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Manufacturer | IBM |
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Introduced | 1997 |
Discontinued | 1999 |
Processor | Intel Pentium I, Pentium II |
Frequency | 200-366 MHz |
Memory | 64-128 MB PC66 SDRAM |
Ports | Serial, Parallel, VGA out, IBM docking port, IBM external floppy drive port, CardBus, USB 1.0 |
IBM ThinkPad 770 was a laptop designed and manufactured by IBM targeted for the business, enterprise and professional user. It was the last lineup in the ThinkPad 700-series, succeeding the 760 as the high-end laptop of the ThinkPad lineup. The line was produced from October 1997 to October 1999, and eventually replaced by the ThinkPad models 390X and 600X.
The first 770s were shipped with either Windows NT4 or 95, but later shipped with 98 pre-installed. They were equipped with IBM's Ultrabay II, allowing for the option of either a CD-ROM, floppy drive or 2nd battery.
One notable feature of the ThinkPad 770 is that it was the first laptop available with a DVD-ROM [1] option in addition to a USB port and AC-3 support.
The first 770s featured an Intel Pentium I processor running at 233 MHz but with an optional 266 MHz upgrade. Later models introduced the Intel Pentium II mobile processor, and because these 770s use a certain processor socket, many have had success installing much more powerful processors generating up to 850 MHz. Although most models run at the 1024x768 resolution, some later models are capable of the 1280x1024 resolution. All use Trident Cyber 9397 graphics chips with 2MB memory in the 770, 4MB memory in the 770E/770ED, and 4 or 8MB memory in the 770X/770Z, depending on the resolution. [2]
Model | Introduction Date | Withdrawal Date | Base Price | Display Options | Resolution Options | CPU | Memory (std - max) | Video Controller | Audio Controller | Hard Drive Options | Misc Info | |||
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DSTN | TFT | |||||||||||||
770 | Oct 1997 | Sep 1998 | ? | − | 13.3"14.1" Color | 1024x768 | Pentium I - 200 or 233 MHz 66 MHz bus 512 KB cache | 32 - 256 MB 83 or 100 MHz | CYBER9397 2 MB SGRAM | CS4237B | 3.2GB | 4GB | 5.1GB | UltraBay II 2x Infrared Ports 1x USB Port |
770E | Apr 1998 | Dec 1998 | ? | − | 14.1"Color | Pentium II - 266 MHz 66 MHz bus 512 KB cache | 32 - 288 MB 83 or 100 MHz | CYBER9397E 4 MB SGRAM | 5.1GB | |||||
770ED | ? | − | 14.1"Color | 64 - 288 MB 83 or 100 MHz | 8.1GB | |||||||||
770X | Oct 1998 | Jun 1999 | ? | − | 13.7" 14.1" Color | 1024x768 1280x1024 | Pentium II - 300 MHz 66 MHz bus 512 KB cache | 64 - 320 MB 66 MHz | CYBER9397DVD 4-8 MB SGRAM | CS4239 CS4610 | ||||
770Z | Feb 1999 | Dec 1999 | ? | - | Pentium II - 366 MHz 66 MHz bus 512 KB cache | 128 - 320 MB 66 MHz | 14.1GB |
The ThinkPad 770 won the Technical Excellence Award by PCMag in December 1997. [4]
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