Year | Price | CPU @ MHz | Computer name | Comment |
1954 | | 900 Vacuum tubes | DYSEAC | For the military, movable by truck. |
1975 |
8975 USD | IBM PALM processor @ 1.9 | IBM 5100 Portable Computer[1] | 64K = 17 975 USD. |
1975 |
4000 USD | Motorola 6800 @ 1 | MIT Suitcase Computer | 4K SRAM, approx. 20 lbs. Built by David Emberson in the MIT Digital Systems Laboratory as a thesis project. Currently in the collection of Dr. Hoo-Min D. Toong. |
1976 |
50 000 USD | Z80? @ 1 | Xerox NoteTaker |
1977 |
2495 USD | Z80 | Versatile 2[2][3] |
1978 |
10 225 USD | IBM PALM processor @ 1.9 | IBM 5110[4] |
1979 |
375 USD | 6502 @ 1, 1K | Rockwell AIM-65 | 20 Character alphanumeric display.[2][5][6] |
1979 |
3250 USD | Custom HP 8 bit @ 0.613 | Hewlett-Packard Model 85[7] |
1980 | | ? | PA512 | Made in Serbia. |
1980 |
230 USD | SC43177, SC43178 | TRS-80 Pocket Computer[8] |
1981 |
1795 USD | Z80 @ 4.0 | Osborne 1 |
1981 |
795 USD | 2x Hitachi 6301 @ 0.614 | Epson HX-20[9] |
1981 | | Z80 compatible | Husky (computer)[10] |
1982 | | 8088 @ 4.77 | Columbia Data Products |
1982 | | Z80A @ 4 | Grundy NewBrain |
1982 | | Z80 @ 2.5 | Kaypro |
1982 |
[11] 8000 USD | 8086 @ ? | Grid Compass 1100 | NASA laptop |
1982 | | Z80 @ 4.0 | Osborne Executive |
1983 | | x86 | Hyperion (computer) |
1983 | | x86 | Compaq Portable |
1983 |
1099 USD | 80C85 @ 2.4 | TRS-80 Model 100 | 40 x 8 LCD |
1983 | | Z80A, 8086, 128K | Seequa Chameleon [2] |
1983 | | Z80A @ 3.4 | Sord IS-11 |
1984 |
4225 USD | 8088 @ 4.77 | IBM 5155[12] |
1984 | | Z80 | Actrix (computer) |
~1984 | | 8088 @ 4.77 | Bondwell-8 |
1984 |
995 USD | Z80 @ 2.45 | Epson PX-8 Geneva[13] |
1984 | | 6502 @ 1.02 | Commodore SX-64 |
1984 | | x86 | Data General-One |
1984 | | Z80 @ 4.0 | Osborne Vixen |
1984 | | 80C88 | ZP-150 |
1984 |
595 USD | | HP-71B | Calculator programmable in BASIC |
1984 |
2995 USD | Harris 80C86 @ 5.33 | HP 110 | 80 x 16 LCD, 300 baud modem |
1984 |
1965 GBP | 8086 @ 4.77 | Apricot Portable | First portable computer with 25-line LCD. Included speech recognition, wireless keyboard, and optional wireless mouse. |
1985 | | Z80 @ 4 | Bondwell-2 |
1985 | | Harris 80C86 @ 5.33 | HP 110 Plus | 80 x 25 LCD, 1200 baud modem |
1986 | | 8088 @ 4.77 | IBM 5140 |
1986 | | Intel 80286 @ 8 | Compaq Portable II |
1986 | | ? | LPA512 |
1987 | | Z80 | Cambridge Z88 |
1988 | | Intel 8088 | NEC UltraLite |
1989 | | Intel 8088 @ 4.9152 | Atari Portfolio |
1989 | 2000 USD | Intel 80C88 @ 7 | Poqet PC (Classic) |
1989 | | 8086 @ 9.55 | Compaq LTE |
1989 | | Motorola 68000 @ 16 | Macintosh Portable |
1989 | | Motorola 68000 @ 15 | Outbound Laptop |
1989? | | 68HC000 @ 8 | Atari STacy |
1991 | | Motorola 68000 @ 8 | ST BOOK [14] [15] |
1991 | | NEC V20 @ 5.37 | HP 95LX |
1991 | 2300 USD | Motorola 68000 @ 16 | Apple PowerBook 100 |
1992 | | IBM 486SLC @ 25 | IBM ThinkPad |
1992 | | Z80, 64K | Amstrad NC100 |
1992 |
4950 USD | CY601 + CY604 @ 25 MHz | SPARCbook1 | Unix with SunOS |
1993 | | Intel "Hornet" 80186 @ 7.91 | HP 100LX |
1993 | | ? | AlphaSmart |
1994 | | Intel "Hornet" 80186 @ 7.91 | HP 200LX |
1995 | | | IBM ThinkPad Butterfly keyboard |
1997 | | Intel Pentium @ 150 | IBM Thinkpad 380 |
2001 | | SA-1110 @ 206 | SIMpad |