History of personal computers first common in high end systems, servers and workstations, and then gradually replaced 32-bit processors in consumer desktop and laptop systems since about 2005. In 2004, IBM announced the proposed sale of its PC business to Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group, which is partially owned by the Chinese government, for US$650 million in cash and $600 million US in Lenovo stock. The deal was approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States in March 2005, and completed in May 2005. IBM will have a 19% stake in Lenovo, which will move its headquarters to New York State
ThinkPad X series i3 and AMD's E1/E2. All of the models are basically the same as the X130e, with some including SIM card slots for cellular network access and some including WWAN cards. The ThinkPad X Series laptops released in 2015 by Lenovo were the third-generation X1 Carbon and X250 during the CES congress. The ThinkPad X250 has a Broadwell processor. The X250 saw a return of separate trackpoint buttons, and it has only one RAM slot. A touch screen was available for this model. The X250 uses the rectangular power plug. The ThinkPad X Series laptops were released in 2016 by Lenovo