Toshiba Officially Quits The Laptop Business After 35 Years

Toshiba officially quits the laptop business after 35 years of service.

Toshiba was always at the forefront of reliability when it came to portable computers, laptops

The Japanese tech giants started a revolution with the T1100 laptop, which was technically regarded as the first laptop available to the public.

Exit in the pipleine of a while

Toshiba showed their intent in leaving the laptop business when they sold 80.1% of the stake in their computer business to Foxconn owned Sharp back in 2018. The company quietly sold the remaining 19.9% shared of the Dynabook to the Sharp corporation, as reported in the press release.

Killed by the competition?

While Toshiba bet on the media-centric laptops, companies like Dell, ASUS and Apple conquered the market with their ultrabooks for different budget segments. The company’s landmark business segment also took a hit with Dell mastering the art of developing some high-end business-grade laptops that last.

The first laptop for public

Back in 1985, Toshiba launched the T110 laptop and changed the protable computer market for good. The display sported a 640×200 pixel resolution backed by 256Kb of memory and an LCD that could display 25 lines with a maximum of 80 characters. The 640Kb and 720Kb floppy-disks were the critical components that drove the laptop with its storage and operations. The old bad boy weighed around 4.1Kg and was approximately 12×12 inches in diagonally closed shape.

The price was a modest $1,999 , which was out of the reach of many fans at the time.