History of Laptops

When it comes to computers and technology, there seems no limit to the possibilities. Computers were once large and expensive equipment, but now, thanks to the digital revolution, almost all households have computers, especially laptops small and light. This story of laptops is a fascinating story about the development of technology.

The concept of a laptop was born in late 1960 and early 1970s. During this period, Xerox researchers have experimented with a type of laptop, called the Dynabook. The intent of the Dynabook was some sort of Tablet PC that could run on battery life. However, the technology had not yet developed in this period, to develop the Dynabook.

In 1981, the Osborne-1 system has been developed for commercial purposes. This computer has a very small screen, but could not run on battery power. The Osborne-1 system gave companies the opportunity first, to take their data with them, which included bringing in aircraft. However, since they do not with the battery, which does not prevent him run a success.

The first true laptop was introduced in 1982. This could work in the life of the battery and includes a flat screen that folded into the keyboard. It also has a clamshell design. He was known as the GRID Compass. His design is still used today in many laptops. However, the high cost and incompatibility with IBM unattractive in the commercial market. It is used primarily by NASA and the U.S. military.

In 1983, two laptops were introduced - the Epson HX-20 and Compaq. He presented the most viable technological progress for the economy. The system was the first Compaq laptop with the operating system MS-DOS and IBM software. The Epson HX-20 was a reasonable price and can be run on rechargeable batteries.
At the end of 1983, Kyocera was solved Kyotronic 85th This notebook was originally published in Japan on the market, but suffered poor sales. However, the developers have U.S. marketing team has started in the U.S. and had sales of more success. The laptop has an internal modem and a number of programs that were developed by Microsoft. So we could run on ordinary AA batteries.

In 1986 and 1987, two IBM-compatible laptop pretty good success. Made by IBM and Toshiba, which had a limited ability to function, but it could lead to batteries, light, and had a pause function that the user gave the ability to take up work again without rebooting.

In 1987, many notebook manufacturers have shown in the market and the competition among manufacturers of mobile phones has increased dramatically. Buy a contract for the United States Air Force to 200,000 laptops were offered and equipment manufacturers participated intensively for it. Zenith Data Systems (ZDS) was awarded the contract and became the largest manufacturer of laptops in late 1980.
ZDS partnered with a Japanese manufacturer of equipment for the production of laptops to stimulate. In addition, these companies form alliances with Taiwan and began to become leaders in the notebook market. In 1989 Apple Inc. launched its first notebook, laptop Macintosh. The team had a long battery life, screen blank, but there was expensive and bulky. Apple PowerBook 1991 series has a technology in the NIC, the placement of the keyboard that we see today and touchpad built.

In 1995, Microsoft released Windows 95 operating system. The development of Windows-95 standard in most areas of the design of the laptop. It was also during this time as the Intel Pentium, CD-ROM drives have been standard features of most laptops functions. Technological developments since 1995 have continuously improved portable always the popular choice of the computer system is now used by millions of people around the world