Who made the first laptop?
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I believe it was Compaq… Kaypro had an early model, too
… just checked the link above. Never heard of the Osbornre, nice to know.
My dad had a Kaypro 2000 (wish I kept it). It was grey anodized aluminum and very cool looking. I think it had an 8088 processor and two pop-up floppy drives. I think it also had a built-in handle if memory serves…
@ Bsliver. Okay so are you going to reffer everyone to google or wikipedia? Great, First myspace gets ruined now fluther?......
The laptop was invented by Adam Osborne in 1981. It was called ‘Osborne 1’ and cost $1,795. It came bundled with $1,500 worth of programmes. It had a tiny computer screen built into it. It was invented by Osborne Computers.
The first portable computer was a success, with sales reaching 10,000 units a month. IBM launched the IBM 5155 Portable Personal Computer in 1984. In 1988, Compaq Computer launched the first laptop PC with VGA graphics, Compaq SLT/286. In 1989, NEC released UltraLite, which was the first ‘laptop’ computer. Weighting under 5 lbs, it was the precursor of today’s models.
@ bulbatron, thanks, that’s what I was trying to link to.
@hairypalm- no, just the one’s that can easily be found by doing a simple search on google or wikipedia.
@hairy It was invented in 1968 Dr. Alan Kay at XEROX PARC. In his vision he referred to it as the Dynabook – for a “dynamic book”. Its first actual implementation was a “desktop” called the ALTO – for Palo Alto, California where Xerox PARC is located.
WHam!!! out done again by bulba. score for you. Bulba knows all.
ok, who was first: Mac or Windows?
apple operating system was first
it was adam osbourne
he invented the osbourne 1
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