Kilen+-+Laptop

=**My invention that I decided to do is “The history and the different types of laptops/computers.”I’m going to tell you some things about laptops/computers like, when were Laptops/computers invented, why Laptops/computers were invented, who invented the first laptop/computer, and etc. My invention that I decided to do is “The history and the different types of laptops/computers.”**= =**When was the first laptop invented?** At the end of 1980's many laptop manufacturers developed similar machines. (Laptops and other inventions they do.) Source 2. (Goodman, Simon) In 1981 Osborn made a laptop it was the size of a sewing machine and it required a power outlet to run. (The laptop/computer was very heavy) Source 1. (Life123 Answers at the speed of life) = = Osborn 1.= = = =**Who designed the first computer?** The first computer name was Osborne 1; it was designed by Briton, William Moggridge. (It was very heavy but people say it was easy to carry or easy to bring/travel with. Laptops were invented originally for children who are in school and for adults that do business.) Source 3. (Laptops Tech) = = **Briton William Moggridge**= = = =**When was the first computer released to the market?** In 1982 the computers were released to the market. (There was more than one design of that laptop/computer.) Source 2. (Goodman, Simon)In 1982 the first portable laptop came out. (It’s not as heavy and big as the first one.) = = **What’s the name of the second laptop, and when was it released?** In 1983 they came out with a new laptop called Epson HX-20. (It held more data and could transfer data from different laptops to desk tops) Also the Kyocera Kyotronic 85 got released. (It’s small and not highly priced.)In 1986 IBM came out with their first laptops, but any computers would have had to be IBM compatible to release onto the market. Source 1. (Life123 Answers at the Speed of Life) = = **Epson HX-20**= = = =**Why are laptops/computers so popular?** By the end of the 1985's computers/laptops have gotten more popular because business people need them for work and kids need them for school or just to have. Source 3. (Laptops Tech) (A lot of people say that there not only better with holding more data but also they are better designed and they get a lot profit.) In 1987 the Toshiba laptop was invented, it's like the IBM portable. Source 1. (Life123 Answers at the Speed of Life)(The laptop was very light but it still hadn’t been commercially successful.) = = **Business people**= = = =**What company invented the first laptop with graphics?** In 1988 Compaq was the first company to invent a laptop that had VGA graphics. Source 1. (Life123 Answers at the Speed of Life) = = Compaq Company=

=**What company invented Apple laptops?** In 1989 Macintosh Portable was the first company to invent an Apple laptop; the Apple laptops were huge, even though the Apple laptop wasn't very successful it made it into the market. Source 1. (Life123 Answers at the Speed of Life) = = **Apple**=

= = =**Even when Apple laptops first came out they weren’t very successful, why did it get released onto the market anyways?** They made it into the market because of how they looked, the design everybody wanted them because it was the new best thing out there, so everyone bought them. In 1991 Apple PowerBook out beat Macintosh Portable because the apple laptop from Apple PowerBook was way more portable and it was a lot better designed than the apple laptop Macintosh Portable made.In 1995 Microsoft released the window 95. Window 95 was a default operating system; (it held a lot more data than the Apple laptops.) Source 1. (Life123 Answers at the Speed of Life)Someexamples of old computers are IBM-Compatible Laptops, Laptops Experience True Success, Apple Enters the Market, Microsoft Standardizes the Laptop and etc. Source 5. (Random History and, Word Origins for the Curious Mind ) = = **Apple laptop**= = = =**Why were portable laptops so useful?** Portable laptops were very useful back then, because there good for school, businesses and business people, there also good for traveling while working, internet, and etc. Source 4. (About.com Inventors) (There more useful now than they were when they first came out.) = = Portable= = = =**When did Hardware first get invented?** May 2005 hardware was made. People could go places and get internet connection and take their computers all over like to coffee shops, out of the state, and etc. (Business people take them everywhere so they always can continuously work.) Source 2. (Goodman, Simon) As the years go on technology gets a lot better. They have come out with a lot of different laptops; Source 5. (Random History and, Word Origins for the Curious Mind) = = = =**As technology progresses there will always be plenty of more laptops/computers that people love and want in the world, and they will always get better over the years. They come out with different ideas/stuff every day. So if you are worried about it, don’t be because technology gradually gets better every year, in fact I bet it gets better every day.**=