Flash Back, to First Laptop
Osborne1, World’s First Laptop – In the 1970′s idea of a portable personal computer was first considered by Alan Kay at Xerox PARC. This guy even come forward and publish the idea. The idea was immediately welcomed by the others, who eventually agreed to name the first laptop project is Osborne1. First produced in 1981 by Adam Osborne, who works in publishing a book, weighing about 11 kg. This giant comes with a 5-inch screen, looks like a giant-sized cell phone, small screen in a large machine.
Osborne1 use electrical connections with an optional battery backup, and use two floppy drives size 5 ¼ inches, modem port, keyboard, battery pack and priced at $ 1,800. So, how performance?, Well, like a Sumo wrestler is 100-meter sprint, can you imagine? This is not a laptop in a literal sense. Although it can be taken anywhere, but we might as well carry around 3-4 years old children everywhere.
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