gebrauchte notebooks

The first commercially available laptop ( the name notebook was not feasible at that time as they were much bigger than the versions available now ) was the Osborne I in 1981. Though it was much heavier and had only a tiny CRT monitor, yet it had a revolutionary effect on the business and industrial sectors. The idea of taking back work to home was given a full new meaning. A better installment of the laptop or the `notebook` came in 1983. Compaq Portable was the first tech - product of Compaq and was a notebook version of the then hugely popular IBM Personal Computer. It became a hit as it was more IBM - compatible than portable from its predecessors!

But the first notebook was arguably the GRiD Compass 1101, released in 1982 by Bill Moggridge. The `clamshell` design, or the `notebook` design, where the LCD monitor remains shut against the keypad, was introduced. It was enclosed in a magnesium case, and could run on batteries. The first commercially successful notebooks were from the SupersPort series from Zenith Data Systems ( ZDS ), which competed with several other companies such as IBM, Toshiba, Compaq and others to notch up a deal with the U. S. Air Force for a contract of supplying 200, 000 notebooks in 1987. This made the laptop popular and penetrative to the business and affordable price ranges to the common consumers.