Remove one of the outer TrackPoint buttons from the keyboard. Could be unstuck by mashing the middle button a few times.įix: (instructions for the middle button, but a similar process should work for the outside buttons as well) Symptoms: scrolling with the TrackPoint would occasionally get "stuck" even after releasing the middle button moving the TrackPoint would continue to scroll instead of moving the mouse. The process described below should work for any ThinkPads with the same keyboard as the T42. Posting this in case it ever becomes useful to anyone. How the ThinkPad Changed the World and Is Shaping the Future. And the Lenovo team has played a major role in helping the mobile computing industry grow exponentially over that last few decades.įor those interested in the history of the ThinkPad, I recommend Mr. Watching the overall growth of the mobile computing market, especially the birth and evolution of the ThinkPad, has given me a deeper appreciation for the men and women who worked so hard to make portable computing the largest PC market today. Although many key players inside Lenovo had a significant impact on ThinkPad's growth, its most considerable thrust and success came under the leadership of Dilip Bhatia, Vice President of Global Marketing, User and Customer Experience, and former Vice President and General Manager of ThinkPad.Ī great example of their innovative design and thinking comes with their new line of foldable ThinkPads called the ThinkPad X1 Fold.Īlthough foldable technology is still in its infancy, Lenovo's willingness to blaze new trails with new and innovative designs has been the trademark of Lenovo's design teams since they first introduced the line of ThinkPads in 1992. Today, Lenovo has sold over 200 million ThinkPads, and the company continues to innovate around the ThinkPad design to improve it. However, the ThinkPad's growth under Lenovo's leadership has been remarkable. Still, from its introduction to when Lenovo bought IBM's PC business in 2005, they had only sold 25 million ThinkPads. Under IBM's leadership, the ThinkPad became one of the best-selling laptops in the enterprise. A visual history of ThinkPad's design Lenovo
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