In April 1981, the floor of the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco was crowded with hobbyist tinkerers, engineers and curious gawkers. However, against a backdrop of beige desktop boxes sat ...

Remember the first laptops? They were weird. Ancient laptops were often as large as desktop computers but only had tiny screens that could only display a few dozen characters. Over time, progress ...

The first "laptop" computer I ever carried was a Zenith that weighed in at 14 pounds and was designed to test the stamina of anyone who tried to race the length of an airport with five minutes to make ...