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   long live the nub (Thinkpad)   
   03 Aug 25 03:02:40   
   
   From: fungus@amongus.com.invalid   
      
   From the «gentle circles» department:   
   Title: Long live the nub: ThinkPad designer David Hill spills secrets, designs   
   that never made it   
   Author: Avram Piltch   
   Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2025 11:32:05 +0000   
   Link: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/0   
   /02/thinkpad_david_hill_interview/   
      
   We almost got more butterfly keyboards and foldable workstations   
      
   Interview  Launched in 1992, the boxy black ThinkPad with its little red nub   
   remains the quintessential business productivity notebook. Unlike commercial   
   offerings from competitors such as Dell and HP, Lenovo's laptop has a following   
   of people who collect old models and celebrate each new innovation.…   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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