Last year marked the 25th anniversary of the ThinkPad brand since its first laptop, the ThinkPad 700C, was launched in 1992. To celebrate the 25th anniversary, ThinkPad introduced a special anniversary laptop. The ThinkPad 25 features many classic elements, such as a colorful ThinkPad logo and a classic keyboard, and it is built on the ThinkPad T470 chassis. This laptop adopts a new port design and excellent specifications. Now we get the ThinkPad Anniversary 25, which is limited to only 1,000 units worldwide, allowing us to appreciate its design.
The laptop features a classic ThinkPad logo and adopts a concise style on the LCD back cover.
The palm rest also features a colorful ThinkPad logo. The only difference is that the red circle on the LCD back cover has a luminous effect, while the logo in the palm rest does not.
The screen supports touch operation and features a 180-degree viewing angle.
Close-up of the LCD hinge
The infrared camera at the top of the screen works in conjunction with the front camera to support Windows Hello login.
The label for the ThinkPad 25 is placed at the top left corner of the keyboard.
This laptop features the classic ThinkPad keyboard design, with long key travel and support for backlighting.
This is the sticker of Intel’s 7th-generation low-voltage processor.
In general, the laptop features a classic modern design.
It adopts a new fingerprint reader, which is below the indicator light.
The laptop has a smooth touchpad.
The ThinkPad 25 features a comprehensive port layout. The right side of the laptop includes an SD card slot, an RJ45 port, two USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI port, and a headphone jack.
The left side of the laptop provides a power port, a USB 3.0 port, a Thunderbolt port, and a ventilation hole.
The ThinkPad 25 has an expansion port at the bottom.
After removing the external battery, we find the SIM card slot. This laptop supports 4G network browsing.
This laptop features a dual battery design (external battery and internal battery). The external battery is replaceable.
Close-up of the external battery.
It comes with a slim external battery. This external battery has a capacity of 24Wh.
Unscrew all the screws on the bottom cover, then insert a pick under the bottom cover and slide it to remove the cover. The back cover is made of an aluminum-magnesium alloy, which can guarantee hardness while remaining lightweight.
After opening the back cover, we can see that the internal layout of the laptop is compact.
Disconnect the battery cable from the motherboard and remove the built-in battery.
The built-in battery also has a capacity of 24Wh.
After removing the built-in battery, you will see the NFC module.
Close-up of the SSD module.
After taking apart the SSD module, we found that it consists of five components.
The SSD is compact in size, which is good for heat dissipation. However, if the M.2 SSD is directly connected to the motherboard, the laptop would have more reasonable space utilization.
The model number of the SSD is PM961 from Samsung, which supports the NVMe protocol.
The ThinkPad 25 has two memory slots, but it only comes with one memory module, so you can add another memory module.
