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  Portable computer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Portable computer is a computer that is designed to be moved from one place to another (in other words, it is a computer that is portable).
Early portables were unkindly referred to as "luggables," referring to their great size and weight (owing partly to the need to include a full-blown CRT monitor, as LCD technology was not yet mature).
Portable computers have been increasing in popularity over the past decade, as they do not restrict the user in terms of mobility as a desktop computer would.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portable_computer   (414 words)

  
 Laptop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although, some older portable computers, such as the Macintosh Portable and certain Zenith TurbosPort models, were sometimes described as "laptops", their size and weight were too great for this category.
The computer could be run from batteries, and was equipped with a 320×200-pixel plasma display and 384 kilobyte bubble memory.
The first Apple Computer machine designed to be used on the go was the 1989 Macintosh Portable (although an LCD screen had been an option for the transportable Apple IIc in 1984).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portable_computers   (4200 words)

  
 Osborne Computer Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Osborne Computer Corporation (OCC) was founded by Adam Osborne in 1980 based on a product of not just personal computers but portable computers.
Adam Osborne asked Lee Felsenstein to develop his portable computer with the result being the Osborne 1.
The peak sales per month for Osborne 1 personal computers over the course of the product lifetime was 10,000 units, despite the initial business plan for the computer predicting a total of only 10,000 units sold over the entire product lifecycle.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Osborne_Computer_Corporation   (666 words)

  
 Portable PC, transportable PC, luggable PC, lunchbox rugged portable computers and portable workstations for industrial ...
Portable PC, transportable PC, luggable PC, lunchbox rugged portable computers and portable workstations for industrial applications, military applications and mobile applications.
Ruggedized Portable Workstations are metal construction portable PCs with large slot-count passive backplanes or ATX form factor motherboards.
Portable Workstation series let you takes you applications into field conditions that notebooks computers are not designed to do.
www.bsicomputer.com /portable/portables.htm   (291 words)

  
 Osborne 1 computer
Released in 1981 by the Osborne Computer Corporation, the Osborne 1 is considered to be the first true portable computer - it closes-up for protection, and has a carrying handle.
It probably wasn't the company's fault, since by this time most of the serious computer users were gravitating towards the new IBM PC, which had already been available since 1981.
In 1983, the Compaq Portable came out - a portable computer similar to the Osborne, except that it was IBM compatible and ran MS-DOS.
oldcomputers.net /osborne.html   (791 words)

  
 What is portable? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
A portable computer is a computer small enough to carry.
Portable computers include notebook and subnotebook computers, hand-held computers, palmtops, and PDAs.
Portable and machine independent mean the same thing—that the software does not depend on a particular type of hardware.
www.webopedia.com /TERM/L/portable.html   (299 words)

  
 Rugged portable computer, transportable, luggable, lunchbox ruggedized portable computers and military portable ...
Rugged portable computer, transportable, luggable, lunchbox ruggedized portable computers and military portable workstations for industrial applications, military applications and mobile applications.
BSI's rugged portable computers are highly customizable mobile workstations for industrial and military applications.
Ruggedized Workstations are metal construction portables with large slot-count passive backplanes or ATX form factor motherboards.
www.industrial-portable.com   (225 words)

  
 Army Technology - Broadax Systems Inc - Rugged Portable Computers
BSI is one of the pioneers in the rugged portable computers industry.
BSI portable workstations are designed to provide the full power of desktop computers, and the ability to use standard add-on cards in a compact package.
All BSI rugged portable computers are designed to offer an affordable alternative for field service and mobile computing.
www.army-technology.com /contractors/computers/broadax/index.html   (806 words)

  
 portable computer, portable computers, SCS Inc.
Our Zeus Series of Industrial lunchbox portable computers are all metal and all aluminum for rugged environments.
The portable computer has a switching power supply of 115/230.
The portable computer can be configured as a portable SCSI file server - capacity is no problem.
www.theportablepc.com /FAQ.HTM   (228 words)

  
 Portable Personal Computers
Portable personal computers are commonly grouped into the following categories: luggable, notebook, subnotebook, palmtop, and tablet.
In a recent review of thirty-one notebooks ("Portable PCs: The Laptop Gap"), Bill Howard stated that the average entrant weighed 7.9 pounds, had a battery life of 2.5 hours, and cost $2890 (147).
Some manufacturers simply repackage a notebook computer with the necessary touch screen and pen as a tablet.
www3.iath.virginia.edu /elab/hfl0107.html   (390 words)

