IBM ThinkPad 560

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	Thin, No Compromise ThinkPad 560 (1997)on YouTube(46 seconds)

Manufacturer	IBM
Introduced	1996
Discontinued	1999

TheIBM ThinkPad 560is a notebook series from theThinkPadline byIBM.^[1]^[2]^[3]It has been argued that the ThinkPad 560 was the firstultraportablenotebook.^[4]

Models

	560	560E	560X	560Z
CPU	Pentium100, 120, 133MHz	Pentium 150, 166MHz	Pentium 200, 233MHzMMX	Pentium IIMobile 233, 300MHz
HDD	2.1GB	2.1 GB	2.1-4.0 GB	4.0-6.4 GB
RAM	8MB,max. 40 MB 60ns,non-parity,3.3 volt, 144-pinEDO	16 MB, max. 80 MB 70 ns, non-parity, 3.3 volt, 144-pin EDO	32 MB, max. 96 MB 60 ns, non-parity, 3.3 volt, 144-pin EDO	32 MB, max. 96 MB /64 MB, max. 128 MB 60 ns, non-parity, 3.3 volt, 144-pin EDO
Graphics	TridentCyber9382, 1 MB RAM,PCI		NeoMagicMagicGraph128XD, 2 MB RAM, PCI
Display	11.3 "Dual Scan SVGA256 colors /12.1 "TFTSVGA 64k colors	11.3 "Dual Scan SVGA 64k colors /12.1" TFT SVGA 64k colors	12.1 "HPASVGA 232k colors /12.1 "TFT SVGA 262k colors	12.1 "TFT SVGA 16 million colors
Audio 16Bit	ESS1688		CS4237B
Dimensions	297 x 222 x 31 mm
Weight	1.86 - 1.87 kg		1.9 kg	1.88 - 1.89 kg

Reception

The laptop won theiF Product Design Awardin 1997 for the product discipline.^[5]A review byZDNetconsidered the ThinkPad 560X a good desktop replacement if it was combined with aport replicator.^[6]

References

^Venezia, Carol (16 December 1997)."The X Factor".PC Mag.
^Tweney, Dylan (July 1996)."Bright, thin, and light, ThinkPad 560 is a real notebook".InfoWorld.
^Manest, Stephen(June 11, 1996)."IBM's Thinkpad 560: A Laptop With Few Compromises".The New York Times.Retrieved2023-03-24.
^June 2017, Kevin Lee 21 (21 June 2017)."Looking back at the 25 year history of ThinkPad".TechRadar.Retrieved2021-06-05.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^"IBM ThinkPad 560".International Forum Design.Archived fromthe originalon 2021-01-20.Retrieved2021-05-13.
^Dvorak, John (1998-01-05)."All hail ThinkPad 560X".ZDNet.Retrieved2021-05-13.

External links

"IBM PC ThinkPad 560".IBM.1996. Archived fromthe originalon 1996-12-19.Retrieved2023-03-24.

Thinkwiki.de - 560

[1] Venezia, Carol (16 December 1997)."The X Factor".PC Mag.

[2] Tweney, Dylan (July 1996)."Bright, thin, and light, ThinkPad 560 is a real notebook".InfoWorld.

[3] Manest, Stephen(June 11, 1996)."IBM's Thinkpad 560: A Laptop With Few Compromises".The New York Times.Retrieved2023-03-24.

[4] June 2017, Kevin Lee 21 (21 June 2017)."Looking back at the 25 year history of ThinkPad".TechRadar.Retrieved2021-06-05.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[5] "IBM ThinkPad 560".International Forum Design.Archived fromthe originalon 2021-01-20.Retrieved2021-05-13.

[6] Dvorak, John (1998-01-05)."All hail ThinkPad 560X".ZDNet.Retrieved2021-05-13.

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