Mostly due to the IBM legacy - the original thinkpad laptops where great mobile workstations. Some of that DNA remains (sadly not the original long-travel (by t

Mostly due to the IBM legacy - the original thinkpad laptops where great mobile workstations. Some of that DNA remains (sadly not the original long-travel (by today's laptop standards) keyboards. See eg: "THINK: A brief history of ThinkPads, from IBM to Lenovo" https://www.notebookcheck.net/THINK-A-brief-history-of-ThinkPads-from-IBM-to-Lenovo.418728.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/THINK-A-brief-history-of-Think...