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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.
The project was known as "the $100 laptop", but it originally cost $130 for a bare-bones laptop, and then the price rose to $180 in the next revision. [11] The solid-state alternative to a hard drive was sturdy, which meant that the laptop could be dropped with a lower risk of breaking—although more laptops were broken than expected—but it ...
A Kaypro II displaying the Kaypro Wikipedia page using Lynx over a serial connection A Kaypro II motherboard. The Kaypro II has a 2.5 MHz Zilog Z80 microprocessor; 64 KB of RAM; two single-sided 191 KB 5¼-inch floppy disk drives (named A: and B:); and an 80-column, green monochrome, 9" CRT that was praised for its size and clarity (the Osborne 1 had a 5" display).
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.
The first GoPro Hero, a film camera encased in a waterproof shell. The company was founded by Nick Woodman in 2002. [10] He was motivated by a 2002 surfing trip to Australia, in which he was hoping to capture high-quality action photos but could not because amateur photographers could not get close enough or buy appropriate quality equipment at reasonable prices. [11]
Packard Bell is a personal computer hardware brand which originated as Packard Bell Electronics, Inc., an independent American computer company founded in Los Angeles in 1986 by Israeli-American investors who bought the trademark rights to the historic Packard Bell Corporation from Teledyne; in spite of similarities in their names, Packard Bell has no connection to either Hewlett-Packard or ...
The Government of Pakistan has prioritized Information technology as a key component of its efforts to establish an "Information age" within the country. [12] Significant progress has been made in developing efficient computerized e-government systems for major departments, including the police, law enforcement agencies, and district administration. [12]
Imtiaz Super Market was founded in 1955 by Imtiaz Abbasi as a small superstore in Bahadurabad, Karachi.It has grown to become a leading supermarket chain in Pakistan. [6] ...