Year: 1997 Initial Price: $3199, $5,187 in 2020 The Armada 4150T is one of the best sub notebook, ultra-portable that you could buy in 1997 . It has almost same specs like the Armada 1590DT but it costs $1000 more. Why is that? Its sleek and slim, ultra-portable and light! This computer was used as …
Year: 1997 Initial Price: $2,499, $4,052 in 2020 The Compaq Armada series are one of the sturdiest business machines ever to be build. The quality and design of these machines makes you wonder why don’t they build them like this anymore? 🙂 I received this computer as a gift from a friend and to be …
YEAR: 1989 Initial Price: $3,699, $7,633 in 2020 Zenith Data Systems (ZDS) was a division of Zenith founded in 1979 after Zenith acquired Heathkit, who had, in 1977, entered the personal computer market. The SlimSport 286 I got from a friend in Bucharest is in awesome shape, almost mint condition but it does not start. I …
YEAR: 2001 Initial Price: $2,169, $3,187 in 2020 Not vintage but quite old, this computer is one of the best IBM notebooks I ever owned. Running at 700 Mhz on an Intel Pentium III platform and fully upgraded to 256MB RAM, Windows 2000 runs buttery smooth. The display is has bright and vibrant colorsl and …
YEAR: 1995 INITIAL PRICE: $8.700, $14.683 in 2020 The Panasonic CF41 is considered to be the world’s first notebook PC to integrate a CD-ROM drive, the first computing product to utilize magnesium alloy chassis for strength and durability. The CF-41 was to be the first in a long line of Toughbooks that would revolutionize field work …
YEAR: 1990 Initial price: £845, £2,065 in 2019 Originally released back in 1989 this machine is described by Time Magazine in their All Time 100 Gadgets as one of top five gadgets ahead of their time, was initially priced in the UK at £845.00 and sold less than 1000 units. I got this computer from a friend …
YEAR: 1999 INITIAL PRICE: $1,599, $2,405 in 2018 After his return, Steve Jobs wanted to refresh Apple as their machines looked very dull. So quickly followed the iMac G3 was the iBook G3. Steve Jobs unveiled the iBook G3 during the keynote presentation of Macworld Conference & Expo, New York City. The iBook was the first mainstream computer …
YEAR: 1990 INITIAL PRICE: $1,799, $3,534 in 2020 SN: 10016686 The Toshiba T1000LE was one of the first laptops to include both a hard drive and a Ni-CD battery. Previous laptops did not have enough power to run a hard drive from battery power (exceptions include the Toshiba T1200, which had a proprietary 26-pin JVC hard drive, and …
Year: 1985 Initial Price: $1000 \ $2,392.79 in 2018 “The NEC 8401 A is the second generation NEC notebook portable computer. It is significantly different from the 8201, and we expect it will appeal to a different type of customer. Briefly, the 8401 has a 16-line by 80-column fold-up LCD screen, 64K of …
Year 1992 Initial price: $3,855, $7,151 in 2020 In 1992 Olivetti got on the market seven notebooks with the dimensions of a sheet of letterhead paper. The Philos line. Philos Model 33 is offered two versions, B / N and Color. The built-in microphone and speaker lets you use it as a digital audio recorder. …
Year: October 1991 Initial Price: $3,199, $6,113 in 2020 The PowerBook 140 was released in the first line of PowerBooks. It was the mid-range PowerBook, between the low-end 100 and the high-end 170. Component Processor: Motorola 68030, running at 16 MHz RAM: 2 MB on board, can be expanded to 8 MB ROM: 1 MB Hard disk: 20-80 MB Floppy disk: 1.44 …
YEAR: 1982 INITIAL PRICE: $800, $2,138 in 2020 The HX-20 revolutionised computing in the early 80’s. Arguably the first notebook, it was definitely the first truly portable system at a reasonable price. It was preceded by a series of sewing-machine-cased, mains-powered luggables such as the Osborne 1 and Kaypro, weighing as much as 12kg and barely …
Year: 1991 Initial Price: $5,995, $11,456 in 2020 CPU 386SX-20(MHz) RAM 2MB up to 18MB HDD\Floppy 20\40\80 MB Drive\ 3.5 inch drive Graphics VGA Display (640×480) STN Display This Computer was having a bad display and a faulty HDD Connector. It took me 2 weeks to finish this project. All working now!
