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===Osborne 1=== [[File:Osborne 1 open.jpg|thumb|Osborne 1 (1981)]] The first mass-produced microprocessor-based portable computer released in 1981 was the [[Osborne 1]], developed by Osborne, which owed much to the NoteTaker's design. The company had early success with the design and went public but later due to small screen sizes and other devices being released found trouble selling the Osborne.<ref name=oldcomputer>{{cite web|url=http://oldcomputers.net/osborne.html |title=Osborne 1|publisher=OldComputers.net|access-date=May 21, 2010}}</ref> The Osborne 1 is about the size and weight of a sewing machine, and was advertised as the only computer that would fit underneath an [[airline seat]].<ref name=atlantic>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198207/fallows-computer/2 |title=Living With a Computer|first=James|last=Fallows |date=July 1982 |publisher=Atlantic Magazine |access-date=May 21, 2010}}</ref>
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