The IBM PS/2 Note and PS/note are a series of notebooks from the PS/2 line by IBM . It was announced in March 1992, half a year prior to the release of the first ThinkPad , the IBM ThinkPad 700 . The series was discontinued in 1994.
5-534: After the departure of Bob Lawten from IBM, the team at IBM had little development direction after the IBM PS/2 L40 SX . James Cannavino pushed for the new notebook series, which fell behind schedule. The N45 SL, N51 SX and N51 SLC were announced on the same day as the IBM PS/2 (color laptop) CL57 SX . During this time there was a distinction between notebooks and laptops , where the former are A4 sized and
10-460: A 1.44MB floppy, expansion ports and a 40MB or 80MB HDD, and weighs 5.5 lb (2.5 kg). The PS/2 Model N51 SX (or PS/2 Note N51 SX ) was a low-end mainstream notebook, which contained a slower version of the typical 386SX found in other notebooks. The N51 SX was delayed for months. The PS/2 Model N51 SLC (or PS/2 Note N51 SLC ) was based on IBM their 368SLC . This model has a PS/55 note sibling. Entry-level line. The PS/note N45 SL
15-633: The latter are larger. The notebooks were modeled after the PS/55 Note which was released by IBM in Japan in April 1991. Mainstream line with 7-row layout only. The PS/2 Model N33 SX (also known as PS/2 note N33 SX ) was the first notebook-sized computer from IBM which was announced in 1991. This model was based on the AT-bus and had between 2 or 6MB RAM. It has a 9.5" 16-greyscale VGA LCD (640x480),
20-582: Was equipped with 80386SL CPU, PS/note N82 was equipped with 80386SX and released in 1992. This line has a 7-row keyboard layout and similar to next-year PS/note 425 model case (but with gray case color and without TrackPoint ). The PS/note 425/425C are identical to the ThinkPad 350/350C . In March 1994, it was reported that IBM would consolidate the PS/note series into the ThinkPad 300 series. In 1994,
25-402: Was priced at $ 2,045 and contains a 25MHz 386SL . It had 2MB RAM and a 80 or 120MB HDD and was equipped with only 6-row keyboard without dedicated navigation block, the similar layout as a low-end ThinkPad 300 laptop. PC Mag considered the display a disappointment, but noted its good design and performance. It was manufactured by Zenith Data Systems . The PS/note 182 and PS/note E82
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