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The year 1983 ... saw the launch of what was probably the biggest-selling early laptop, the Kyocera Kyotronic 85. Owing much to the design of the previous Epson HX-20, and although at first a slow seller in Japan, it was quickly licensed by Tandy Corporation, Olivetti, and NEC, who recognised its potential and marketed it respectively as the TRS-80 Model 100 line (or Tandy 100), Olivetti M-10, and NEC PC-8201.[3] The machines ran on standard AA batteries. The Tandy's built-in programs, including a BASIC interpreter, a text editor, and a terminal program, were supplied by Microsoft, and are thought to have been written in part by Bill Gates himself. The computer was not a clamshell, but provided a tiltable 8×40-character LCD screen above a full-travel keyboard. With its internal modem, it was a highly portable communications terminal. Due to its portability, good battery life (and ease of replacement), reliability (it had no moving parts), and low price (as little as US$300), the model was highly regarded, becoming a favorite among journalists.
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A thief entered one of the hospital's facilities on Saturday morning and made off with a laptop. The following day, hospital IT staff watched in the Computrace Data Center as the computer reappeared online in nearby Golden Valley, before being shut down again. On Tuesday, Absolute Theft Recovery Officers were surprised to see the laptop calling home from Vietnam using a new operating system and the forged login credentials "Autoservice" and "Garage". It appeared that the thief had reformatted the laptop but Computrace continued to provide investigators with comprehensive tracking information.
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CRMA-Express, available exclusively by Itronix in the HUMMER Laptop, will ... allow owners to quickly and easily upgrade their laptops to future wireless technology through use of a user-installable radio cassette. This results in a "future-proof" wireless option upgrade path that protects an owner's investment in the HUMMER Laptop.
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The Gavilan was notably the first computer to be marketed as a "laptop". It was ... equipped with a pioneering touchpad-like pointing device, installed on a panel above the keyboard. Like the GRiD Compass, the Gavilan and the Sharp were housed in clamshell cases, but they were partly IBM-compatible, although primarily running their own system software. Both had LCD displays, and could connect to optional external printers. The Dulmont Magnum, launched internationally in 1984, was an Australian portable similar in layout to the Gavilan, which used the Intel 80186 processor.[2]
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Laptop batteries are usually made with Li-Ion batteries and the very nature of Li-Ion batteries is that they have about 300-500 charges and last at most about 4-5 years (shelf life). They ... have a self-discharge rate of about 1% per day so you need to be sure to charge them at least every 6 months.
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LAS VEGAS, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Panasonic today announced its Slim DVD Multi Drive, a combination DVD/CD burner drive offering all multi-media functions in one laptop-size tailored unit. The new drive shares key features with the company's standard half-height DVD Multi Drive (DVDBurner II), including read/write support for all DVD Forum approved recordable DVD formats; as well as read/write support for CD-R/RW discs. The Slim DVD Multi Drive enhances any laptop by delivering the convenience of high-speed writing and playback capabilities, universal DVD-R compatibility, the benefits of RAM technology and all with easy switching capabilities between media formats.
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