Posted on September 6, 2018
IBM PC Convertible 5140
In 1986, IBM shed the light on the IBM PC convertible. Lighter and smaller than the IBM PC portable, this new device set the tone for generations to come, and is in fact IBMs first ever laptop computer.
Posted on September 6, 2018
Compaq Contura Aero 4/33C
Thirteen years before the worls saw the first Netbook, Compaq hit the market with Contura Aero, one of the earliest Subnotebook computers.
Posted on September 3, 2018
Sony Vaio VGN-UX280P UMPC
It’s small, it’s light, and it had a starring role in a Bond movie: The Sony Vaio UMPC.
Posted on September 2, 2018
TI TravelMate 4000M
Before selling it’s computer business off to Acer in 1997, Texas Instruments, famously known for their line of table calculators, also produced computers. Here’s the TravelMate 4000M, a 486-class Notebook of the early 90s.
Posted on September 2, 2018
TI TravelMate 5200
Before selling it’s computer business off to Acer in 1997, Texas Instruments, famously known for their line of table calculators, also produced computers. Here’s the TravelMate 5200, a Pentium-class Notebook of the mid-90s.
Posted on August 31, 2018
Halikan LA5040
Chaplet Systems offered the LA5040, a 386-based portable in around 1989. While in many aspects similar to the Toshiba T5100, this device originally offered something the Toshiba didn’t have: A built-in battery.
Posted on August 31, 2018
Bondwell Model 8
In the early 80s, Bondwell Computers was known for producing luggable computers. With model 8 they released the first laptop style computer in 1985.
Posted on August 28, 2018
Highscreen Colani BlueNote
In 1993, german retailer VOBIS hired designer Luigi Colani to give their computer lineup a more appealing and distinct look. One result of these efforts was the Colani BlueNote. As VW said years later: Blue makes happy.
Posted on August 27, 2018
Highscreen Notebook 386SX-25 (Halikan NBA386SX-25)
German Retailer VOBIS was once popular, with some 800 branches accross Europe, pushing the HIGHSCREEN brand into many households. Here’s a HIGHSCREEN notebook which brought an appealing design to the clunky world of notebooks.
Posted on August 26, 2018
Compaq LTE Elite 4/75CX
With the LTE line, Compaq was among the first to offer portable computers with the base dimension of a paper sheet, coining the new term “Notebook” to describe smaller, less bulkier Laptops.