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THE
CLAMSHELLS.
The
IBM ThinkPad 701C, which arrived in March 1995, included the new
thin-film-transistor display, a 486DX2 processor running at 50 MHz, and a
14.4Kbps fax/modem while weighing in at 4.3 pounds. Other clamshells of
note include the 1996 HP OmniBook 800 notebook, which proved that less is more. It had a 10.4-inch
active-matrix screen, 16MB of RAM, a 1.44GB hard drive, a PCI bus, a
133-MHz Pentium processor and it weighed only 3.75 pounds.
At the same time Toshiba's T-3100 series was the company's first
U.S. laptop line.
THE
POWERBOOKS.
Arriving
to the party a bit late, the PowerBook was such a leap forward that it has
become popular even in non-Apple circles. The "all-in-one"
PowerBook line of the 100, 140, and 170, was a big step forward for Apple,
introducing the clamshell design and weighing approximately 5 pounds. The
140 and 170 would become the big hits to boost Apple to innovator status
in the portables department. Recent generations of PowerBooks - including
the latest Platinum - continue to lead the portables market in speed and
design.
THE
HANDHELDS, PALMTOPS.
Released
in 1996, the Compaq PC Companion was the first of the next-generation
portables running Windows CE, complete with a wide screen and a keyboard.
The PC Companion weighed less than 1 pound, at 7 inches wide and 3.5
inches deep. Running on batteries that supposedly lasted as long as 20
hours, the PC Companion (for the 2MB RAM version) cost only $499.
But Compaq wasn't the first out of the gate with a palmtop/handheld
device: In 1991 HP released its HP 95LX palmtop PC, weighing in at 11
ounces and running Lotus 1-2-3 software with calculation features and
data-communication capabilities.
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3.
Translate into English
a.
Apple produziert seit όber zehn Jahren sehr gute tragbare Computer
b.
1992 hat IBM den ersten PC auf den Markt gebracht, der erfolgreich war.
4.
Translate ll. 18 20 (...deep)
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