3 Nov
2003
3 Nov
'03
5:19 a.m.
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, chris wrote:
What would be considered the first "laptop"
by today's laptop standards?
(ie: can actually sit on your lap, and has a self contained battery power
supply, screen, and keyboard).
The Epson HX-20 (most likely).
I saw someone the other day try to claim that Apple
released the first
laptop computer (Mac Portable), but I'm sure it wasn't anywhere near the
first (it was released in 1989 IIRC)
Some people just aren't privvy to the inane facts we computer collectors
carry around in our heads.
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