Introduction of the Laptop
... designed the first laptop. This laptop had 340 kilobytes of bubble memory, a folding electroluminescent graphics display screen, and a die-cast magnesium case. In 1983 Gavilan Computer made the first laptop computer. ... In 1984, Apple Computer introduced its Apple IIc model laptop. The Apple IIc, true enough was a notebook-sized computer, but it was not a true laptop. ... Later, in 1986, IBM introduced its laptop, the IBM PC Convertible.