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 ...

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 ...

In January of 1954, supported by the military, engineers from Bell Labs built the first computer without vacuum tubes. Known as TRADIC (for TRAnsistorized DIgital Computer), the machine was a mere ...

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 ...

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 ...

The world’s first portable quantum computers are now on sale from the Chinese company SpinQ Technology. SpinQ is currently offering 3 different designs of quantum computers: the Gemini ...

Compaq has thrown its weight behind wireless technology, becoming the first to ship desktop and notebook computers containing high-speed 11Mbps wireless network cards. Compaq has thrown its weight ...

Though it sounds a little gimmicky at first ... cloud or on a portable SSD. The webcam, microphone, and speakers are all great. HP has upgraded the webcam on nearly all of its computers to ...

For the first hour or so, there can be a certain romance ... To get things up and running again, you need a portable generator. The quietest, lightest, and most powerful 2,200-watt generator ...

And you may ask yourself, 'Where is that large computer?' Part 3 This is the ... the complete version of the 80286. In 1986, ...