History of laptop and it's evolution

History of laptop and it's evolution

www.systembaba.com - Sep 28, 2022

The history of laptops and its evolution is the efforts which begun in the 1970s, to build small, portable personal computers that combine the components, Inputs, Outputs and Capabilities of a desktop computer in a small chassis or a portable good to carry box or a gadget.

As the personal computer (PC) became possible in 1971 the idea of a personal computer soon became available. The personal and portable information manipulator was thought by Alan Kay at Xerox PARC in 1968 and designed in his 1972 paper as the "Dynabook". The IBM Special Computer APL Machine Portable (SCAMP) was launched in 1973. This prototype was based on the IBM PALM processor and technology. The IBM 5100, the first commercially available portable computer, was available in September 1975, and was based on the SCAMP prototype technology.

Let’s understand the history of laptop and it’s evolution by getting the answer for the below question?

• When was the first laptop invented?

The first sleek and compact laptop, Grid Compass was made in 1982. Built with magnesium case. It also introduced the now popular design in which the flat display folded shutdown against the keyboard. The laptop was equipped with a 320×200-pixel electroluminescence display and 384 kilobyte bubble memory space.

• Who is the father of laptop?

Bill Moggridge was the father of laptop, one of the most tenacious, open, and empathetic. He will always remembered as a revolutionary designer and the father of the modern laptop.

• What was the first ever laptop?

The first sleek and compact laptop, Grid Compass was made in 1982. It was highly priced (US $8,000–10,000, equivalent to $25,000-30,000 in 2022) And (INR 653543.60–816929.50, equivalent to INR-2042323.75 - 2450788.50 in 2022) limited it to only particular applications. It was mainly used by the U.S. military and by the NASA on the Space Shuttle during the 1980s. GRID’s Manufacturer GRID Systems Corp. was later bought by the Andy (now RadioShack) Corporation. The Grid laptop was restricted and limited because it had no internal battery pack and relied completely on mains power.

• Why was laptop invented?

The computer was invented to automate difficult mathematical calculations that were previously calculated by human and to remove the human calculation error. Charles Babbage is known as the father of the advance computer technology. Babbage saw a need for an automated calculation system that would negate the human error in computation. Which is most selling brand of laptop in the world

• Which is most selling brand of laptop in the world?

Early selling laptop brands: Toshiba Sold to Sharp And now Dynabook, IBM sold to Lenovo, Compaq sold to HP, Fujitsu merged to Siemens

List of top selling brands around the world as if 2022: HP, Samsung, Asus, Dell, Microsoft, MSI Global, Lenovo, Acer, Razer, Apple.

• Market share of laptop brands around the world 2022

• Different operating systems used in laptop

An operating system is the most important component that runs the computer and commands what's needs to be done when. It also allows us to communicate with the computer without knowing how to speak the computer's language. Operating systems normally come loaded on the laptop you buy, but these days we get the option to skip the pre-loaded OS. There are three most common operating systems for laptops which are Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux And Few other operating system available but not very commonly used like Ubuntu, Fedora, Solaris, Free BSD, Chrome OS, CentOS, Debian, Deepin Introduction of Windows and change technology and easily available computer for everyone

• List of early age laptop and invention

• Portal R2E CCMC (1980)

 

• Osborne 1 (1981)

• Compaq Portable (1982-83)

• Epson HX-20 (1981-82)

• Grid Compass (1982), The first truly portable laptop

• Dulmont Magnum/Kookaburra (1982-83)

• Sharp PC-5000 (1983), Gavilan SC (1983)

• Kyocera Kyotronic 85 And TRS-80 Model 100(Tendy100) (1983)

• Data General/One (DG-1)(1984) First Ms DOS technology equiped laptop, Graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs).

• Bondwell 2 (1985) First laptop with inbuilt floppy drive

• Kaypro 2000 (1985)

• Toshiba T1100, T1000, and T1200 (1985)

• IBM PC Convertible (1986)

• Epson L3s (1986)

• ZDS Supersport (1987)

• Hewlett-Packard Vectra Portable CS (1987)

• Cambridge Z88 (1988)

• Compaq SLT/286 (1988)

• NEC UltraLite (1989)

• Apple Macintosh Portable (September 1989) 

• IBM PS/2 note (1992)

• Apple Powerbook (1991)

• IBM ThinkPad (1992)

• Windows 3.1 was the first version of Windows to support APM Windows 3.0, released in 1990 was used mostly because of virtual memory and loadable virtual device drivers (VxDs) that allow Windows to share arbitrary devices between multi-tasked applications. Windows 3. 1 made available on March 1, 1992, featured a facelift. In August 1993.

As the 1980s gave a roadmap to the 1990s, it was visible that the technology was now shifting from commercial use only to home use. Instead, there was a newfound motivation to make the personal computer more portable and more powerful and easily available.

By the end of the ‘90s, it was evident that there it’s going to bring advancements in features, design, speed, storage, and price that would make this technology more accessible and exciting than ever.

In June 1991 Bill Gates annouced “the DOS is dead,” And that gave urge and requirement for the most advance technology that created the LINUX and followed by many other technology and words such as world wide web, emails, SSD, IOS, Ms Office, JPEG, Keyboard, HTML, MP3, Browsers, CD, DVD, DVD writers, Javascript, Graphics, Gforce, Nvidia, Hotmail, Yahoochat, Wifi, Hotpsot

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