  
 Compaq I Portable computer
Compaq Computer Corporation was founded in February 1982 by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto, three senior managers who left Texas Instruments and invested $1,000 each to form their own company.
The Compaq Portable was the first 100% compatible IBM computer clone.
In 1986, Compaq released the Portable II with an internal hard drive and a 80286 microprocessor.
oldcomputers.net /compaqi.html   (554 words)

  
 The New Crossover Class of Portable Computers eWEEK - Find Articles
And portable computers are birthing their own hybrid—a new class called the UPC or ultraportable PC.
A UPC is a cross between a handheld computer such as the HP iPaq and a laptop computer like the Sony Vaio 505.
In short, they do about 80 percent of what we need a portable computer to do, and for most of us, that means we need our laptops as well—which makes the handheld redundant.
findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_zdewk/is_200404/ai_ziff124181   (956 words)

  
 Lunchbox Style Portable Computers - Frequently Asked Questions
The lunchbox portable chassis is mounted in a metal-enclosure that is then enclosed in rugged ABS plastic.
The DPS series lunchbox style portable computers are currently being used by our growing list of customers all over the world for a wide variety of mobile applications.
The DPS-9000 portables are in use in USA, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and the far east.
www.pcportable.com /faq.html   (683 words)

  
 Short History of the Internet by Bruce Sterling
Foreign computers, and a few American ones, chose to be denoted by their geographical locations.
Any computer of sufficient power is a potential spore for the Internet, and today such computers sell for less than $2,000 and are in the hands of people all over the world.
Computer networks worldwide will feature 3-D animated graphics, radio and cellular phone-links to portable computers, as well as fax, voice, and high- definition television.
w3.aces.uiuc.edu /AIM/scale/nethistory.html   (3201 words)

  
 Lunchbox Style Portable Computers - Now with Dual Pentium III 933 MHz
A "Lunchbox Portable PC" is a specialized mobile PC that is a hybrid between a notebook computer and a desktop.
It typically consists of a rugged ABS or Metal chassis with an LCD panel, and a detachable keyboard that snaps on to the front of the panel.
The DPS lunchbox style portables truly offer portable computing without compromising - the power, convenience, flexibility and expandability of a desktop computer in a portable format.
www.pcportable.com   (836 words)

  
 Rugged Portable Computer Workstations - MaxVision's ultimate workstation desktops
MaxVision®’s MaxPac® Families of Rugged Portable Computers are full featured extreme Windows or Linux workstations providing complete PC compatibility, uncompromised performance, comfortable usability and upgradeable utility far beyond traditional lunchbox or notebook computers.
MaxPac Portables are a Tough New Breed of rugged commercial/industrial PCs designed using a unique box-in-box shock isolation to be tough enough for many military and security applications but offered at a COTS price.
MaxPacs desktop footprint is one of the smallest in the industry but feature larger LCDs found on any other portable computer, a rich set of standard I/O such as Gigabit Ethernet and Firewire, and as many PCI or PCI-X slots required for special I/O cards.
www.maxvision.com   (516 words)

  
 portable computers - 3rd computer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Early personal computers were nothing like present day computers, they had personality...
Computer produces laptops and portable computers all with Palm OS.
A Portable computer is a computer that is designed to be moved from one place...
computer.gundack.info /dir13/portable-computers.html   (364 words)

  
 Lunchbox Computers - Custom Built Portable Computer Workstations
In fact, one can generally purchase a fully operational notebook computer for less than the cost of the bare lunchbox chassis.
The main advantages of lunchbox systems are ruggedness, standard size expansion slots, full-sized, full-travel keys on the keyboards in addition to power and capacity not to be found in any notebook computer.
Lunchboxes offer the possibility to utilize standard components in a portable platform: full-size motherboards, hard drives, CD-ROM drives, modems and specialty cards that require full length expansion slots can be used in a lunchbox chassis.
www.lunchboxcomputers.com   (281 words)

  
 Army Technology - MaxVision - Custom Designed Rugged Portable Computers
MaxVision is a leader in the extreme portable and transportable computer workstation marketplace.
Today, MaxVision sets the standard for extreme rugged portable PC workstations featuring 19in — 20.1in LCD displays with additional display options, a special filtration system for operation in the dustiest of conditions, and high disk capacity with removable hard drives to allow for sensitive information to remain secure.
Whether you are an applications-specific integrator, software business dealing with the portable video or data acquisition and analysis, or have a particular military or intelligence mission needing a entirely new product; MaxVision is your best partner for custom design and production of portable computing.
www.army-technology.com /contractors/computers/max_vision   (660 words)

