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The First Laptop
William Moggridge designed The Grid Compass for Grid Systems Corporation. NASA used it as part of the space shuttle program in the early 1980s. It featured a 340K byte bubble memory laptop computer system with a die-cast magnesium case and folding electroluminescent graphics display screen. -
The First Truly Portable Computer
The computer considered by most historians to be the first truly portable computer was the Osborne 1. It’s a blessing that Adam Osborne invented the laptop in 1981 for the benefits of the future generation. It’s a remarkable innovation that is portable, convenient and solves more than half of our problems. -
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Laptops Started To Become Popular
Steve Jobs started to push up the sales of portables. Also, In July of 2005 the sales of laptops started to exceed those of desktop, and in 2006 that began to happen constantly. -
Laptop Sales Overtake Those of Desktops Worldwide
In 2009 159m portable machines, a segment that includes both notebooks and netbooks, were sold, compared with 124m desktop machines, according to the research company IDC. -
“ENSANCHE”
This program provided TICs training for teachers and the installation of computers, and laptops besides the provision of internet connection to 870 public schools for the national education system, in El Salvador -
“Un niño, una computadora”
This program promoted the delivery of 98,500 personal “Lempitas" computers and beneficiated 4.000 public schools and 950,000 students, in El Salvador. -
“ENLACE”
This program is currently running the delivery of 46,422 laptops equipped with internet connection, windows 10, and an English course.