Laptop
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A laptop is a portable personal computer. Laptops typically have a clamshell form factor with a flat-panel screen on the inside of the upper lid and an alphanumeric keyboard and pointing device on the
A variety of laptops. Clockwise from top left: A 2021 MacBook Pro by Apple Inc.; a 2019 Microsoft Surface Pro 7 with detachable hinge (left) and a 2018 Dell XPS 15 9570 with 360 degree hinge (right); a 2014 ThinkPad Helix by Lenovo with detachable screen; and a 2014 Acer Chromebook 11
Alan Kay holding the mockup of his Dynabook concept in 2008
IBM 5100 (1975)
The Epson HX-20, the first "notebook computer", was invented in 1980 and introduced in 1982.
Portable computer
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A portable computer is a computer designed to be easily moved from one place to another, as opposed to those designed to remain stationary at a single location such as desktops and workstations. These
The Compaq Portable, one of the first IBM PC compatible system
A 1960 PB-250 computer in a standalone desktop configuration.
R2E CCMC Portal laptop in September 1980 at the SICOB show in PARIS