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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.
A laptop computer or notebook computer, also known as a laptop or notebook, is a small, portable personal computer (PC). 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 inside of the lower lid.
The Epson HX-20 from 1982 was the first portable computer to be called a "notebook".. The terms laptop and notebook both trace their origins to the early 1980s, coined to describe portable computers in a size class smaller than the contemporary mainstream units (so-called "luggables") but larger than pocket computers.
The ThinkPad L series is a line of notebook computers from Lenovo as part of the ThinkPad family. As opposed to the ThinkPad T and X series, the L series has an added focus on economy and value; [1] they are the entry-level range for enterprise use, [2] and are also used by students. [3]
The HP ProBook is a line of laptop computers made by Hewlett-Packard since 2009, [1] marketed to business users but with a list price lower than that of HP's higher-end EliteBook series. [ 2 ] History
Released in June 2006, the T4210 was the first tablet PC to feature an Intel Core Duo processor. The Toshiba Tecra M7 was launched about a month later. The LIFEBOOK T4215 was the first convertible tablet PC with embedded UMTS. Currently (2017) the T936 and T937 are narrow but powerful 'convertibles' in the range.
Some models of laptop computers have a detachable keyboard, which allows the system to be configured as a touch-screen tablet. They are sometimes called 2-in-1 detachable laptops or tablet-laptop hybrids. [39] Mobile phones are designed to have an extended battery life and light weight, while having less functionality than larger computers.
An ultra-mobile PC, [1] or ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), is a miniature version of a pen computer, a class of laptop whose specifications were launched by Microsoft and Intel in Spring 2006. Sony had already made a first attempt in this direction in 2004 with its Vaio U series , which was only sold in Asia.