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The name "ThinkPad" was inspired by IBM's pad. Every employee of IBM or anyone who goes to the IBM training center for training will get a pad with the motto "THINK" printed on it.
ThinkPad design was inspired by traditional lunch boxes, and the original design work of ThinkPad was undertaken by IBM's Daiwa Design Center in Japan. ThinkPad's pure black appearance is inspired by a traditional Japanese lacquered lunch box: Shokado bento, which is all black and is often used for lunch.
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After Lenovo's comprehensive promotion, the sales volume decline that many people expected did not appear. ThinkPad is still the first choice brand for mainstream business, and because Lenovo has adopted new sales ideas, it has made the original ThinkPad notebook computer cheaper, which makes it closer to the sales price of ordinary notebooks.
This has promoted the further increase of ThinkPad sales, especially in the China market. The sales of ThinkPad are increasing month by month. In 26, the plan is to ship 95, ThinkPad laptops, but we should know that ThinkPad laptops only reached 1 million on March 16th, 25.
That is to say, after Lenovo took over the ThinkPad, Intel officially released the Core 2 notebook processor, and after Lenovo released the updated notebooks Z61, T6 and X6 (including R6) simultaneously, Lenovo's trademark finally appeared on the ThinkPad notebook, which is consistent with Lenovo's strategic steps: first suppress and then promote.
the right to use IBM's trademark is only five years. If Lenovo has not put its trademark in a conspicuous position, it will be a very big problem for Lenovo once IBM's trademark cannot be used. So with the opportunity of Intel's new processor, Lenovo started the action of labeling Lenovo trademark on ThinkPad notebook.
At this point, it can be said that Lenovo's absolute control position in ThinkPad has gradually emerged, and IBM's influence will gradually weaken, leaving only the ThinkPad brand.
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