IBM ThinkPad 701c "butterfly" keyboard

[@helmutarthold9074]

I purchased that laptop in 1995 and had it until 2003. Had never problems with it. Was a masterpiece of its time.

[@thetechguyify]

A mechanical engineer's dream

[@eminimethodsdotcom]

Real beauty. I owned one between ca 1996 and 2001, gave it to my brother who did not appreciate it much. Sometimes I wish I kept it.

[@CoolAce1]

wow this "old" technology is better than today's!

[@LLaska90]

Joe Smith today is only electronic/emulated garbage that want to be ,,awesome" or just revive/continue the old technology because of the ,,right time, place and source"

[@buddyackermantheboss]

I was the IBM product manager at a VAR in the mid 90s and vividly remember when the 701c was launched. It was so much fun to have the latest toys

[@DSC800]

I had one of those, in the mid- 90's. It was actually fairly durable and never gave me any problems although I did take good care of it. Funny though that that mechanism really didn't reduce the size too much, not even a full inch on each side.

[@SageSock]

You'd be surprised how much that is in keyboard comfort.

[@devjock]

Excellent. Them IBM peeps sure know what they're doing.

[@dotmatrixmoe]

Ibm model m bro? Awesome!

[@dr-gorgo]

Boom. Works like magic.

[@D_4_N_]

oh come ON that is beautiful

[@ForgiveMyWifi]

This keyboard is legend!

[@dinghaoliang4166]

真是太棒了！好精巧的设计。

[@asbjoernt]

That's so awesome!

[@b2048_]

And now we have keyboards that are like typing on glass.

[@slimesushi]

Magnificent

[@basvs9618]

This is not normal. Man man man

[@televisionandcheese]

That is damn incredible. I love that

[@DrAMK_YT]

Nice, I'm looking to buy one, please let me know if you know where I can find.

[@EATABAGOFHELL]

That looks pretty cool, but with all the large thin sliding bits with tight mechanical tolerances it also looks like a huuuuuge potential for structural failure. Like, one tortilla chip crumb gets wedged in the wrong place and SNAP whoops half your keyboard just fell off when you tried to open the lid too fast.

[@televisionandcheese]

It's much more robust than you'd expect. It's actually hard to find ones that had keyboards that broke.

[@LLaska90]

It's designed for hard work. The price tag for Thinkpad's say something combined to market versions.

[@ogdan1173]

700 likes after 11 years.

[@fibersilkington]

wow.

[@sis_sos]

That's cool as fuck

[@heronmyer3780]

oh mein gott

[@AyyEf]

B-b-b-but how?

[@richardscharon8781]

Sorcery

[@jessragan6714]

(Transformers noise)

[@gigabytecddvd]

lol very crazy

[@GarettHarnish]

That isn't a butterfly keyboard. Google IBM 701c to see a real butterfly keyboard...

[@igort5418]

You must be retarded

[@hahaxolotl]

but this is a 701c