Things change. It is one of the constants
in life. Unlike the adage, however, they do not necessarily stay the
same. This is never more true than in computing. If you can compare old
laptops with newer versions, you'll find a huge difference in looks and
power.
Laptops started a millennium ago. This is technically true. We are firmly in 2010 but the first laptop concept started in 1968, firmly within the last millennium(!), with Alan Kay, a computer programming pioneer. He had a vision of a computer that was handheld, light, tablet-like with a screen and a keyboard. He called it the Dynabook. This was the original inspiration of the laptop and it influenced the design accordingly.
Vision could not be produced immediately. There were technical hurdles that had to be overcome. But even though the materials weren't there, there were companies that still gave it their best shot.
It was IBM, that large influential corporation that produced the first laptop. If laptops weighed 50 lbs. There are lighter desktops today but remember, mainframes were the most common computer at the time. Smaller machines simply did not exist as proper computers. It was announced in 1975 and it had more in common with today's all-in-one desktop than anything else. Imagine it as a suitcase with a phone like screen and a typewriter keyboard at one end.
After 6 years in 1981, there came a marked improvement. The Osborne 1 was created. It weighed half as much as IBM's offering. For many people it was the first true laptop. It even had a keyboard that flipped down to reveal a 5-inch screen and floppy disks!
But some argue that the first laptop was the Gavilan SC, which debuted in 1983. For one thing, it looks more like a laptop than the Osborne. It weighed 14 lbs (yay!). It also came with Microsoft-DOS.
For some time laptops copied the Gavilan design. Many companies produced computers that didn't veer far from it. The first major change from that design occurred in 1991. During that fateful year, Apple released the Powerbook 100. It's greatest innovation lay in the keyboard. They pushed it back, when it originally rested near the edge. The company laid a palm rest and a trackball before the keypad instead. It became the laptop design that everyone copied.
In the year 2000 when the end of the world was prophesied, Microsoft provided a concept for tablet computers. Basically, it was a laptop with a stylus. It didn't prove popular in the market except for some niche businesses.
In 2005 when the end of the world was firmly behind, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative announced its goal to give laptops to needy children. The laptop had to be cheap and mass produceable. They envisioned a tiny laptop with a 7.5-inch screen. They basically created the netbook.
While the netbooks made laptops smaller, lighter and cheaper, Apple created a laptop that was lighter and more expensive in 2008. It was called the Macbook Air. They began taking away ports and optical drives. Other manufacturers began making premium ultrathins.
Today, the laptops looks like it will be replaced the tablet - eventually. The laptop still has much life in it and the tablet needs to be developed more. But the tablet is lighter and more convenient. Its not the end of the laptop but things certainly change.lenovo u400 099328u 14 0 inch laptop graphite grey, hp officejet pro 8600 plus e all in one wireless color printer with scanner copier fax, sony vaio e14 series sve14125cxb 14 inch laptop black, asus t101mt eu47 bk 10 1 inch screen netbook black, brother printer mfc7860dw wireless monochrome printer with scanner copier fax, samsung series 7 gamer np700g7c t01us 17 3 inch laptop yellow, dell inspiron i14z 8001slv 14 inch ultrabook silver, canon pixma mg8220 wireless inkjet photo all in one printer 5293b002, flytouchtm 10 1 vc882 flytouchsuperpad google android 4 0 8gb hd 1gb ram cortex a8wifi hdmi skype video calling netflix movies, tursion 7 capacitive a10 tablet pc 4 0 android wifi 3g mid allwinner 4gb black, canon pixma mx892 wireless color photo printer with scanner copier and fax, toshiba satellite s955 s5376 15 6 inch laptop ice blue brushed aluminum, dell xps x15z 7500slv 15 inch laptop elemental silver core i7 2640m 6gb memory 500gb hard drive 1gb nvidia geforce gt 525m 15 6 in full hd, brother hl 2270dw compact laser printer with wireless networking and duplex, lenovo thinkpad x1 carbon 34442du 14 ultrabook intel core i5 3427u 1 8ghz 4gb ddr3 256gb ssd intel hd graphics bluetooth finger print reader windows 7 professional 64 bit, acer aspire one 11 6 amd c60 1ghz netbook ao722 0609, canon pixma pro9000 mark ii inkjet photo printer 3295b002, acer aspire s3 391 6676 13 3 inch ultrabook champagne, dell inspiron im101z 3980bk notebook intel core i3 330um1 20ghz 11 6 2gb memory ddr3 1333 250gb hdd 5400rpm intel hd graphics, epson workforce 545 wireless all in one color inkjet printer copier scanner fax iostabletsmartphoneairprint compatible c11cb88201, acer aspire one ao756 