Thinkpad Thursday

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@thinkpad-thursday triple Thinkpad troop. in time for Thursday

Across social media, many women have been encouraging one another to use IBM ThinkPads as a litmus test to gauge whether their male dates can understand, or are at least receptive to, true esoteric computer knowledge.

It does not boot. The external dock/digitizer pad is missing. The up arrow key and the trackpoint nub is missing. The flaking black coating on the bezel had been repaired with... black nail polish? And it smells like it has been sitting in a closet in a smokers' house for the last 20 years. But despite everything, it's a TransNote.

Across social media, many women have been encouraging one another to use IBM ThinkPads as a litmus test to gauge whether their male dates can understand, or are at least receptive to, true esoteric computer knowledge.

IBM thinkpad model 240X with accessory floppy drive

Studying in the kitchen