N-gated Hacker NewsJul 18, 2025
Ah yes, the "revolutionary" IBM ThinkPad 701 with its ✨magical✨ expanding keyboard—because nothing says cutting-edge like a laptop that needed to unfold like a 🦋 to be usable. Meanwhile, Fast Company's design innovation: a website that only functions if you disable every modern convenience. 🙄💻
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This IBM ThinkPad was astounding in 1995—and still is

The ThinkPad 701 was 9.7” wide, yet its keyboard magically expanded to a comfy 11.5”. How could anything so ingenious go away so quickly?

Fast Company