The Death of ThinkPad: When Corporate Greed Murdered a Legend
There’s a special kind of heartbreak that comes with watching something you love get slowly destroyed by corporate bean counters. It’s like watching your favorite local restaurant get bought by a chain and gradually lose everything that made it special – the quirky menu, the personal touch, the soul. That’s exactly what happened to ThinkPad, and I’m still not over it. For those of us who lived through the golden age of computing, ThinkPad wasn’t just a laptop brand – it was a statement. It said “I’m serious about my work, I value function over form, and I don’t need a glowing logo to feel validated.” These machines were built like tanks, typed like dreams, and lasted longer than most marriages. ...