While today’s computers all but fit in your pocket, this wasn’t always the case. For those who lived during the 1970s, 1980s, ...

Priced at $4,000, the first ever "laptop" weighed 9 pounds ... portable computers such as the 28 pounder (13 kg) Compaq Portable. Gavilan Computer Corp. declared bankruptcy and closed in 1985.

The supposedly portable computers of the early 1980s, such as Osborne 1 and Compaq, were conventional ... In fact, the design for the first tablet PC was set out in 1968, long before most of ...

Fun fact: The first Compaq Portable computer shipped in 1983 and cost more than $8,400 in today’s dollars. Wow, times have changed. Still, your computer is a significant investment, and you want ...

The modern laptop has its origins in the mid to late ... defining characteristic of portables such as the Osborne 1 and Compaq Portable, and it’s great to see it included here.

A lightweight computer that can be easily transported. Portable computing started in 1981, when Adam Osborne introduced his CP/M-based business computer called the Osborne 1. It came bundled with ...

The UPERFECT Delta is a foldable, dual-screen portable monitor powered by a single cable. It’s relatively light, easy to set ...

The first DOS-based, battery-backed laptop with a thin LCD screen. Introduced by Data General in 1984, it was fully IBM compatible and, weighing only nine pounds, was considerably easier to carry ...

Planted firmly between a desktop and a laptop, these machines were lovingly called so because they were portable, but just barely. Think Kaypro, Osborne, or the Compaq Portable. First things first ...

Mexican customs regulations only allows one portable computer per foreign arrival ... and this was the first time it was an issue. Enjoy your worry-free vacation: Best travel insurance policies ...

M worth of C-PACE financing will help retrofit a former Compaq manufacturing and distribution building to become a data ...

First it requires a computer language ... Bill Murto What IÍve brought today is a Compaq portable computer. When Bill Murto, another Compaq founder got a plug on a cable TV show their selling ...