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What Laptop the First?

What laptop the first? GRiD Compass 1101, is the first laptop computer ever made was designed in 1979 by Bill Moggridge, a British industrial designer. Sold for $ 8,150, it's definitely not a computer for everyone. Target users are businessmen and government officials. It is also used by the U.S. Army in the field and at NASA Space transportation during the 90s era.
Weighing 5 kg (11 pounds) computer electroluminescent displays 320 × 200px, eld screen, an Intel 8086 processor, 340kb magnetic bubble memory and magnesium alloy case of a flat back. Floppy drives and hard drives can be connected to the external.


But some other sources say that the first laptop is Osborne1. The first laptop was made by Alan Kay at Xerox PARC. In the 1970's idea of ​​a portable personal computer was first thought 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. Giant is equipped with a 5-inch screen, a phone that looks like a giant-sized, small screens in a large machine.
Osborne1 using electrical connection with an optional battery backup, and two floppy drives use a size of 5 ¼ inches, modem port, keyboard, battery pack and is priced at $ 1800. So, how about performance?, Well, like the Sumo wrestlers were sprint 100 meters, can you imagine? This is not a laptop in the true sense. Although it can be taken anywhere, but we might as well carry around 3-4 years old is everywhere.