Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1472 Laptops

In order to prepare for this CES exhibition, Liang Mengsong also spent a lot of thought, because the booth is relatively small, in order to attract attention, Liang Mengsong specially hired two young female models to stand on the platform, and 5 technicians were responsible for explaining the products. The light box layout is adopted, which looks dazzling and full of sense of technology.

However, on the first day of the exhibition, the booth of Telling Group did not receive much attention. Among them, several American media reporters conducted interviews in front of the booth of Telling Group. Put it on the fact that Tianyin Group is a technology company in mainland China.

That is to say, the American media does not actually pay attention to the products brought by Chinese companies. They are just curious that mainland Chinese companies can participate in such a large-scale exhibition, and during the interview, these American reporters also showed that they deeply He has a deep sense of superiority, and seems to be a little dismissive of Chinese products.

In fact, this is also a very normal thing. It's like some top students in some schools host an event, and suddenly a poor student in their eyes also joins the team. It is only natural that they can attract attention. After all, there is a certain gap between the two sides.

As for the computer equipped with a USB port brought by Duan Yun this time, it did not attract much attention. On the contrary, as the general manager of Tianyin Group, Duan Yun received the attention of many American media, so that the first exhibitor at the exhibition Today, there were very few businessmen who came to the booth for consultation, but dozens of reporters took turns to interview, so that Duan Yun spent the whole day dealing with these reporters, interviewing and taking photos, and even three American radio and TV stations invited Duan Yun To do an interview program, but in the end Duan Yun politely refused.

In fact, Duan Yun also knows the thoughts of these American media. The reason why they invite Duan Yun to do the program is not to pay attention to their company and products, but mostly to show the superiority of American technology and social system. If Duan Yun really goes, The host will definitely take turns playing tricks, which is of no benefit to him at all. If the matter spreads to the country, it will have a great impact on his and the company's reputation.

On the first day of the exhibition, Duan Yun spent the whole day dealing with various interviews, but on the second day, he simply asked Liang Mengsong to accept interviews on behalf of the company, while he took the opportunity to get away and carefully visit each exhibition hall.

This year's CES exhibition still has a large number of new technologies and new products that attract attention. In addition to the popular wireless phones, there is another product that has also attracted Duan Yun's attention, and that is the notebook computer.

Speaking of notebook computers, people in later generations thought that it was a new product that appeared after 2000, but in fact, as early as 1975, IBM produced a 5100 notebook computer, which can be called a modern notebook computer. pioneer.

At that time, the IBM5100 weighed 50 pounds, or about 22.7 kilograms. It was definitely not a comfortable thing to put such a heavy machine on the lap. However, the IBM5100 stood out as the first consumer and commercial portable computer. Became the forerunner of the modern notebook computer.

When the IBM 5100 was released in September 1975, its price was as high as US$9. According to the price conversion in the future market, its price was equivalent to US$8975 in the future market, or about 4 yuan, or nearly 27.6 yuan.

IBM5100配备了1块5英寸大的CRT显示屏，可以显示16行文本内容，并采用了一个1/4英寸大小磁盒磁带进行储存数据。

Such a display screen cannot display picture content at all, at most it is some data text, but this product was still considered an epoch-making product in that era, and sold the first step in the development of notebook computers.

Later, in the early 80s, the development of notebook computers ushered in a big leap. Osborne1 was released in April 1981. The price was 4 US dollars, which was more than 1795/1 cheaper than IBM's first-generation portable computer and weighed less. It was reduced by half, about 4 kilograms. However, the company that produced this computer declared bankruptcy in the third year after achieving strong sales for two consecutive years.

Immediately afterwards, Japan's Epson Company, Hewlett-Packard Company, and IBM Company also launched a new generation of portable computers. However, these computers are either small in size and have few functions, or are relatively heavy, weighing more than ten kilograms.

However, at this exhibition, Duan Yun was surprised to find that the current notebook technology has made great progress, no matter in terms of weight and portability, it is getting closer and closer to the notebook computers of later generations.

Several large technology companies, including the United States and Japan, have basically launched their own notebook computers. What impressed Duan Yun was the Slt 286 launched by Compaq, which integrated desktop-level performance into a small box. , weighs only 6.4 kg, is equipped with a 12M Hz 80C286 processor, a 20MB hard disk drive, and a detachable keyboard. At the same time, this processor also supports video playback in vza format. Equivalent to RMB 5399 in the market outlook.

Generally speaking, the performance of notebook computers is 1~2 generations behind desktop computers of the same price. It means that the previous laptops can only be used for computing and programming, but at this CES exhibition, it is true that there are laptops that can match the performance of desktop computers.

In addition to Compaq's laptops, Apple has the Micantosh Portable, a $7300 laptop with a 40MB hard drive, a track ball, and a 640-by-400-pixel display.

In addition, at this CES exhibition, Duan Yun was also surprised to find a tablet product.

This may be the first tablet computer with relatively mature technology, weighing about two kilograms, equipped with a 1M Hz 10C80 processor, 86M system memory, and a 2×640 pixel color graphics matcher.

However, this product was originally supplied to the U.S. military, and according to the requirements of the U.S. military, it was made of magnesium. It was slightly thicker and had a built-in electronic pen.

However, this kind of tablet computer is expensive, and ordinary people can't afford it at all. It is only displayed as a new technology and is not sold commercially.

The biggest difficulty of notebook computers is the integration of circuits and the miniaturization of electronic components, which also gave Duan Yun a new idea for product development. From the perspective of future generations, notebook computers will soon become popular. If Duan Yun plans to carry out research and development in advance , this will be a very promising project.

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