{"id":90180,"date":"1999-12-31T00:38:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/lenovo-mulls-classic-thinkpad\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:38:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:38:00","slug":"lenovo-mulls-classic-thinkpad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/lenovo-mulls-classic-thinkpad\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenovo Mulls Classic ThinkPad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lenovo is floating plans for an updated version of the original IBM ThinkPad. 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