<s>
The	O
IBM	B-Device
ThinkPad	I-Device
700	I-Device
(	O
also	O
named	O
model	O
700	O
PS/2	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
notebook	B-Device
computer	I-Device
for	O
the	O
ThinkPad	B-Operating_System
brand	O
that	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
IBM	O
on	O
October	O
5	O
,	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
series	O
was	O
released	O
alongside	O
it	O
,	O
the	O
ThinkPad	B-Operating_System
300	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
L40SX	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
design	O
issues	O
with	O
the	O
L40SX	B-Device
,	O
the	O
next	O
iteration	O
of	O
IBM	O
laptops	B-Device
were	O
going	O
to	O
involve	O
industrial	O
designer	O
Richard	O
Sapper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Richard	O
designed	O
the	O
ThinkPad	B-Device
700	I-Device
,	O
being	O
inspired	O
from	O
a	O
rectangular	O
cigar	O
box	O
,	O
and	O
kept	O
it	O
simplistic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
ThinkPads	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
700	O
and	O
700C	O
,	O
were	O
launched	O
on	O
October	O
5	O
,	O
1992	O
,	O
alongside	O
the	O
300	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ThinkPad	B-Device
700C	I-Device
uses	O
a	O
color	O
screen	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
joint	O
venture	O
Display	O
Technologies	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
largest	O
active	O
matrix	O
display	O
in	O
a	O
laptop	B-Device
when	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
President	O
George	O
H	O
.	O
W	O
.	O
Bush	O
wanted	O
to	O
buy	O
a	O
ThinkPad	B-Device
700C	I-Device
as	O
a	O
Christmas	O
present	O
for	O
his	O
wife	O
Barbara	O
Bush	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akers	O
reached	O
out	O
to	O
the	O
general	O
manager	O
of	O
IBM	O
's	O
PC	O
division	O
Jim	O
Cannavino	O
,	O
who	O
took	O
the	O
next	O
ThinkPad	B-Operating_System
from	O
the	O
assembly	O
line	O
and	O
shipped	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
White	B-Application
House	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
700	O
and	O
700C	O
were	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
25MHz	O
IBM	B-Device
486SLC	I-Device
processor	O
with	O
4	O
MB	O
of	O
memory	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
a	O
nickel	O
metal	O
hydride	O
battery	O
that	O
was	O
claimed	O
by	O
IBM	O
to	O
last	O
almost	O
4	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
had	O
a	O
10.4in	O
640	O
x	O
480	O
active-matrix	B-Device
color	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
700	O
and	O
700C	O
came	O
with	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
5.02	I-Application
and	O
Prodigy	O
,	O
an	O
internet	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
700T	O
was	O
a	O
portable	O
pen-operated	O
tablet	O
that	O
had	O
a	O
20MHz	O
Intel	O
386SX	O
,	O
4	O
or	O
8	O
MB	O
of	O
memory	O
,	O
a	O
10	O
in	O
640	O
x	O
480	O
monochrome	O
screen	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
very	O
uncommon	O
for	O
its	O
time	O
,	O
had	O
a	O
20	O
MB	O
solid	B-Device
state	I-Device
drive	I-Device
instead	O
of	O
a	O
hard	O
drive	O
for	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
700T	O
used	O
an	O
operating	O
system	O
created	O
by	O
Go	O
Corporation	O
known	O
as	O
PenPoint	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
700	O
and	O
700C	O
were	O
given	O
good	O
reception	O
,	O
being	O
called	O
"	O
the	O
finest	O
notebooks	B-Device
on	O
the	O
market	O
"	O
by	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
which	O
also	O
complimented	O
its	O
design	O
by	O
saying	O
"	O
After	O
years	O
of	O
un-distinguished	O
portables	O
,	O
IBM	O
has	O
finally	O
gotten	O
it	O
right	O
"	O
and	O
a	O
review	O
by	O
BYTE	O
Magazine	O
said	O
"	O
The	O
IBM	B-Device
ThinkPad	I-Device
700C	I-Device
notebook	B-Device
wins	O
the	O
award	O
for	O
the	O
most	O
innovative	O
design	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Computing	O
gave	O
its	O
annual	O
"	O
most	O
valuable	O
product	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
ThinkPad	B-Device
700C	I-Device
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
clear	O
standout	O
by	O
its	O
combination	O
of	O
speed	O
,	O
beauty	O
,	O
hard-nosed	O
practicality	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
yes	O
,	O
grace	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
700C	O
review	O
from	O
Computerworld	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Advanced	B-Device
Power	I-Device
Management	I-Device
1.0	O
specification	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
resulted	O
in	O
a	O
long	O
battery	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
