3 Nov
2003
3 Nov
'03
5:19 a.m.
On Monday, November 3, 2003, at 12:55 PM, chris wrote:
Radio Shack Model 100?
It depends on
how you define the words "first", "true" and "portable".
This may seem like ridiculous quibbling but the problem is that you
must
judge based on a specified set of conditions, otherwise the title is
meaningless.
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).
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)
-chris
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