Laptops in the 1980s
By: Maria Ham
The First Laptop
- Osborne 1
- Available in 1981
- $1,795
- Only the rich can afford a laptop
Make-up of the Osborne 1
- 5 inch screen
- 25 pounds
- keyboard in lid
- little storage
Evolution of the Laptop
- Smaller in size and in weight
- Considerably larger amount of storage
- IBM Software (1987)
Advantages of Laptops
- Personalization
- Easy travel
- More options for school projects
- Work outside of computer labs and offices
- Easier to type papers
Without the invention of the laptop we would still be doing all of our school projects and papers in a computer lab!