ThinkPad 750
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The IBM ThinkPad 750 is a series of notebook computers from the ThinkPad series manufactured by IBM.
Features
The 750 series included support for Cellular digital packet data.{{cite magazine|last1=Messmer |first1=Ellen |title=IBM ThinkPads go CDPD |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9 |page=9 |magazine=Network World |volume=10 |issue=37 |date=13 September 1993 }} They also included the pop-up keyboard.{{cite magazine|title=IBM's ThinkPad 750C: A Good Thing in a Lighter Package|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NGX-Fo9YqzcC&pg=PA37 |page=37 |last1=Grimes |first1=Brad |magazine=PC Magazine |volume=12 |issue=19 |date=9 November 1993 }} The RAM could be expanded with an IC DRAM Card that contained ICs from Hitachi.{{Cite journal|last1=Martignano|first1=M.|last2=Harboe-Sorensen|first2=R.|date=December 1995|title=IBM Thinkpad radiation testing and recovery during EUROMIR missions|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/489246|journal=IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science|volume=42|issue=6|pages=2004–2009|doi=10.1109/23.489246|bibcode=1995ITNS...42.2004M }}
Models
- 750
- 750C
- 750Cs
- 750P
- 750Ce
= Comparison =
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!Model !Introduction Date !Withdrawal Date !Base Price !Screen Options !CPU Options !Memory (std - max) !Video Controller !Audio Controller ! colspan="2" |Hard Drive Options !Misc Info |
| 750
|Sep 1993 | rowspan="5" |Sep 1994 |$3,199 |DSTN 9.5" VGA 640x480 Mono | rowspan="5" |80486 SL - 33 MHz 8 KB cache | rowspan="5" |4 - 20 MB 70 ns | rowspan="5" |Western Digital WD90C24 1 MB DRAM | rowspan="5" |Cirrus CS4248 | rowspan="5" |170 MB | rowspan="5" |340 MB |2.88 MB FDD Data/Fax Modem Ni-HM Battery (5.3 hr) |
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| 750Cs
|Nov 1993 |$2,599 |DSTN 9.5" VGA 640x480 Color |2.88 MB FDD Data/Fax Modem Ni-HM Battery (3.5 hr) |
| 750C
| rowspan="2" |Sep 1993 |$4,699 |TFT 10.4" VGA 640x480 Color |2.88 MB FDD Data/Fax Modem Ni-HM Battery (3.4 hr) |
| 750P
|$2,599 |DSTN 9.5" VGA 640x480 Mono |Pen enabled display 2.88 MB FDD Data/Fax Modem Ni-HM Battery (5.1 hr) |
| 750Ce
| Feb 1994 |Unknown |TFT 10.4" VGA 640x480 Color |Limited-edition, "special-bid" (by request only) model with faster, VLB-compatible GPU{{cite journal | last=Corcoran | first=Cate | date=February 7, 1994 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6DoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA99 | title=IBM slips rare ThinkPad 750C to favored few | journal=InfoWorld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=16 | issue=6 | pages=1, 99 | via=Google Books}} 2.88 MB FDD Data/Fax Modem Ni-HM Battery (5.1 hr) |
Reception
A review of the 750C by the Los Angeles Times noted the excellent screen and the keyboard that be lifted up. It also noted the high price.{{Cite web|last=J. Magid|first=Lawrence|author-link=Larry Magid|date=1993-09-16|title=Finally, an IBM That's Worth Craving|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-16-fi-35811-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507122857/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-16-fi-35811-story.html|archive-date=7 May 2021|access-date=2021-05-07|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=2165-1736}}
References
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External links
- [https://thinkwiki.de/750 Thinkwiki.de - 750]
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Category:Computer-related introductions in 1993
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