IBM PS/2 Note and PS/note: Difference between revisions

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After the departure of Bob Lawten from IBM, the team at IBM had little development direction after the [[IBM PS/2 L40SX]]. James Cannavino pushed for the new notebook series, which fell behind schedule.<ref>{{Cite book|last=A.|first=Dell, Deborah|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/781169669|title=ThinkPad: a different shade of blue|date=2000|publisher=Sams|isbn=0-672-31756-7|pages=84|oclc=781169669}}</ref> The N45SL, N51SX and N51SLC were announced on the same day as the [[IBM PS/2 CL57SX|IBM PS/2 (color laptop) CL57SX]]. During this time [[Laptop#Terminology variants|there was a distinction between notebooks and laptops]], where the former are A4 sized and the latter are larger.

The notebooks were modeled after the [[IBM PS/55 Note|PS/55 Note]] which was released by IBM in Japan in April 1991.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Scannell|first1=Ed|date=23 Dec 1991|title=IBM readies 6 portables|url=https://books.google.nlcom/books?id=FT0EAAAAMBAJ|magazine=[[InfoWorld]]}}</ref>

== Models ==

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=== N45SL ===

The PS/Note N45SL was priced at $2,045 and contained a 25MHz [[80386SL|386SL]]. It had 2MB RAM and a 80<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|last=|first=|date=1992-12-22|title=IBM PS/note N45sl|url=https://books.google.nlcom/books?id=v9TVJ_G_sk8C|magazine=[[PC Mag]]|language=en|publisher=Ziff Davis, Inc.}}</ref> or 120MB HDD.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PS/Note N45 SL|url=https://www.ardent-tool.com/docs/pdf/brochures/ibm-ps-noten45sl.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[PCMag|''PC Mag'']] considered the display a disappointment, but noted its good design and performance.<ref name=":0" />

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=== N51SX ===

The PS/2 Model N51SX<ref>{{Cite web|title=Personal System/2 Models N51 SLC and N51 SX|url=https://www.ardent-tool.com/docs/pdf/brochures/ibm-ps2-modeln51-slc&sx.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> or PS/2 Note N51SX was a low-end entry model notebook, which contained a slower version of the typical 386SX found in other notebooks. The N51SX was delayed for months.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Fitzgerald|first=Michael|url=https://books.google.nlcom/books?id=ioRslYZXVkAC|title=Going down in history|date=1992-03-30|work=[[Computerworld]]|publisher=IDG Enterprise|pages=38|language=en}}</ref>

=== N51SLC ===