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2. Free Geek - Wikipedia

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   Free Geek's refurbished computers run Linux Mint and other free and open-source software. The use of free software gives a wide range of software without the need to manage licenses or payment. Free Geek was a joint winner of the first Chris Nicol FOSS Prize awarded by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) in 2007. [4]

3. History of laptops - Wikipedia

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   R2E CCMC Portal laptop. The portable microcomputer "Portal", of the French company R2E Micral CCMC, officially appeared in September 1980 at the Sicob show in Paris.The Portal was a portable microcomputer designed and marketed by the studies and developments department of the French firm R2E Micral in 1980 at the request of the company CCMC specializing in payroll and accounting.

4. Electronic waste - Wikipedia

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   Cathode ray tubes (used in TVs, computer monitors, ATM, video cameras, and more) Breaking and removal of yoke, then dumping: Lead, barium and other heavy metals leaching into the ground water and release of toxic phosphor Printed circuit board (image behind table – a thin plate on which chips and other electronic components are placed)

5. ‘Technology runs everything.’ Free laptops, digital equity ...

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   Several Charlotte organizations kicked off a three-year effort to giveaway 1,600 laptops to bring digital access and equity to families at affordable housing communities. ‘Technology runs ...

6. List of laptop brands and manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   The vast majority of laptops on the market are manufactured by a small handful of Taiwan-based original design manufacturers (ODM), although their production bases are located mostly in mainland China. Quanta Computer pioneered the contract manufacturing of laptops in 1988. By 1990, Taiwanese companies manufactured 11% of the world's laptops.

7. Laptop - Wikipedia

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   Laptop charging trolleys, also known as laptop trolleys or laptop carts, are mobile storage containers to charge multiple laptops, netbooks, and tablet computers at the same time. The trolleys are used in schools that have replaced their traditional static computer labs [ 63 ] suites of desktop equipped with "tower" computers, but do not have ...