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While tablet \u00a0and 2-in-1 devices continue to gain popularity, earlier this month the humble Laptop Computer turned 35.<\/span><\/p>\n

Imagine the clunkiest, heaviest laptop you\u2019ve ever owned. \u00a0It will still look light and ultra portable compared to the original laptop…the Osborne 1<\/a>, released in April 1981.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The screen size was just 5inches (and NOT colour), used floppy disks that could store a meger 90kilobytes of data (not even enough for a single small photo), \u00a0weighed 11 kilos and cost around 6 thousand dollars in today\u2019s money.<\/span><\/p>\n

How’s your 4 year old laptop looking now?<\/p>\n

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