ThinkPad A series

ThinkPad A series
ThinkPad A21m
DeveloperIBM (2000–2004)
TypeDesktop replacement
Release dateMay 2000 (2000-05)
DiscontinuedJanuary 2004 (2004-01)
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows,
Caldera OpenLinux
PredecessorThinkPad 700 series, ThinkPad 300 series
SuccessorThinkPad G series,
ThinkPad R series
RelatedThinkPad T series,
ThinkPad i series

The ThinkPad A series was a short lived line of mid to high end desktop replacements released from May 2000 to March 2002 by IBM as a successor to the ThinkPad 700 series, combining features present in the ThinkPad 300 series. It was discontinued in January 2004 in favor of R and G series ThinkPads. This is not to be confused with the newer ThinkPad A series released by Lenovo consisting of ThinkPad T and X series models with AMD processors.