<s>
The	O
IBM	B-Device
ThinkPad	I-Device
365	I-Device
is	O
a	O
notebook	O
computer	O
series	O
developed	O
by	O
IBM	O
and	O
manufactured	O
by	O
ASE	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
November	O
1995	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
successor	O
of	O
the	O
ThinkPad	B-Device
360	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
had	O
8	O
models	O
that	O
were	O
released	O
before	O
being	O
discontinued	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
succeeded	O
in	O
1997	O
by	O
the	O
ThinkPad	B-Device
380	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
IBM	O
chose	O
to	O
go	O
with	O
a	O
cheaper	O
processor	O
,	O
choosing	O
the	O
Cyrix	B-Device
486DX4	I-Device
for	O
the	O
initial	O
series	O
offerings	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
less	O
than	O
$100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
believed	O
earlier	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
that	O
the	O
series	O
would	O
use	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
DX4	I-Device
,	O
but	O
this	O
was	O
not	O
the	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
P54C	I-General_Concept
based	O
systems	O
would	O
be	O
made	O
later	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
become	O
the	O
X/XD	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
7	O
of	O
1995	O
,	O
the	O
365	O
series	O
was	O
announced	O
with	O
the	O
365CS	O
,	O
C	O
,	O
CSD	O
,	O
and	O
CD	B-Device
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
base	O
model	O
365CS	O
had	O
a	O
$	O
1,999	O
price	O
tag	O
and	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
10.4	O
"	O
passive	O
matrix	O
(	O
DSTN	B-Application
)	O
display	O
,	O
75MHz	O
DX4	B-Device
processor	O
,	O
8	O
MB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
Sound-Blaster	B-Application
compatible	O
audio	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
540	O
MB	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
365C	O
was	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
CS	O
except	O
it	O
had	O
an	O
active	O
matrix	O
(	O
TFT	B-Device
)	O
display	O
,	O
which	O
offered	O
better	O
quality	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
$	O
2,200	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
365CSD	O
and	O
CD	B-Device
offered	O
a	O
2x	O
speed	O
CD-ROM	O
drive	O
and	O
the	O
CD	B-Device
had	O
a	O
TFT	B-Device
while	O
the	O
CSD	O
had	O
a	O
DSTN	B-Application
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
would	O
also	O
demonstrate	O
the	O
365C/CD	O
at	O
the	O
Fall	O
Comdex	O
show	O
in	O
November	O
1995	O
against	O
many	O
competitors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
same	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
models	O
but	O
offer	O
a	O
100MHz	O
Cyrix	B-Device
5x86	I-Device
processor	O
and	O
the	O
ED	O
would	O
be	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
4x	O
speed	O
CD-ROM	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
would	O
have	O
a	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
P54C	I-General_Concept
100	O
or	O
120MHz	O
processor	O
,	O
up	O
to	O
1.08	O
GB	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
,	O
and	O
EDO	O
memory	O
with	O
a	O
maximum	O
capacity	O
of	O
40	O
MB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
365X	O
would	O
also	O
be	O
available	O
with	O
a	O
bigger	O
11.3	O
"	O
DSTN	B-Application
display	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
365XD	O
would	O
have	O
a	O
4x	O
CD-ROM	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Availability	O
was	O
planned	O
for	O
May	O
31	O
,	O
1996	O
,	O
with	O
11.3	O
"	O
DSTN	B-Application
models	O
coming	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
365X	O
with	O
a	O
10.4	O
"	O
TFT	B-Device
would	O
cost	O
$	O
2,899	O
and	O
the	O
365XD	O
with	O
a	O
10.4	O
"	O
DSTN	B-Application
would	O
be	O
$	O
2,799	O
upon	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
365	O
model	O
coming	O
out	O
next	O
month	O
with	O
a	O
120MHz	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
I	I-General_Concept
and	O
1	O
GB	O
Hard	B-Device
Drive	I-Device
would	O
cost	O
less	O
than	O
$	O
2,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
ThinkPad	O
365X	O
with	O
a	O
120MHz	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
I	I-General_Concept
,	O
8	O
MB	O
memory	O
,	O
1GB	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
,	O
and	O
10.4in	O
TFT	B-Device
display	I-Device
cost	O
$	O
1,862	O
versus	O
$	O
4,734	O
for	O
a	O
760EL	O
with	O
a	O
133MHz	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
I	I-General_Concept
,	O
16	O
MB	O
memory	O
,	O
2.1	O
GB	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
,	O
and	O
12.1in	O
TFT	B-Device
display	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Now	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
ThinkPad	B-Device
365	I-Device
line	O
,	O
IBM	O
has	O
an	O
extremely	O
credible	O
offering	O
that	O
should	O
be	O
very	O
popular	O
among	O
average	O
business	O
users.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ThinkPad	B-Device
365	I-Device
is	O
well-designed	O
and	O
attractive.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
benchmark	O
testing	O
the	O
365CD	O
scored	O
a	O
16	O
on	O
Winstone	O
96	O
and	O
a	O
69	O
on	O
CPUmark32	O
,	O
falling	O
behind	O
a	O
Gateway	O
Solo	O
2000	O
w/90MHz	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
which	O
scored	O
25	O
and	O
163	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Praise	O
was	O
given	O
to	O
its	O
low	O
cost	O
over	O
competitors	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
said	O
to	O
have	O
"	O
486	O
performance	O
"	O
and	O
given	O
negativity	O
for	O
having	O
a	O
non-removable	O
2x	O
CD-ROM	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
keyboard	O
was	O
regarded	O
as	O
exceptional	O
,	O
battery	O
life	O
was	O
"	O
above-average	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
bundled	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
SmartSuite	I-Operating_System
96	I-Operating_System
were	O
pros	O
given	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
negatives	O
was	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
wrist	O
rest	O
&	O
sound	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
small	O
