Lenovo's design chief wants to build this retro-classic ThinkPad

Lenovo design VP David Hill has a dream: a dream of blue enter keys, seven-row keyboards, and status LEDs. In other words, he wants to bring classic ThinkPad design DNA back from the era of IBM and into the present day. In a blog post on Lenovo's site, Hill says he's been "exploring the idea of introducing a very unique ThinkPad model" that "embodies all the latest technology advances, however embraces the original design details in the strongest way possible."

Hill refers to the concept as "retro ThinkPad," and here's what it might look like:


You can see vintage notes like the multicolored ThinkPad wordmark that evokes IBM's classic logo, or the keyboard layout with a gap at the top for dedicated volume keys. Hill likens...

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