1990s computing holy grails: comfy, no-compromises typing on a laptop that is-again, by the standards of three decades ago-highly portable."
"Most amazing tech products don't stay amazing forever. "Amazing-for its time" is generally as good as it gets. But I don't hesitate to describe the ThinkPad 701 as amazing, full stop."
The IBM ThinkPad 701, notable for its innovative expanding keyboard, appears as a typical 1995 laptop when closed but reveals an impressive design when opened. This unique laptop features 84 keys that extend to create a comfortable typing experience despite its compact size. Although considered bulky by today's standards, the ThinkPad 701 was a remarkable feat of engineering for its time, showcasing advanced technology that successfully combined form and function.
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