[3] All units used SCSI-2 instead of IDE hard disks, and the ID of every SCSI device on the system could be configured in the cursor driven GUI-based BIOS.

Another unusual aspect of the series is their unique startup chime, reminiscent of Apple Macintosh computers of the time.

[8] Tadpole-based The ThinkPad line have a predecessor model (released in 1994[9] RS/6000 N40 with 50 MHz PowerPC 601 CPU and with design based on a Tadpole platform).

This model has reported to run SuSE Linux and Windows NT 4.0 and that they are incompatible with Yaboot.

Released by Canon Computer Systems in 1995, the Canon Power Notebook featured a 603e clocked at 100 MHz with 256 KB of external cache; 32 to 48 MB of RAM; an 810 MB hard drive; a double-speed CD-ROM drive; and a 10.4" active matrix color LCD.