On, Osborne Computer Corporation, one of Apple’s early rivals, declared bankruptcy. The Osborne 1 went down as a failure.

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

According to Wikipedia, “The Osborne Executive was useful for presentations and projects at client sites. Unlike static presentations, the portable computer could provide on-the-spot answers to ...

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 ...

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 ...