  
 Notebook Computers -- CFO.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In addition to reviews of the ten machines, you'll find stories about the current state of mobile computing, as well as a checklist for purchasing a portable.
When considering the purchase of a notebook computer, here's what to look for.
Development of Linux is increasingly driven by large computer makers, such as HP and IBM.
www.cfo.com /guides/1,6106,43,00.html   (560 words)

  
 Manufacturing Rackmount Servers, Portable Lunchbox Computers and Rackmount workstations.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
JAX Systems Corp. is one of the leading supplier of ruggedized Portable Computer and Industrial rackmount Peripherals.
We are dedicated to provide innovative solutions and quality products to our clients for their needs in industrial and commercial computing.
However, most of the commercial and industrial computers are custom built to your exact requirements.
www.ajaxsys.com   (155 words)

  
 Naval Technology - MaxVision - Rugged Portable Computers
The MaxPac® XL family of rugged portable/deployable workstations/servers was designed specifically for applications requiring the ultimate in multiprocessor CPU performance, high-performance mass storage, high-performance video processing power, large displays, and extensive option slots which can be integrated to a particular data capture and interface technology by the user or by MaxVision.
TeraPac2 portable hard drives systems can also be used with any computer equipment supporting Ultra320 SCSI HBA.
Custom design of portable computer systems is the cornerstone of MaxVision's new business.
www.naval-technology.com /contractors/computers/max_vision   (674 words)

  
 Notebook Computer, Notebook PC, Rugged Notebook, SCS Inc.
Our TH2 rugged notebook computer line meets this military standard.
They are made of a magnesium alloy case with anti-shock protection.
Sterling also offers portable lunchbox computers with multiple drive bays and full length slots for proprietary cards.
www.sterlingcomputersales.com   (143 words)

  
 Business For Sale: Manufacturer of Rugged Portable Computers
Established for over ten years, the subject company is a manufacturer of Rugged Portable Computers.
This Company has redefined a new class of super computer workstation which commercial users and the military can use virtually anywhere they go.
In general these customers pair the Company's custom computer hardware and packaging with their own high value custom software to address a particular emerging market.
www.mergernetwork.com /static/details/86373.htm   (284 words)

  
 OLD-COMPUTERS.COM Forum: Compaq Portable III
I do not have a spare expansion bay for the compaq portable; But if you're also searching for the "expansion unit installation guide (for Compaq Portable Computers with Plasma Displays)"; contact me.
My compaq portable III is optically in perfect condition, the only thing that's missing is the 5,25" diskdrive; because the previous owner has placed a normal (not the compaq-spare) 3,5" diskdrive in it.
Hi I have an old compaq portable III that im actuly trying to sell if anyone is interested it runs great looks new and has original compaq carying case pos reply if interested
www.old-computers.com /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=121&get=last   (343 words)

  
 Inexpensive Powerful Notebook Computers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
...And we also see a lot of interest among people who work at home or use notebook computers to get.....Will I be able to connect these 2 computers together with WFWG on the 386 and Connect...
Whether you purchase a desktop or notebook computer, the microprocessor will be critical in determining the computer's performance.
notebook computer as your primary (or sole) PC and suggested that today's portable computers are powerful enough, versatile enough, and even inexpensive...
www.trumbulladmh.org /inexpensive-powerful-notebook-computers.html   (248 words)

  
 Portable Computers - HERO GAMES Discussion Boards
What I'm thinking of, is using the computer construct to create a very limited "possession" effect, that allows pre programmed events to take place after implanted, that will be completely under the computer's control.
Most are considered non-portable, or not easily portable.
There are some published examples of ones so portable they have the Focus Limitation.
www.herogames.com /forums/showthread.php?t=16034   (155 words)

  
 Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The empirical tests looking for "outcomes" are looking for chimera - it would be like the King and Queen of Spain demanding that Columbus show them pictures of the edge of the world - no edge, no demonstrated achievement.
The ClassMates PC is apparently an answer to the $100 computer project.
If students try to surf the Web while class is in session, the computer will block them and warn them politely to pay attention." This is exactly the wrong way to use computers in the classroom.
www.downes.ca /cgi-bin/page.cgi?topic=108   (1659 words)

  
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