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Bit of History and Advantages of Laptop Computers

Laptops were originally considered to be a small niche market and were thought suitable mostly for specialized field applications, but today, laptops are becoming more popular for student, business and general uses. As the personal computer became feasible in the early 1970s, the idea of a portable personal computer followed. IBM 5100, the first commercially available portable computer, appeared in 1975 as an 8-bit CPU machines, became widely accepted and the number of portables increased rapidly. Early portable computers weighed as much as 23.5 pounds (10.7kg) and had no battery. The Epson had a LCD screen, a rechargeable battery and a calculator-size printer in a 1.6kg (3.5lb) chassis. Both Tandy/RadioShack and HP also produced portable computers of varying designs around the same time. The term "laptop" is used to refer to a number of classes of small portable computers: Notebook: – A laptop computer which measures at least 11 inches across, which is the minimum width to