90's Toshiba Laptop Comparison -- The Electronics Inside 36

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I guess few people outside or Gamers use a desktop computer at home today. But rewind 20 years, and Laptops were still heavy, expensive and lacked the performance that today's equivalents. So what was inside them that made them this way?

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DAB over 4 years ago +2

Nice teardown. I still have an older Toshiba laptop. I think it still runs, but I have not had it on in many years. Might be a future tear down project. DAB
DAB over 4 years ago in reply to a531016 +1

I bought it used in the early 1990's, it did run Windows 95. I used it to access my company mail when I was on trips. At the time I was on 40% travel working three projects. It was a pain, but as I pointed…

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DAB over 4 years ago

Nice teardown.

I still have an older Toshiba laptop.
I think it still runs, but I have not had it on in many years.
Might be a future tear down project.

DAB
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a531016 over 4 years ago in reply to DAB

Thanks DAB.

What age do you think your one is? Similar to one of these?
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DAB over 4 years ago in reply to a531016

I bought it used in the early 1990's, it did run Windows 95.
I used it to access my company mail when I was on trips.
At the time I was on 40% travel working three projects.
It was a pain, but as I pointed out to my wife, we were building frequent flyer miles and we ended up taking a vacation to Japan to visit our exchange students.

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DAB over 4 years ago in reply to a531016

I bought it used in the early 1990's, it did run Windows 95.
I used it to access my company mail when I was on trips.
At the time I was on 40% travel working three projects.
It was a pain, but as I pointed out to my wife, we were building frequent flyer miles and we ended up taking a vacation to Japan to visit our exchange students.

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