Howdy all<BR><BR>I'm a virgin Ars poster and not much more experienced with Linux! I've an old ThinkPad R31 that I'd like to get up and running with any flavour of Linux to get to know the OS better.

Some designs become timeless. The red TrackPoint on Lenovo’s ThinkPads is one of them. It’s been a core feature since 1992. However, Lenovo has decided to leave it behind. The new ThinkPad X9 Aura ...

It's 2023, and Lenovo just sent me a laptop to review featuring a familiar red dot in the middle of the keyboard. The laptop in question is the latest ThinkPad X1 Carbon, which I've been looking ...

So I recently wiped Debian off my ThinkPad A21e after a loose SODIMM caused a few too many spontaneous reboots and trashed the filesystem, and replaced it with Windows 2000.<BR><BR>Now the only ...

Those who didn’t come up in the professional world during IBM’s heyday, yet work on one of Lenovo ’s ThinkPad laptops today, might wonder why the TrackPoint is still around. After all, it was IBM’s ...

TL;DR: Lenovo's new ThinkPad X9 14/15 laptops have been leaked, revealing the removal of the TrackPoint and reduced connectivity options, featuring only a USB Type-C, USB Type-A, and mini-jack port.

Lenovo’s iconic crimson red TrackPoint nub, which has been going strong for three decades, is a staple of ThinkPad laptops. However, this year at CES, Lenovo announced that it’s ditching the nub on ...