IBM Extends ThinkPad Brand With Its First Notebook PCs for Consumers

Business Wire, Oct 13, 1998

The IBM ThinkPad i Series will be available in November at retailers, computer superstores and mail order companies or can be purchased from the ThinkPad i Series Web site. For more information, visit http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/thinkpad/iseries or call 800-426-7255.

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