15 Sep
2012
15 Sep
'12
12:59 a.m.
> I was referring to the ones who argue whether
Apple or IBM invented
microcomputers.
Neither, it was Microsoft!
>>> In 2005 Toshiba announced the 20th
anniversary of when they invented
the laptop. When pressed, they claimed theirs was
the "first" with a
286 (who knows), and that clearly a laptop is only a laptop if it's
got a 286 or newer.
> YOU might need to speak up (7 years ago)! if
it's the one that I think
that they're talking about, it was a clamshell,
but only ran off of
mains power!
I'm referring to the T1100. News to me if it only ran off AC -- in which
case (surprise) I declare it a portable computer ("one that's primarily
designed to be an easy-to-move-around all-in-one system") but not a laptop
(because, in case anyone forgot already, laptops bring their power with
them in the aforementioned portable unit).
Had I realized the T1100's no-battery status (if indeed that's the truth
about it), then I would have made a big ruckus about it at the time.