Building an IBM ThinkPad 701c Model Kit

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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8U40b1hWIE&pp=0gcJCccJAYcqIYzv Richard Sapper Design by Kazuhiko Yamazaki https://amzn.to/4ok85z6 (Purchasing from this link gives the channel a small commission from the Amazon Affiliate Program) Current eBay listings for the model kit: https://ebay.us/xtqTmG (Purchasing from this link gives the channel a small commission from the eBay Affiliate Program) https://twitter.com/LaptopRetrospe1 https://bsky.app/profile/laptopretrospective.com https://techhub.social/@laptopretrospective https://laptopretrospective.com #thinkpad #ibm #laptop 0:00 Introduction 3:52 Unboxing 5:32 Assembly 16:45 Conclusions