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Osborne 1
Cost was $1,795
weighed 24 pounds and had a 5 inch screen -
GRiD Compass
Made from magnesium alloy; designed in 1979, first sold 3 years later -
IBM PC Convertible
Weighed 13 pounds & had a built in carrying handle -
Mac Portable
Apple Inc.'s first attempt at making a battery-powered portable Macintosh personal computer that held the power of a desktop Macintosh. It was also the first commercial off-the-shelf portable computer used in space and the first to send an email from space, in 1991 aboard Space Shuttle mission -
Power Book
Built-in trackball, and the clever positioning of the keyboard which left room for palmrests on either side of the pointing device -
Think Pad 700C
featured the best screens, largest hard drives and fastest processors available at the time -
Lenovo Tablet X41
convertible, with the capacity to function as a tablet PC and an ultraportable laptop. -
iPad
Sold 3 million in 80 days, Its size and weight fall between those of contemporary smartphones and laptop computers
