IBM ThinkPad 701c Model Kit

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For the 10th anniversary of ThinkPad, IBM Japan released a 65% scale model kit of one of the most iconic computers ever built: the ThinkPad 701c. Today, let's build one of those kits and talk about this amazing portable computer.

ThinkPad 701c Documentary:
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0:00 Introduction
3:52 Unboxing
5:32 Assembly
16:45 Conclusions



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