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Chapter 1The Portable Computing QuestIn This Chapter▶ Understanding portable computing▶ Reviewing laptop history▶ Recognizing the Tablet PC variation▶

16Part I: The Laptop Shall Set You Free Figure 1-6: The NEC UltraLite. As was required of all laptops, the UltraLite featured a modem, and it could t

17 Chapter 1: The Portable Computing QuestOver time, all these qualities were achieved — at a price. Today, the holy grail of a lightweight, PC-compat

18Part I: The Laptop Shall Set You Free Figure 1-7: A Tablet PC. ✓ Even as a hybrid, Tablet PC sales haven’t taken off. Apparently, writing on the s

19 Chapter 1: The Portable Computing Quest Figure 1-8: The eensy-weensy netbook PC. 05_578292-ch01.indd 1905_578292-ch01.indd 19 12/23/09 9:11 P

20Part I: The Laptop Shall Set You Free The laptop of the futureI don’t believe that the laptop computer will supplant the typical desktop computer sy

21 Chapter 1: The Portable Computing QuestSee Chapter 10 for more information on batteries and other power-management issues.Do You Need a Laptop?The

22Part I: The Laptop Shall Set You Free Take the laptop on the roadLaptops let you take your work on the road. After a few moments of synch-ing (trans

8Part I: The Laptop Shall Set You Free In the history of the portable computer, those three things didn’t happen all at once, and definitely not in th

9 Chapter 1: The Portable Computing QuestThe Dynabook never left the lab, remaining only a dream. Yet the desire to take a computer on the road wouldn

10Part I: The Laptop Shall Set You Free The loveable luggablesThe Osborne computer was barely portable. Face it: The thing was a suitcase! Imagine hau

11 Chapter 1: The Portable Computing QuestThe Compaq 1, introduced in 1983 at $3,590, proved that you could have your IBM compatibility and haul it on

12Part I: The Laptop Shall Set You Free The Radio Shack Model 100 was all that was needed for portability at the time, which is why the device was so

13 Chapter 1: The Portable Computing Quest Figure 1-4: The Compaq III. ✓ Incidentally, around the same time as the lunch bucket computers became popu

14Part I: The Laptop Shall Set You Free Figure 1-5: The Compaq SLT. Feature-wise, the SLT had what most PC desktop users wanted in a portable system:

15 Chapter 1: The Portable Computing QuestCalculating laptop weight: The missing piecesWhen computer companies specify the weights of their laptops, I