2641 11 6 inch laptop ash black, dell xps xps15 9168slv 15 inch laptop silver, epson workforce 845 wireless all in one color inkjet printer copier scanner fax iostabletsmartphoneairprint compatible c11cb92201, lenovo ideapad n580 15 6 laptop windows 8 black, hp pavilion g7 1261nr 17 3 laptop 2 5 1 9ghz amd a4 3300m processor 6gb ram 500gb hard drive supermulti dvd burner blu ray windows 7 home premium 64 bit, canon pixma mg6220 wireless inkjet photo all in one printer 5292b002, elsse 9 5 point capacitive screen tablet pc android 4 0 512mb 8gb camera wifi 30163, toshiba satellite s875 s7248 17 3 inch laptop ice blue, hp cpq la2405x 24 led monitor, asus a54c nb91 15 6 laptop w intel pentium dual core b970 2 2ghz 6gb ddr3 320gb 802 11n webcam hdmi windows 7, dell inspiron i17r 1737slv 17 inch laptop silver, samsung b350 series t24b350nd 24 inch screen led lit monitor, asus g75vw th72 2 40 3 40ghz i7 3630qm 16gb 750gb blu ray rom 3gb nvidia 670m 1080p fullhd, toshiba qosmio f755 3d350 15 6 inch 3d gaming laptop fusion 3d finish in brilliant red, sony vpcl23bfxb 24 inch all in one desktop black, hp envy dv6 7214nr windows 8 hybrid notebook pc 16gb ram upgrade, asus transformer prime tf201 c1 gr 10 1 inch 64gb tablet amethyst gray, lg ips225t 22 inch widescreen 1080p led lcd monitor with ips panel, 7 inch capacitive multi touch screen android 4 1 tablet pc pipo smart s18gb1gbrk3066 cortex a9 dual core 1 6ghzhdmi, dell inspiron i13z 3181slv 13 inch laptop silver, samsung sb970 s27b970d 27 inch screen led lit monitor, millionaccessories a13 4gb 7 google android 4 0 tablet pc mid pad capacitive touch screen 1 0ghz wifi camera white, ibm thinkpad t43 1 86ghz 512mb 40gb laptop notebook 2668 cdrwdvd xp pro, elo 1000 series 1515l lcd desktop touchscreen montior 15 inch 5 wire resistive 1024 x 768 43 dark gray, tagital tm 10 google android 4 0 tablet 1gb ddr ram 4gb hdd wifi camera hdmi support external 3g skype video calling netflix movies, gateway id47h07u 14 inch laptop silver, acer et vv3hp a01 23 inch widescreen lcd monitor black, barnes noble nook simple touch with glowlight e ink reader w 2gb memory, hp slate 2 8 9 64gb ssd tablet pc, viewsonic vg2228wm led 22 inch ergonomic widescreen led monitor,
Laptops started a millennium ago. This is technically true. We are firmly in 2010 but the first laptop concept started in 1968, firmly within the last millennium(!), with Alan Kay, a computer programming pioneer. He had a vision of a computer that was handheld, light, tablet-like with a screen and a keyboard. He called it the Dynabook. This was the original inspiration of the laptop and it influenced the design accordingly.
Vision could not be produced immediately. There were technical hurdles that had to be overcome. But even though the materials weren't there, there were companies that still gave it their best shot.
It was IBM, that large influential corporation that produced the first laptop. If laptops weighed 50 lbs. There are lighter desktops today but remember, mainframes were the most common computer at the time. Smaller machines simply did not exist as proper computers. It was announced in 1975 and it had more in common with today's all-in-one desktop than anything else. Imagine it as a suitcase with a phone like screen and a typewriter keyboard at one end.
After 6 years in 1981, there came a marked improvement. The Osborne 1 was created. It weighed half as much as IBM's offering. For many people it was the first true laptop. It even had a keyboard that flipped down to reveal a 5-inch screen and floppy disks!
But some argue that the first laptop was the Gavilan SC, which debuted in 1983. For one thing, it looks more like a laptop than the Osborne. It weighed 14 lbs (yay!). It also came with Microsoft-DOS.
For some time laptops copied the Gavilan design. Many companies produced computers that didn't veer far from it. The first major change from that design occurred in 1991. During that fateful year, Apple released the Powerbook 100. It's greatest innovation lay in the keyboard. They pushed it back, when it originally rested near the edge. The company laid a palm rest and a trackball before the keypad instead. It became the laptop design that everyone copied.
In the year 2000 when the end of the world was prophesied, Microsoft provided a concept for tablet computers. Basically, it was a laptop with a stylus. It didn't prove popular in the market except for some niche businesses.
In 2005 when the end of the world was firmly behind, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative announced its goal to give laptops to needy children. The laptop had to be cheap and mass produceable. They envisioned a tiny laptop with a 7.5-inch screen. They basically created the netbook.
While the netbooks made laptops smaller, lighter and cheaper, Apple created a laptop that was lighter and more expensive in 2008. It was called the Macbook Air. They began taking away ports and optical drives. Other manufacturers began making premium ultrathins.
