Year: 1997 Initial Price: 2199 USD IBM ThinkPad 380 was a notebook computer manufactured in 1997 by IBM as part of their ThinkPad laptop series. Notable for incorporating a CD-ROM and a floppy drive. I own all IBM Thinkpad 380 series. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK Models IBM ThinkPad 380E — The 380E model introduced several additional features,…
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COMPAQ LTE Elite 4/75CX
YEAR: 1993 INITIAL PRICE: 3299 USD The Compaq LTE was a line of laptop computers made by Compaq, introduced in 1989. The first models, the Compaq LTE and the Compaq LTE 286, were among the first computers to be close to the size of a paper notebook, spurring the use of the term “notebook” to describe a…
TOSHIBA T1200XE (first laptop with “Resume-mode” technology)
YEAR: 1987 INITIAL PRICE: 6499 USD The Toshiba T1200XE was a laptop manufactured by the Toshiba Corporation, first made in 1987. It was an upgraded version of the Toshiba T1100 Plus. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK It was equipped with an Intel 80C86 processor at 12 MHz, 1 MB RAM expandable to 5 MB of which 384 kB…
The TOSHIBA T3100/20
YEAR: 1986 INITIAL PRICE: 6899 USD T3100 was a laptop manufactured by Toshiba and released in 1986. It featured a 10 MB hard drive, 8 MHz Intel 80286 CPU and a monochrome 9.6″ gas-plasma display with a resolution of up to 640×400 pixels. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK Five versions ever existed: The T3100 had a 8…
THE COMPAQ LTE286
YEAR: 1989 INITIRAL PRICE: 4499 USD LIKE US ON FACEBOOK The LTE was introduced in 1989 and was one of the first models to be the size of a notebook, thus the term “notebook computer”, the LTE model name was considered to mean “Lite” as a reference to the LTE’s small size and weight of…
IBM PS/2 Modell P70 386
YEAR: 1988 Initial Price: 7695 USD LIKE US ON FACEBOOK The Personal System/2 IBM PS/2 model P70 386 is a portable computer of briefcase size providing the same functions as the PS/2 desktop models. These models are also known as luggables. It’s meant to be a portable computer, but it’s definitely not a laptop or a…
Toshiba T1000
Year: 1987 Initial Price: 1199 USD The Toshiba T1000 was a laptop computer manufactured by the Toshiba Corporation in 1987. It had a similar specification to the IBM PC Convertible, with an 4.77 MHz 80C88 processor, 512 kB of RAM, and a monochrome CGA-compatible LCD. Unlike the Convertible, it includes a standard serial port and…
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