IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
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IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
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Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#2 Looking up the driver info in Linux,
it appears to be manufactured by Lite-on,
who do indeed still manufacture Thinkpad
parts for Lenovo.
[...]
So perhaps that's it: IBM is still making
Thinkpad-style keyboards for its rack-
mounted servers, possibly only in China.
Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#3Looking up the driver info in Linux, it appears to be manufactured by Lite-on, who do indeed still manufacture Thinkpad parts for Lenovo. [...] So perhaps that's it: IBM is still making Thinkpad-style keyboards for its rack- mounted servers, possibly only in China. I'm confused: how does Lite-on == IBM?
They have the IBM logo on the back. You would expect Thinkpad-style keyboards manufactured in 2014 to have only Lenovo logos.
Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#4Looking up the driver info in Linux, it appears to be manufactured by Lite-on, who do indeed still manufacture Thinkpad parts for Lenovo. [...] So perhaps that's it: IBM is still making Thinkpad-style keyboards for its rack- mounted servers, possibly only in China. I'm confused: how does Lite-on == IBM?
IBM might not have the equipment to produce simple low margin parts like keyboards, so it contracts out to a high volume peripheral manufacturer.
Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#5Looking up the driver info in Linux, it appears to be manufactured by Lite-on, who do indeed still manufacture Thinkpad parts for Lenovo. [...] So perhaps that's it: IBM is still making Thinkpad-style keyboards for its rack- mounted servers, possibly only in China. I'm confused: how does Lite-on == IBM?
Manufactured by Lite-on for IBM, but the arrangement is quite common. For example, Foxconn manufactures all current generation consoles, but we still say "Microsoft makes the Xbox One."
Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#6Looking up the driver info in Linux, it appears to be manufactured by Lite-on, who do indeed still manufacture Thinkpad parts for Lenovo. [...] So perhaps that's it: IBM is still making Thinkpad-style keyboards for its rack- mounted servers, possibly only in China. I'm confused: how does Lite-on == IBM?
Every time he says "makes" about IBM, read "commissions" or "sells", as in they are officially IBM branded.
The same way that you'd say Lenovo sell ThinkPad keyboards even if they are made by Lite-on.
Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#7http://www.pckeyboard.com/
Unicomp is still keeping the glory days of the IBM Model M keyboard alive.
Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#8Looking up the driver info in Linux, it appears to be manufactured by Lite-on, who do indeed still manufacture Thinkpad parts for Lenovo. [...] So perhaps that's it: IBM is still making Thinkpad-style keyboards for its rack- mounted servers, possibly only in China. I'm confused: how does Lite-on == IBM?
IBM might not have the equipment to produce simple low margin parts like keyboards, so it contracts out to a high volume peripheral manufacturer.
The ThinkPad keyboards were indeed made by different manufacturers. When I needed a replacement for my old ThinkPad, there were 3 different FRUs depending on the source manufacturer (ALPS, NMB and Chicony). They each had a different typing feel (one was too mushy for me, another one had about the right amount of tactile feedback and I never got to try the third one).
Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#9http://www.pckeyboard.com/ Unicomp is still keeping the glory days of the IBM Model M keyboard alive.
Oh my god, those Windows keys. This takes me back.
Re: IBM is still making ThinkPad keyboards
#10This guy went out of his way to buy something with a trackpoint? Surely this is a hoax.