I would say the vast majority of us truly appreciate today’s feature because without it, we would not have most of the electronic devices on which we depend in everday life. On this date in 1986, the first portable laptop was introduced by the IBM corporation. It was called the 5140 “Convertible.” It weighed 12 pounds, cost $1,995, and had a grand total of 256K RAM. It was truly portable, but there were some drawbacks. It was heavy, and the keyboard keys were half the size of a regular computer keyboard’s keys. This model did not sell well in spite of the fact that it ran on batteries and was the first computer to use floppy disks. Almost immediately, better designs came about from other companies. But I am grateful for this technological advance.
For more info:
http://hightechhistory.com/2009/04/02/this-day-april-3-1986-ibm-introduces-the-first-laptop-computer/
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_Convertible
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Wow, just look at that! Looks more like a typewriter than a laptop but I never knew the first laptop was introduced way back in 1986 and it ran on batteries too!
