Today, computers are separated into basically two categories: desktops and laptops. But back in the early 1980s, when this ideological line in the sand was still a bit blurry, consumer’s had a third ...

Back before the industry agreed on the now ubiquitous clamshell form factor of portable computers, there were a class of not-quite-desktop computers that the community affectionately refers to as ...

Dell on Wednesday unveiled a so-called luggable computer that's either a blast from the past or a leap into the future. The 20-pound XPS M2010, which starts at $3,500, incorporates a large-screen ...

Dell on Wednesday unveiled a so-called luggable computer that's either a blast from the past or a leap into the future. The 20-pound XPS M2010, which starts at $3,500, incorporates a large-screen ...

Before there were laptop computers as we know them today, there were theoretically portable systems like the Osborne 1 which included keyboards, tiny screens, disk drives and a case designed to be ...

In context: Today's laptops offer a combination of power, slim design, and low weight few could have imagined decades ago, but there was a time before clamshells when portable PCs were not something ...

On a recent drive down highway 249 in Houston I glanced to the left at the HP campus near Louetta Drive. As a native Houstonian who formerly lived near this campus, looking at this huge campus was ...

Adam Osborne, best known for the Osborne 1 luggable computer, died recently in southern India after being ill for more than a decade. Reuters was first with an obituary, though I'd recommend the one ...

My first computer was an Osborne 1, and it’s still one of my favorites, though it’s no longer made. My old (three years is “old” in the computer industry) Ozzie still serves me loyally every day, ...

At 20 pounds, the new laptop/desktop hybrid is easily manageable, if not completely portable. CNET Reviews on the XPS M2010 In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts.