The evolution of laptops

By jjjackson1998

  • The first Laptop

    The very first Laptop was the Osbourne 1 whis was created in 19981. The Osbourne 1 weighed about 24 pounds, and featured a five inch screen, modem port, two 5 1/4 floppy drives, and a battery pack. Its overall cost was about $1795 dollars.

  • The Gavilan

    The Gavilan
    In 1983, a newer version of the Osbourne 1 came out named the Gavilan mobile computer.The Gavilan featured a clamshell design where the screen folded over the keyboard when closed and it weighed in at a light 9 pounds. It could run on a nickle cadmium battery for 9 hours.

  • The Compaq

    The Compaq
    Over time laptops were being be made more and more and in 1988 Compaq made a SLT/286 laptop. This laptop weighed a heavier 14 pounds than the last one ,it also had a 1.44 floppy drive, a 286 processer and a new low-power chip that is among the faster 80286 microprocessors.

  • The Macintosh portable

    The Macintosh portable
    Around the late 1980's the macintosh portable was created by apple. This computer, weighed in between 16 and 17 pounds, had a clear it 640x408 pixel active matrix screen,and had a battery that lasted an amazing 10 hours.

  • The Apple Macbook Air

    The Apple Macbook Air
    In 2006 apple release the Apple Macbook Air laptop. This computer weighed a very light 3 pounds, had 64 gigabyte's of storage, and had a colored digital screen.

  • The complete Evolution of computers

    The complete Evolution of computers
    In 2012 laptops are much more advances, lighter, sleeker, and cheaper models. An example would be the 2012 Acer models that comes with high level specs, Amd dual core C-60 accelerated processor, HDMI port, and up to 7 hours of life. This is the complete evolution of computers.