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    The IBM 5100 from 1975 is considered the first portable computer and helped establish common laptop elements like a screen, keyboard, and single unit structure. In the 1990s, Apple's PowerBook 100 line included innovations like a 9-inch screen and trackball that foreshadowed future laptop features. Over subsequent decades, laptops became lighter, faster, and more advanced due to contributions from companies like Apple, Dell, Lenovo, and others. Today's top laptop models continue pushing the boundaries of portable computing.

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    The IBM 5100 from 1975 is considered the first portable computer and helped establish common laptop elements like a screen, keyboard, and single unit structure. In the 1990s, Apple's PowerBook 100 line included innovations like a 9-inch screen and trackball that foreshadowed future laptop features. Over subsequent decades, laptops became lighter, faster, and more advanced due to contributions from companies like Apple, Dell, Lenovo, and others. Today's top laptop models continue pushing the boundaries of portable computing.

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    The IBM 5100 from 1975 is considered the first portable computer and helped establish common laptop elements like a screen, keyboard, and single unit structure. In the 1990s, Apple's PowerBook 100 line included innovations like a 9-inch screen and trackball that foreshadowed future laptop features. Over subsequent decades, laptops became lighter, faster, and more advanced due to contributions from companies like Apple, Dell, Lenovo, and others. Today's top laptop models continue pushing the boundaries of portable computing.

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    The Evolution of the Laptop

    By Fridaus (http://socialbarrel.com)

    Laptops are portable computers being around for


    quite long. It’s hard to determine which one was the
    very first laptop in the world. There were many
    proposed ideas and concepts on portable computing
    devices, as known as laptops, but all of them were not
    technically feasible. Here I have presented the laptop
    evolution timeline briefly.

    According to Wikipedia, it is said that IBM


    developed the first portable computer IBM 5100
    which was released in September 1975. Its
    introductory price ranged from $8,975 (BASIC with
    16 kiB) to $19,975 (BASIC+APL with 64 kiB). As In 1990s, Apple released its PowerBook 100 range
    we see in the modern laptops, there are some that included quite a few touches that had flavors of
    common elements of a laptop, such as screen, the future. It featured a 9” (640 x 400p) screen, 16
    keyboard, and a single structure. The IBM 5100 also MHZ Motorola processor, 2 MB RAM, 256 KB
    had those components like display, keyboard and ROM, 20-40 MB storage, trackball, mouse buttons,
    number pad. and keyboard. The machine was discontinued in
    1992.

    Along with others, the above devices played the most


    crucial role to set the standard theme of a laptop
    which is now being used by major manufacturers like
    Apple, HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, etc.

    In the meantime, we have seen some popular laptop


    models like Apple PowerBook G4 series, Sony VAIO
    line, Dell Alienware range, Apple MackBook and so
    on. Mini laptops, called ‘Netbooks’ were also popular
    for a while. But when tablets arrived, netbook sales
    went down.

    The IBM 5100 Portable Computer featured a 5”


    diagonal CRT screen which could display maximum
    64 character and 16 lines. This 24KG machine had a
    1.9MHz processor, 16–64 KB RAM and 32–64 KB
    ROM. However, it was discontinued in 1978.

    Then we can remember Dulmont Magnum, another


    early laptop developed by Dulmison Pty Limited in
    1980s. The machine was also known as Kookaburra.
    Its display could show 8-25 lines or 80 characters. Today we are living in the age of lighter, faster and
    There was an Intel processor clocked at 8MHz. Other prettier laptops. Manufacturers are now implementing
    configurations included 96KB-384KB RAM and more advanced technologies into new laptops. Some
    128KB-384KB ROM. It had also room for dual of the best laptop lines of this year are Apple
    external 5.25” floppy disks or 10 MB external hard MacBook Pro, Lenovo Y50, Toshiba Satellite,
    drive. Samsung Chromebook, HP EliteBook, Asus
    ZenBook, etc.
    The Dulmont Magnum was not a huge success, but it
    sent a signal to big companies for developing better
    portable computers. It was discontinued in 1986.

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