Ultraslim Laptop
The Evolution of the Ultraslim Laptop
The laptop computer was originally created to allow corporate
employees to have a way for them to continue working no matter where they were. Initially laptops were quite large
and bulky, nothing like the ultraslim laptop that we see on the market today. In fact the early models were very
heavy, had no hard drives and a very small screen. All of the programs and information were stored on floppy disks
and they used RAM for computing power.
History
One of the first slim laptops was made by the Gavilan Company in
1983 and was the first one to be able to close by folding the screen over the keyboard in a clamshell design.
However this machine weighed in at over 9 pounds making it quite heavy to have sitting in your lap. It was however
fully portable and could run on its internal batteries for up to 9 hours and soon became very popular in the
business world.
In the same year Radio Shack introduced their new slim laptop the
TRS - 80 Model 100 followed by the model 200. The latter model while still not lightweight was more compact
with a larger display and included built in software, an industry first. With extra battery life the 200 was
perfect for creating documents on the go and along with their desktop computers put Radio Shack at the forefront of
the computer industry.
Until 1988 laptops could only
display text they could not display any type of graphics, Compaq released the behemoth SLT 286 that weighed in at a
massive 14 pounds. This was definitely not an ultraslim laptop, however NEC introduced the world to the ultraslim
idea with their UltraLite that only weighed 4.4 pounds and measured 11.75"x8.3"x1.4" and broke the laptop size
barriers. Impervious to the quest for lighter notebooks Macintosh came out with their own laptop in 1989
that weighed close to 17 pounds and had a 9.8" active matrix screen. This gargantuan laptop could run for up to ten
hours on it's built in lead acid batteries.
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| Acer
Aspire 4810 Timeline |
| Processor |
Intel Pentium SU2700 1.30GHz Processor (2MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB) |
| Memory |
3GB DDR3 1066 SDRAM |
| HDD & Optical |
320GB 5400RPM Hard Drive, SuperMulti Drive |
| Display & Video |
14.0" WXGA TFT LCD Display (1366 x 768), Intel Graphics Media
accelerator 4500MHD |
| OS and Power |
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, 6 Cell Lithium-Ion Battery (8
Hours of Battery Life) |
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Price:
$ 549.99

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| MSI X340 021US Slim 13.4 Inch |
| Processor |
Energy-efficient 1.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Solo SU3500 Processor |
| Memory |
2 GB RAM (max) |
| HDD & Optical |
320 GB SATA Hard Drive |
| Display & Video |
Intel GMA 4500MHD Graphics, 13.4-inch HD widescreen LCD |
| OS and Power |
Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 (64-bit version), 4-cell
lithium-ion battery |
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Price:
$ 615.99

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| HP
Pavilion DV2Z |
| Processor |
AMD Athlon(TM) Neo MV-40 Processor (1.6GHz, 512KB L2 Cache) |
| Memory |
1GB DDR2 |
| HDD & Optical |
500GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive
Protection |
| Display & Video |
ATI Radeon(TM) X1250 Graphics w/64MB, 12.1" WXGA High-Definition
Widescreen Display |
| OS and Power |
Windows Vista Home Basic with Service Pack 1 (32-bit), 6 Cell Lithium
Ion Battery |
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Price:
$ 869.78

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| ASUS
U20A Thin and Light 12.1 Inch Laptop |
| Processor |
Intel ULV SU2700 Processor 1.3GHz |
| Memory |
4 GB DDR2 800 RAM, 2 slots, 4 GB Max |
| HDD & Optical |
320 GB SATA Hard Drive (5400 RPM), DVD SuperMulti Drive |
| Display & Video |
Intel GMA X4500MHD, 12.1-inch Screen |
| OS and Power |
Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit), 6 cell battery, 8.5 Hours of
Battery Life |
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Price:
$ 969.99

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| Sony
VAIO NR480S/E Laptop |
| Processor |
INTEL Core 2 Duo T5750 2GHz |
| Memory |
2 GB DDR2 800 RAM |
| HDD & Optical |
250 GB SATA Hard Drive, DVD-Writer Drive |
| Display & Video |
GMA X3100, 15.4" Active Matrix TFT Color LCD |
| OS and Power |
Windows Vista Home Premium |
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Price:
$ 949.00

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The
Slimmer The Better
This unit was the forerunner of the PowerBook line
that has led to the latest offering from Mac the MacBook Air
that only weighs three pounds and comes with built in wireless connectivity to keep you in touch on
the go.
Today's computer user wants everything to be
smaller, lighter and have more computing power than ever before. They want to be able to run all of
the programs they need for school or business complete with top notch graphics and when they are
done they want to still be able to play. The ultraslim laptop of today features top of the line
processors like the AMD Turion and the Intel Core 2 Duo and have several gigabytes of
RAM.
The ultraslim laptop now has a built in graphics chips and DVD player/burners to
let people watch their favourite movies or play online games. These new slim laptops are as
powerful if not more so than many people's desktops and in many cases have replaced the desktop
completely.
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