Thirty Years of Clamshell Computing

harrymcc writes "2012 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Grid Compass 1101, the first portable computer with a briefcase-like case with a keyboard on one side of the interior, a flat screen on the other, and a hinge in the middle--the 'clamshell' design that eventually became standard for all portable PCs. It's proven to be a remarkably useful and durable design, and only with the advent of the iPad has it faced serious competition."

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[kubernet3s]

Well yeah, and the design of the iPad has all the efficiency and productivity enhancing qualities of a rhino having noisy diarrheain the middle of one's office cubicle. If 60 wpm counts as "competition" to you, you don't really need a computer, do you?