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 ...

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 ...

ENCINITASENCINITAS — Three decades ago, Encinitas activist Bob Bonde pounded out the documents needed for the town’s incorporation campaign on a then-state-of-the-art KayPro computer. One of the early ...

The Mac mini is the closest to an Apple-based SBC you can get, so it lends itself to unusual portable computers. [Scott Yu-Jan] is back to tackle a portable build using the latest and greatest M4 mini ...

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 ...

NextCom LLC of Nashua, N.H. makes the kind of computer you might find if you were sent to the "sand box." That's the term NextCom vice president of sales, Dave Hartley, used to describe the theaters ...

When I first started really getting into computers there were few things I liked more than getting my hands on the latest issue of Computer Shopper. And there were few things I enjoyed spying more in ...

“The range of travelling computers — that is, the world of PCs lighter than 15 pounds that run on batteries and fit easily on your lap — is growing so rapidly that it sometimes seems like you can’t ...

The 20-year birthday bash for the IBM PC in Silicon Valley on Wednesday night brought together many of the founding fathers of the personal computing revolution: Gates, Grove, Moore, Ozzie, Bricklin, ...

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.