Editing IBM PC Convertible (section)

==Reception==
''[[InfoWorld]]'' in 1989 described the PC Convertible as "a dismal failure" because of high price and inferior technology.<ref name="iw19890828">{{Cite magazine |last=LaPlante |first=Alicia |last2=Pane |first2=Patricia J. |date=1989-08-28 |title=IBM to Give Laptop Market Another Try |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=szAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=true |access-date=2025-04-25 |magazine=InfoWorld |page=1 |volume=11 |issue=35}}</ref> The machine had difficulty in the marketplace and was seen as a poor value for money, since other laptops in the market had more built-in features, although it enjoyed some success with business users, who saw its battery life and portability as selling points.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Spiegelman |first=Lisa |date=June 22, 1987 |title=Corporate users point out strengths of IBM PC Convertible |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yzAEAAAAMBAJ&q=ibm+convertible+new+floppy&pg=PA20 |work=InfoWorld |pages=20}}</ref>

Even after the release of the Model 3 in October 1987, which fixed some of the machine's issues, lack of built-in features remained a pain point. The parallel, serial and video ports all required adapters, while competing machines included these as integrated features. The Convertible was heavy, not much faster than the Portable it replaced, had no traditional PC expansion ports (such as [[serial port]]s and a [[parallel port]]) without an add-on, and had a hard-to-read, oddly-shaped [[Liquid crystal display|LCD]] screen. It also competed against faster portables based on the [[Intel 80286]] that offered optional hard drives, from companies such as [[Compaq]], and laptops from companies such as [[Toshiba]] and [[Zenith Data Systems|Zenith]] that were lighter and offered similar specifications, sometimes at half the price. The keyboard was also criticized for lacking several important keys.<ref name=":1" />