capacity	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
CS/C/CSD/CD	O
all	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
Cyrix	O
Cx486DX4	O
running	O
at	O
75	O
MHz	O
which	O
had	O
a	O
integrated	O
math	O
co-processor	O
and	O
8	O
KB	O
of	O
L1	O
cache	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
8	O
MB	O
of	O
standard	O
RAM	B-Architecture
was	O
included	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
up-gradable	O
to	O
24	O
MB	O
maximum	O
with	O
an	O
72-pin	O
SIMM	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CS/CSD	O
had	O
a	O
10.4	O
"	O
DSTN	B-Application
display	O
that	O
supported	O
256	O
colors	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
C/CD	O
had	O
a	O
10.4	O
"	O
TFT	B-Device
display	I-Device
that	O
supported	O
262,144	O
colors	O
,	O
and	O
both	O
had	O
640x480	O
max	O
resolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
340	O
MB	O
or	O
540	O
MB	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
was	O
available	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
could	O
also	O
be	O
easily	O
upgraded	O
,	O
having	O
a	O
standard	O
EIDE	O
connector	O
on	O
the	O
motherboard	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
proprietary	O
connector	O
the	O
previous	O
360	O
series	O
had	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
CS/C	O
a	O
1.44	O
MB	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
was	O
installed	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
CSD/CD	O
had	O
a	O
2x	O
CD-ROM	O
drive	O
with	O
an	O
external	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
input	O
a	O
full-size	O
ALPS	O
switch	O
keyboard	O
with	O
8	O
function	O
keys	O
was	O
standard	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
TrackPoint	B-Device
III	I-Device
pointing	B-Device
stick	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
4	O
models	O
had	O
2	O
PCMCIA	B-Architecture
2.1	O
slots	O
,	O
a	O
port	B-Device
replicator	I-Device
connector	O
,	O
a	O
serial	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
parallel	B-Device
,	O
VGA	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
infrared	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
the	O
CSD/CD	O
supported	O
sound	O
with	O
a	O
3.5mm	O
in/out/microphone	O
and	O
midi	O
port	O
controlled	O
by	O
a	O
ESS	O
Technology	O
ES1688	O
audio	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
Operating	B-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
IBM	B-Operating_System
DOS	I-Operating_System
7.0	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Application
3.11	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
and	O
OS/2	O
Warp	O
3.0	O
could	O
be	O
preinstalled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
software	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
included	O
was	O
IBM	O
PC	B-Architecture
Card	I-Architecture
Director	O
1.4	O
,	O
IBM	O
ThinkPad	O
Demo	O
,	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
suite	I-Operating_System
,	O
PRODIGY	O
,	O
Sofnet	O
,	O
Video	B-Device
for	I-Device
Windows	I-Device
,	O
Puma	O
TranXit	O
,	O
Compuserv	O
,	O
NetFinity	B-Application
,	O
and	O
various	O
ThinkPad	O
software	O
like	O
Diskette	B-Device
factory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
365E/ED	O
were	O
slightly	O
upgraded	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
4	O
models	O
with	O
a	O
Cyrix	O
5x86c	B-Device
100	O
MHz	O
processor	O
with	O
16	O
KB	O
of	O
L1	O
cache	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
than	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
E/ED	O
were	O
the	O
same	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
models	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
ED	O
only	O
offering	O
a	O
4x	O
CD-ROM	O
drive	O
over	O
the	O
original	O
2X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
had	O
a	O
10.4	O
"	O
DSTN	B-Application
with	O
640x480	O
resolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
was	O
preinstalled	O
along	O
with	O
NetFinity	B-Application
,	O
CompuServ	O
,	O
Puma	O
TranXit	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
utility	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
processor	O
was	O
switched	O
to	O
a	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
Pentium	I-General_Concept
P54C	O
running	O
at	O
a	O
base	O
speed	O
of	O
100	O
MHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RAM	B-Architecture
type	O
was	O
changed	O
from	O
fast	O
page	O
to	O
EDO	O
with	O
a	O
maximum	O
size	O
of	O
40	O
MB	O
with	O
a	O
144-pin	O
SIMM	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bus	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
PCI	B-Protocol
from	O
VL	O
,	O
which	O
offered	O
more	O
bandwidth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
size	O
was	O
increased	O
from	O
540	O
MB	O
up	O
to	O
1.35	O
GB	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
was	O
changed	O
from	O
a	O
Phoenix	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
to	O
an	O
IBM-made	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
10.4	O
"	O
DSTN	B-Application
or	O
TFT	B-Device
display	I-Device
was	O
available	O
or	O
an	O
11.3	O
"	O
DSTN	B-Application
for	O
the	O
XD	O
,	O
and	O
all	O
supported	O
800x600	B-General_Concept
resolution	I-General_Concept
with	O
a	O
Trident	O
Cyber9320	O
video	O
controller	O
that	O
has	O
1	O
MB	O
of	O
DRAM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
X/XD	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
1996	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
only	O
difference	O
of	O
a	O
120	O
to	O
133	O
MHz	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
11.3	O
"	O
TFT	B-Device
display	I-Device
option	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
XD	O
had	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
OSR2	O
as	O
an	O
additional	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
user	O
wanted	O
to	O
upgrade	O
their	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
past	O
the	O
maximum	O
capacity	O
option	O
of	O
2.01	O
GB	O
,	O
the	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
had	O
a	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
capacity	I-Device
limitation	O
of	O
8.9	O
GB	O
because	O
of	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
INT	B-Device
13H	I-Device
.	O
</s>
