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Texas Instruments sold its laptop business to Acer in 1997. Toshiba: Japan Dynabook, Libretto, Portégé, Satellite, Satellite Pro, Qosmio, T series, Tecra: Toshiba fully exited the personal computer and laptop business in June 2020, transferring the remaining 19.9 percent shares to Sharp Corporation, which now runs the business as Dynabook Inc ...
In 2013, Toshiba released the Kirabook (Dynabook Kira in Japan), a high-end Windows 8 notebook. [42] In 2014, it launched the Toshiba Encore Windows 8.1 tablet and the Excite Go, a low-end Android tablet. [43] In a LaptopMag.com ranking the best and worst laptop brands, Toshiba was placed last in 2013 and again in 2016; it was placed fourth in ...
Beginning with Toshiba's T1800 laptop in 1992, Toshiba began introducing brand names to go alongside certain T-series models (in the T1800's case, Satellite). [4] This practice continued until June 1995, when Toshiba's computer division imposed a nomenclature reset which removed the T prefix and dictated that all succeeding models have a brand ...
In 1985, Toshiba released the T1100, the world's first commercially accepted laptop PC. [13] Toshiba designed and developed PCs, predominantly laptops, under several product lines including Satellite, Portégé, Libretto, Qosmio and Tecra. Toshiba initialized process of divestment of the personal computer and laptop business, Toshiba Client ...
Compal was founded in June 1984 [1] as a computer peripherals supplier. [9] It went public in April 1990. [1] In September 2011, Compal announced it would form a joint venture with Lenovo to make laptops in China. [10] The venture was expected to start producing laptops by the end of 2012.
The Satellite 5205-S703 was the first laptop with built-in DVD-R/RW drive and cost $2,699. [2] Sharp Corporation obtained 80.1% of Toshiba's computer subsidiary in October 2018. In April 2019, Sharp renamed the subsidiary Dynabook Inc. [3] In 2020, Toshiba sold their remaining shares to Sharp. Sharp resurrected the Satellite Pro series that year.
A stack of Satellite Pro 470CDTs. Toshiba Information Systems introduced the Satellite Pro 400 series in June 1995, starting with the 400CDT and 400CS models. [1] This was a month after they had announced the Portégé 610CT, the first subnotebook with a Pentium processor, [2] and almost a full year after they had announced the T4900CT, the first notebook-sized laptop with a Pentium processor. [3]
The Tecra is a series of business laptops currently manufactured by Dynabook Inc., a subsidiary of Sharp Corporation formerly owned by Toshiba.The number of Tecra notebook models available for sale is strictly dependent on the location: North and South America, Europe, Africa and South Africa, the Middle East or the South Pacific region.