Laptop timeline
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Updated: 9 Feb 2020
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Created byAngus Tyrie
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First portable computer released. The IBM 5100, weighted at 55 pounds (25 kg)Alan Kay comes up with the idea of the conventional laptop, calling it the DynabookBill Moggridge designs the GRiD Compass, the closest example of a modern laptop at the timeAdam Osbourne designs the Osbourne I, recognised as the first laptop computer, it weighed 24.5 pounds (~11kg) and had a 5" displayEpson releases the first portable computer with a built-in printerThe TRS-80 Model 100 is released, one of the first portable computers with an LCDThe Commodore SX-64 is released, the first to have a full-colour displayIBM releases their first laptop, the PC Convertable , and was the first to weigh under 15 poundsThe US air force makes a request for 200,000 laptops, this huge request helped secure the laptop's popularityThe Vectra Portable CS is released, one of the first laptops to feature a floppy disk driveThe Compaq SLT/286 comes out, the first battery-powered laptop with an internal hard driveApple releases the Macintosh Portable, costing $6500, it wasn't very popularThe NEC Ultralite comes out, considered to be the first notebook style laptop, it weighed less than 5 pounds (2kg)Microsoft and Intel work together to develop Advanced Power Management for portable computersOlivetti releases the first laptops with touchpadsIBM releases the Thinkpad 775CD, the first laptop with a CD-ROM driveThe Toshiba Portige 2000 is released. It is 3/4 of an inch thick and has a 1.8 inch hard driveThe Toshiba Portige M100 comes out, the first with a DVD-ROM drive
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