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The '''IBM PS/2 Note''' and '''PS/note''' are a series of [[Notebook form factor(laptop)|notebooks]] from the [[PS/2]] line by [[IBM]]. It was announced in March 1992, half a year prior to the release of the first [[ThinkPad]], the [[IBM ThinkPad 700]]. The series was discontinued in 1994.

== Background ==

After the departure of Bob Lawten from IBM, the team at IBM had little development direction after the [[IBM PS/2 L40 SX]]. James Cannavino pushed for the new [[Notebook form factor(laptop)|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 N45 SL, N51 SX and N51 SLC were announced on the same day as the [[IBM PS/2 CL57 SX|IBM PS/2 (color laptop) CL57 SX]]. 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.com/books?id=FT0EAAAAMBAJ|magazine=[[InfoWorld]]}}</ref>