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From the page: Last time we had the world's first digital camera on Retro Computing Corner, and so I thought I'd cover another computing first which may have changed the world - another ubiquitous device we take for granted today that absolutely blew people's minds when it was first...
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- zvii rated 5 months ago
- mass produced laptop designed in 1979
- slipped rated 5 months ago
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From the page: Last time we had the world's first digital camera on Retro Computing Corner, and so I thought I'd cover another computing first which may have changed the world - another ubiquitous device we take for granted today that absolutely blew people's minds when it was first released. I'm talking about what is widely regarded to be the first laptop - at least as we know them today.
Unlike the Kodak digital camera prototype we had last time, however, the world's first laptop, known as the GRiD Compass, was actually put into production and was generally available. It was designed in 1979 and made available in 1982. As each unit sold for over $8,000 however (taking inflation into account, that's the equivalent of $18,000 today), they weren't generally bought by the public, but were very popular with the US government.
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