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The technology was used for a time to provide a combination modem and sound card for IBM's Aptiva line and some ThinkPad laptops, in addition to uses on specialized Mwave cards that handled voice recognition or ISDN networking connectivity. Similar adapter cards by third-party vendors using Mwave technology were also sold.
The IBM ThinkPad brand has built an excellent reputation among high-end notebook users. Now, with the ThinkPad 365 line, IBM has an extremely credible offering that should be very popular among average business users." [11] In March 1996 a review by Computer Shopper of the 365CD stated "The screen is bright and sharp, and the system has built ...
A PC speaker is a loudspeaker built into some IBM PC compatible computers. The first IBM Personal Computer, model 5150, employed a standard 2.25 inch magnetic driven (dynamic) speaker. [1] More recent computers use a tiny moving-iron or piezo speaker instead. [2]
The Aptiva never managed to recapture IBM's early 1980s PC dominance from Compaq, Dell, or HP. IBM's PC Group had higher costs than its competitors which made it impossible to match them on prices. Throughout the 1990s, IBM lost the most market share in PCs during that decade compared to its rivals, and only the ThinkPad laptop remained a ...
As sound cards were primarily used with computer games, Creative Labs took the opportunity to include a game port on the card, producing an all-in-one gaming solution. At the same time, they re-purposed two otherwise redundant pins on the port, 12 and 15, to produce a serial bus with enough performance to drive an external MIDI port adapter.
Computerworld called it a "failed design" because it tried to blend a large 3M digitized pad with a tiny underpowered laptop in the same product. [9] PCQuest viewed it as an attractive choice for people who travel a lot. [10] TechRepublic called it one of the 25 "unique and bizarre breakthroughs" in laptop innovation. [11]
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The ThinkPad T23 was also the first ThinkPad laptop model to offer an optional WiFi connection via a mini-PCI card, using wireless antennas which were built into the lid on select upper-end models. The T20 series originally shipped with either Windows 98 , Windows 2000 , or Linux , with later T23 models shipping with Windows XP .