Retro Computer Ads
maksim | 7:44 pm | February 13, 2008 | Laptop History
20 Years ago, schoolboys dreamed of videophones, laptops were called “microcomputers”, and were the size of a small house. They were cooler than a spaceship. They were spaceships themselves, taking us humans away from analog jungle to digital concrete.
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Sasha | 10:28 pm | December 29, 2007 | Laptop History
We usually like to search the web for new amazing and stylish laptops that impress our imagination with innovative features and new technology. The progress of today is astonishing indeed. But looking back into the past can be even more exciting at times.
The first laptop in the world, GRiD Compass 1100, was the brainchild of Bill Moggridge, British industrial designer; it is now 28 years old, dating back to 1979.
Just imagine the memory of 340 Kbytes and a 320×200-pixel display. The laptop could run its own operating system GRiD-OS. The design was a break-through, with the screen that could fold flat when closed.
In addition, the laptop boasted the weight of a little over 5kg, which was like having your ski boots made of swan feathers, by today’s standards.
But unfortunately the laptop wasn’t so popular among public with the price of almost £5000, and the main buyers were the US Government and NASA.