IBM ThinkPad 560

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

Manufacturer	IBM
Release date	1996
Discontinued	1999
Website	pc.ibm.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 1996-11-21)

The IBM ThinkPad 560 is a notebook series from the ThinkPad line by IBM.^[1]^[2]^[3] It has been argued that the ThinkPad 560 was the first ultraportable notebook.^[4]

Models

	560	560E	560X	560Z
CPU	Pentium 100, 120, 133MHz	Pentium 150, 166MHz	Pentium 200, 233MHz MMX	Pentium II Mobile 233, 300MHz
HDD	2.1 GB	2.1 GB	2.1-4.0 GB	4.0-6.4 GB
RAM	8 MB, max. 40 MB 60 ns, non-parity, 3.3 volt, 144-pin EDO	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	Trident Cyber9382, 1 MB RAM, PCI		NeoMagic MagicGraph128XD, 2 MB RAM, PCI
Display	11.3" Dual Scan SVGA 256 colors /12.1" TFT SVGA 64k colors	11.3" Dual Scan SVGA 64k colors /12.1" TFT SVGA 64k colors	12.1" HPA SVGA 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 the iF Product Design Award in 1997 for the product discipline.^[5] A review by ZDNet considered the ThinkPad 560X a good desktop replacement if it was combined with a port 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. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
^ June 2017, Kevin Lee 21 (21 June 2017). "Looking back at the 25 year history of ThinkPad". TechRadar. Retrieved 2021-06-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "IBM ThinkPad 560". International Forum Design. Archived from the original on 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
^ Dvorak, John (1998-01-05). "All hail ThinkPad 560X". ZDNet. Retrieved 2021-05-13.

External links

Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 1996-11-21)
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. Retrieved 2023-03-24.

[4] June 2017, Kevin Lee 21 (21 June 2017). "Looking back at the 25 year history of ThinkPad". TechRadar. Retrieved 2021-06-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[5] "IBM ThinkPad 560". International Forum Design. Archived from the original on 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2021-05-13.

[6] Dvorak, John (1998-01-05). "All hail ThinkPad 560X". ZDNet. Retrieved 2021-05-13.

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