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Today we have a whole range of notebook computers to choose from. But back in the 80s, memory was expensive and integrated circuits were hungry. The idea of a portable computer hadn't been contemplated as viable due to the cost of memory and miniaturization and the primitiveness of available power supplies. Sun had a laptop running SunOS once; it cost $13000.

So, to make computers that people would buy, manufacturers had to get clever. In this category, we'll explore how clever they got.