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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.
ThinkPad
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ThinkPad is a line of business-oriented laptop and tablet computers produced since 1992. It was originally designed, created and manufactured by the American International Business Machines Corporatio
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…continue to be flown aboard crewed spaceflights, though the only long-duration flight certified computer for the International Space Station is the ThinkPad. As of 2011, over 100 ThinkPads were aboard the ISS. Laptops used aboard the International Space Station and other spaceflights are generally the same…
A 1980s-era IBM THINK notepad (above), which inspired the laptop name, and the notepad refill information (below)
IBM/Lenovo's Yamato Lab where the Think line of products is developed
A ThinkPad's characteristic boxy black exterior (X201 on top of an X220)
A typical IBM design example (2000s ThinkPad T20)