Year: 1993 Initial Price: $1,150, $2,071 in 2020 The Highscreen 486 SX 25 was a computer designed to out-stand the Toshiba T1900 Notebook computer. Because of its light weight and its big battery pack this notebook was bought as a desktop replacement power tool that you could take with you on the go. This computer …
Year: 1989 Initial Price: ? The Epson Equity LT (model Q150A) weighs in at only 14.3 pounds, with the hard drive and supertwisted backlit LCD. Parallel and serial (9-pin) ports are standard, as is the colormonitor port. Two option slots house the hard drive and optional 300/1200 baudmodem card.Measurements are 12.2″ deep by 13.6″ …
YEAR: 1983 Initial Price: $800, $2,090 in 2020 The Olivetti M-10 is basically the same computer as the Tandy 100 or the NEC PC-8201. All these machines were in fact conceived by Kyocera Corporation (Japan). Thus they all have very similar characteristics.Olivetti is well known for computers with special design, and the M-10 is not an exception. …
Year: 1985 Initial Price: $5,999, $14,490 in 2020 Manufacturer Olivetti Personal Computers Processor type Intel 80C88 Cycle time 4.77 MHz RAM memory 512 KB ROM memory 16 KB Ports Serial RS-232C, Parallel Operating systems MS-DOS 3.3 Keyboard 78-keys Modem no Screen size 25 lines x 80 columns LCD Graphics resolution 640 x 320 dots …
YEAR: 1998 INITIAL PRICE: $ 2,100, $3,353 in 2020 The IBM ThinkPad 560E, type 2640 was designed to be small, light and compact. The IBM ThinkPad 560 has Intel Pentium CPU (available 100, 120 or 133MHz, in 1998 it was not the fastest thing), 8MB on-board RAM expandable with one EDO SIMM module and …
Year: 1995 Initial Price: $ 3,200, $5,465 in 2020 This PC was bought in February 2017 from a Facebook friend that wanted $20 on it. This is a thing of beauty, so I couldn’t resist. Processor: Intel Pentium 75Mhz RAM: 24Mb EDO HDD: 810mB \Seagate Marathon Battery: LI-ION Keyboard: German Layout (QWERTZ) Power source: Power …
Year: 1986 Initial Price: $2,200, $4,797 in 2020 Processor: NEC V30 4.7Mhz and 9.5 Mhz RAM Disk: up to 126kB RAM: 640Kb Storage: 2X720kB FDD units The unit had a bad power supply and bad jumper config. Fully functional, runs MS-DOS 3.30. See more on Google Docs.
YEAR: 1987 Initial Price: ? M111 Model no. XP-1021 I bought this computer from a person that worked at a recycle center in Bacau. The story is that a container from Germany came in with hundreds of new old stock Olivetti portables to be smashed and recycled. This computer is the only one that got …
YEAR: 1987 Initial Price: $5,899, $13,515 in 2020 Reference: PC-4500Processor: Nec V40 at 7.16 MHz or equivalent (compatible with i80188)Memory: 256 KB or 640 KB RAM expandable to 1.6 MB Including 1 MB of EMS memoryDisplay: CGA compatible monochrome LCD display (Backlit on models 4502 and 4521)Storage: 1 or 2 floppy drives 3 “1/2 …
Year: 1997 Initial Price : $2,999, $4,863 in 2020 Model TOSHIBA 300 CDS CPU Pentium 166 MMX RAM 32 MB EDO Hard Disk 2.1 GB Graphic Card SVGA/VGA compatible, dual display mode, PCI bus. Video Memory 2 MB Screen 12.1″ TFT CD-ROM 16X Floppy 1.44 MB, 3.5″ Mouse Serial 3-buttons mouse Sound Card 16 …
YEAR: 1993 INITIAL PRICE: $4.297 The Olivetti Echos 44 Color is a personal computer (PC) made by the Italian company Olivetti, designed by Michele De Lucchi. Thanks to the special design, the computer has won several design awards, including the MAU Industrial Design Award-Selezione and Compasso D’Oro-Selezione, ADI. It was built from 1993 onwards …
Initial Price: ? Year:1995 Once opened, the keyboard on the 701C (nicknamed the Butterfly ) extends past the chassis sides to give you the largest and most comfortable keyboard in its class. But when you turn on the unit, what really pops out is the impressive 10.4-inch display. Our review unit sported a TFT (thin-film …
