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dynabook .com. Dynabook Inc. (Dynabook株式会社, Dainabukku Kabushiki-gaisha), formerly Toshiba Client Solutions Co., Ltd., is a Japanese personal computer manufacturer owned by Sharp Corporation; it was owned by, and branded as, Toshiba from 1958 to 2018. It claims its Toshiba T1100, launched in 1985, as the first mass-market laptop PC. [1]
The Toshiba name is derived from its former name, Tokyo Shibaura Denki K.K. ( Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd) which in turn was a 1939 merger between Shibaura Seisaku-sho (founded in 1875) and Tokyo Denki (founded in 1890). The company name was officially changed to Toshiba Corporation in 1978.
Texas Instruments sold its laptop business to Acer in 1997. Toshiba: Japan Dynabook, Libretto, Portégé, Satellite, Satellite Pro, Qosmio, T series, Tecra: Toshiba fully exited the personal computer and laptop business in June 2020, transferring the remaining 19.9 percent shares to Sharp Corporation, which now runs the business as Dynabook Inc.
The company hadn’t been a major name in PCs for a while (it sold the 80.1 percent stake to Sharp in 2018), but this is still notable as the end to a 35-year chapter in the firm’s history.
Perhaps the most noteworthy is the T1100, which Toshiba marketed as the world’s “first mass-market laptop computer.”. And indeed the T1100 ended up defining portable computers in the late ...
Toshiba has announced they'll be selling their laptop business. This wasn't a shock, they sold most of it to Sharp in 2018. Despite their recent struggles to stay relevant, Toshiba was a pioneer ...
The history of laptops traces the development of portable computing devices from the early 20th century to the present day. Learn how laptops evolved from bulky machines to sleek devices, and how different brands and manufacturers contributed to their innovation and popularity.
The last time Toshiba had a completely new business ultraportable for us to review was back in November 2011. That was when the Portege Z835 came out and since then, the company's only refreshed ...