When was the first laptop computer introduced?

The Osborne 1, released in 1981, used the Zilog Z80 and weighed 23.6 pounds (10.7 kg). It had no battery, a 5 in (13 cm) CRT screen, and dual 5.25 in (13.3 cm) single-density floppy drives. In the same year the first laptop-sized portable computer, the Epson HX-20, was announced.

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Sally Onyett

Was given a laptop once and never lifted the lid in 7yrs…! Still don’t own a computer but getting outnumbered rapidly. 🤪

Karin Johansson

Judy Lavik, that was not a real portable computee

Karin Johansson

Jaimi McEntire, laptop is a portable computee fool!

David Stokes

The Osbone 1 was a portable computer not a laptop. Tou needed a desk or table to successfully use one. I owned an Osbourne 1 and upgraded to an Osborne Executive before going down the PC road with an Osborne desktop. Why all Osborne - we had an Osborne agent in town and no other brand suppliers.

Chris Braid

Went for 1983 because Kaypro & Osborne weren't really laptops!

Jaimi McEntire

That's a portable computer, not a laptop.

wexlerbob

The Osborne and the Kaypro were both early portables but neither one could be called a laptop..

Howard Groopman

Bought my first desktop in 1983, didn't buy a laptop till around 2011.

Gary Ellis

Another "date" question - so relatively insignificant.

Naked Kitty Slave

Sean Philips, was considered a prototype, not a commercial release.

Julie Allen

1981 Developed by Adam Osborne in April 1981, the Osborne I was the first truly portable computer and is recognized as the first true laptop computer.