YEAR:1993 Initial Price: $3,400, $7,126 in 2020 With the introduction of the INTEL 80486 processors back in 1989, COMPAQ equipped its Contura “All-in-One” notebook series 2820 with these faster chips. Also the 80486 had a mathematical co-processor integrated in the CPU. 4/25[Specifications] i486SX-S (SL enhanced 486SX) running at 25MHz Passive matrix gray scale VGA display, 16 shades …
YEAR: 1992 INITIRAL PRICE: $1,199, $2,224 in 2020 The 1110 HD was introduced in 1992. The specifications of the Tandy were not spectacular as it was considered a lower middle class laptop. It was still very impressive at its time of release, which proved it to be more successful that it’s competitors. Processor: 8 bit …
YEAR: 1987 INITIAL PRICE: ??? FIC Sport SX was a laptop manufactured by FIC (First International Computer, Inc.) and released in 1987. It featured a 40 MB hard drive that was about twice the capacity used in those days, it has and incredible 8 MHz Intel 80286 CPU and a monochrome gas-plasma display. This laptop is so Rare …
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YEAR: 1993 INITIAL PRICE: $3,899, $7,023 in 2020 “Getting a head start is rare these days. Starting in front is almost unheard of. But that’s the feeling you get when you own a Toshiba notebook. The confidence that comes from knowing that what’s standard for Toshiba means leadership for the industry. The T1900 Series …
Year: 1986 Initial Price: $3,999, $9,499 in 2020 This 4.77 MHz 8086 “Luggable” laptop, the Zenith SuperSport ZWL-184-02 is a very rare model from the mid. 80`s. This particular unit was made in 1986 and was used in some of the gov service department from the US back in the days. Manufacturer: Zenith Data Systems …
Year: 1991 Initial Price: $2,990, $5713 in 2020 The Personal System/2 or PS/2 was IBM‘s third generation of personal computers released in 1987. The PS/2 line was created by IBM in an attempt to recapture control of the PC market by introducing an advanced yet proprietary architecture. IBM‘s considerable market presence plus the reliability …
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YEAR: 1992 INITIAL PRICE: 2375 US Dollars LIKE US ON FACEBOOK Among the first IBM’s to use the Thinkpad name As IBM president 1914 to 1956, Thomas J. Watson, Sr. enjoyed using the phrase “THINK!” to motivate and inspire his employees. This simple word has become deeply embedded in IBM’s corporate culture ever since. Decades …
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Year: 1997 Initial Price: $2199, $3566 in 2020 IBM ThinkPad 380 was a notebook computer manufactured in 1997 by IBM as part of their ThinkPad laptop series. Notable for incorporating a CD-ROM and a floppy drive. I own all IBM Thinkpad 380 series. Models IBM ThinkPad 380E — The 380E model introduced several additional features, …
YEAR: 1993 INITIAL PRICE: 3,299, $5,942 in 2020 The Compaq LTE was a line of laptop computers made by Compaq, introduced in 1989. The first models, the Compaq LTE and the Compaq LTE 286, were among the first computers to be close to the size of a paper notebook, spurring the use of the term “notebook” to …
YEAR: 1987 INITIAL PRICE: $6,499, $14,890 in 2020 The Toshiba T1200XE was a laptop manufactured by the Toshiba Corporation, first made in 1987. It was an upgraded version of the Toshiba T1100 Plus. Processor Intel 80C286TM microprocessor Adjustable 12/6 MHz clock speed Memory 1 MB RAM standard 5 MB RAM maximum LIM-EMS 4.0 …
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YEAR: 1989 INITIRAL PRICE: $4499, $9,443 in 2020 The Compaq LTE 286 laptop happens to be one of my favorite retro laptops that I have in my collection. The design is so iconic, when you think of a late 80`s laptop this is the image that you get. The LTE was …
Year: 1987 Initial Price: 1199 USD The Toshiba T1000 was a laptop computer manufactured by the Toshiba Corporation in 1987. It had a similar specification to the IBM PC Convertible, with an 4.77 MHz 80C88 processor, 512 kB of RAM, and a monochrome CGA-compatible LCD. Unlike the Convertible, it includes a standard serial port and …
