João has been covering the tech world for over 7 years, with a heavy focus on laptops and the Windows ecosystem. I also love all things tech and videogames, especially Nintendo, which he's always ...

The words you're about to read were typed on the comfortable keyboard of a MacBook Pro that can still get the job done despite the years of use it has seen. You might also use a laptop when you ...

The first portable computer, developed by Adam Osborne and introduced in 1981. Floppy disk based with 64K of memory, the Osborne 1 used the CP/M operating system and a modified version of the WordStar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Osborne 1 portable computer weighed 24 pounds and set the template for "luggables." | Image Credit: Bilby/Wikimedia Commons CC ...

Related to a pioneering line of portable computers in the early 1980s, the phrase "Osborne Effect" took root to describe the phenomenon of current technology being prematurely abandoned in ...

It's fitting that we pay tribute to Adam Osborne, a visionary who in 1981 set the PC world on fire with a 21 pound "portable" computer. His company took off like wild fire, only to crash in ...

That odd looking (by 2011 standards) 24 lbs. heavy device with the tiny smartphone-sized display (5-inches) pictured here (photo courtesy of Wikipedia) is the Osborne 1. If you were alive and a gadget ...