Searching for old Thinkpads is a royal pain now.

[Thinkpad4by3]

Lenovo has used so many of IBMs old numbers it is becoming a pain to search for them.

Lenovo's victims:
220(JP)
230(JP)
240(Most annoying w/ 240X)
300
330(JP)
380
500
560
570
700
P70(not an Thinkpad but still makes the cut)

Ugh. Wouldn't be the worst thing lenovo ruined.

[dr_st]

Yeah, they really should have asked your permission on this.

[Ibthink]

At least the ThinkPad 600 seems kinda safe, I doubt Lenovo will release a 16" ThinkPad.

[Thinkpad4by3]

Yeah, they really should have asked your permission on this.

What were they thinking for not asking me?? In all seriousness, this isn't a BIG deal, just something I wanted to point out. I mostly use "IBM -lenovo" in my searches to get what I want.

[TPFanatic]

At least the ThinkPad 600 seems kinda safe, I doubt Lenovo will release a 16" ThinkPad.

Wait till 600th anniversary.

[danikayser84]

On eBay searches I usually do stuff like "(ibm,lenovo,thinkpad) (t20,t21,t22,t23,2647,2648)" (no quotes) because sometimes pre-T6x machines may be erroneously listed as "Lenovo" instead of IBM as well and sometimes may not even include "ThinkPad"... also may be helpful to include MTMs in your search (for instance, T2x is also 2647 and 2648 as found on the bottom label)

I did get a cheap T23 that way once because it was listed under I believe "IBM Thinkpad 2647" instead of T23, and also a PowerBook 1400c because it was listed as M3571 instead of "1400c"

[madicetea]

Lenovo has used so many of IBMs old numbers it is becoming a pain to search for them.

Lenovo's victims:
220(JP)
230(JP)
240(Most annoying w/ 240X)
300
330(JP)
380
500
560
570
700
P70(not an Thinkpad but still makes the cut)

Ugh. Wouldn't be the worst thing lenovo ruined.

One of the easiest things for me to do is to simply look through all entries, but it is a good thing I'm not on social media as often anymore - I've shifted how I use those few hours now ^_\

[madicetea]

"Lenovo has used so many of IBMs old numbers it is becoming a pain to search for them.
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It's not a very large file, but my eyes can't see things that small anymore.

Is that this picture? [https://i.imgur.com/ZjNdzHJ.jpg]

[Thinkpad4by3]

Yes it is but the capion is first world problems.

[madicetea]

Yes it is but the capion is first world problems.

Ah thank you very much. Indeed, we are complaining about things that many don't have the luxury to complain about

[Unknown_K]

The bigger problem is the supply of old laptops on ebay seems to have dried up compared to 5 years ago.

[Thinkpad4by3]

That is quite true too.

[madicetea]

The bigger problem is the supply of old laptops on ebay seems to have dried up compared to 5 years ago.

While true, many forum members still list in the Marketplace section of this forum. Perhaps you will still find some of the older builds listed there.

[RealBlackStuff]

The bigger problem is the supply of old laptops on ebay seems to have dried up compared to 5 years ago.

From your signature it looks like you are missing a few.
I can help you with some that are getting rare:
- X41T (tablet)
- X301
- R400

[zephray]

Though lenovo didn't made something like W710 or W730, 710T and 730TE are almost impossible to find now.

[Unknown_K]

The bigger problem is the supply of old laptops on ebay seems to have dried up compared to 5 years ago.

From your signature it looks like you are missing a few.
I can help you with some that are getting rare:
- X41T (tablet)
- X301
- R400

Thanks, will let you know.

I bounce around between collecting old laptops, PCs, 68k/PPC Macs, and 8 bit home computers among other things.