Today, the laptops looks like it will be replaced the tablet - eventually. The laptop still has much life in it and the tablet needs to be developed more. But the tablet is lighter and more convenient. Its not the end of the laptop but things certainly change.lenovo u400 099328u 14 0 inch laptop graphite grey, hp officejet pro 8600 plus e all in one wireless color printer with scanner copier fax, sony vaio e14 series sve14125cxb 14 inch laptop black, asus t101mt eu47 bk 10 1 inch screen netbook black, brother printer mfc7860dw wireless monochrome printer with scanner copier fax, samsung series 7 gamer np700g7c t01us 17 3 inch laptop yellow, dell inspiron i14z 8001slv 14 inch ultrabook silver, canon pixma mg8220 wireless inkjet photo all in one printer 5293b002, flytouchtm 10 1 vc882 flytouchsuperpad google android 4 0 8gb hd 1gb ram cortex a8wifi hdmi skype video calling netflix movies, tursion 7 capacitive a10 tablet pc 4 0 android wifi 3g mid allwinner 4gb black, canon pixma mx892 wireless color photo printer with scanner copier and fax, toshiba satellite s955 s5376 15 6 inch laptop ice blue brushed aluminum, dell xps x15z 7500slv 15 inch laptop elemental silver core i7 2640m 6gb memory 500gb hard drive 1gb nvidia geforce gt 525m 15 6 in full hd, brother hl 2270dw compact laser printer with wireless networking and duplex, lenovo thinkpad x1 carbon 34442du 14 ultrabook intel core i5 3427u 1 8ghz 4gb ddr3 256gb ssd intel hd graphics bluetooth finger print reader windows 7 professional 64 bit, acer aspire one 11 6 amd c60 1ghz netbook ao722 0609, canon pixma pro9000 mark ii inkjet photo printer 3295b002, acer aspire s3 391 6676 13 3 inch ultrabook champagne, dell inspiron im101z 3980bk notebook intel core i3 330um1 20ghz 11 6 2gb memory ddr3 1333 250gb hdd 5400rpm intel hd graphics, epson workforce 545 wireless all in one color inkjet printer copier scanner fax iostabletsmartphoneairprint compatible c11cb88201, acer aspire one ao756 2641 11 6 inch laptop ash black, dell xps xps15 9168slv 15 inch laptop silver, epson workforce 845 wireless all in one color inkjet printer copier scanner fax iostabletsmartphoneairprint compatible c11cb92201, lenovo ideapad n580 15 6 laptop windows 8 black, hp pavilion g7 1261nr 17 3 laptop 2 5 1 9ghz amd a4 3300m processor 6gb ram 500gb hard drive supermulti dvd burner blu ray windows 7 home premium 64 bit, canon pixma mg6220 wireless inkjet photo all in one printer 5292b002, elsse 9 5 point capacitive screen tablet pc android 4 0 512mb 8gb camera wifi 30163, toshiba satellite s875 s7248 17 3 inch laptop ice blue, hp cpq la2405x 24 led monitor, asus a54c nb91 15 6 laptop w intel pentium dual core b970 2 2ghz 6gb ddr3 320gb 802 11n webcam hdmi windows 7, dell inspiron i17r 1737slv 17 inch laptop silver, samsung b350 series t24b350nd 24 inch screen led lit monitor, asus g75vw th72 2 40 3 40ghz i7 3630qm 16gb 750gb blu ray rom 3gb nvidia 670m 1080p fullhd, toshiba qosmio f755 3d350 15 6 inch 3d gaming laptop fusion 3d finish in brilliant red, sony vpcl23bfxb 24 inch all in one desktop black, hp envy dv6 7214nr windows 8 hybrid notebook pc 16gb ram upgrade, asus transformer prime tf201 c1 gr 10 1 inch 64gb tablet amethyst gray, lg ips225t 22 inch widescreen 1080p led lcd monitor with ips panel, 7 inch capacitive multi touch screen android 4 1 tablet pc pipo smart s18gb1gbrk3066 cortex a9 dual core 1 6ghzhdmi, dell inspiron i13z 3181slv 13 inch laptop silver, samsung sb970 s27b970d 27 inch screen led lit monitor, millionaccessories a13 4gb 7 google android 4 0 tablet pc mid pad capacitive touch screen 1 0ghz wifi camera white, ibm thinkpad t43 1 86ghz 512mb 40gb laptop notebook 2668 cdrwdvd xp pro, elo 1000 series 1515l lcd desktop touchscreen montior 15 inch 5 wire resistive 1024 x 768 43 dark gray, tagital tm 10 google android 4 0 tablet 1gb ddr ram 4gb hdd wifi camera hdmi support external 3g skype video calling netflix movies, gateway id47h07u 14 inch laptop silver, acer et vv3hp a01 23 inch widescreen lcd monitor black, barnes noble nook simple touch with glowlight e ink reader w 2gb memory, hp slate 2 8 9 64gb ssd tablet pc, viewsonic vg2228wm led 22 inch ergonomic widescreen led monitor,
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