The Osborne 1 was the first popular portable computer. It's design was created by Adam Osbourne, and the most important specification requirement at that time was that the Osbourne 1 had to fit under an airplane seat. Never mind the fact that this left the Osbourne 1 with a five inch screen that could only display 24 lines of text with 52 characters in each line.
This $1795 dollar state-of-the-art portable computer also came with an amazing 4 MHz processor; 64kb of ram; and not one, but two 92kb floppy drives. The optional battery had a life of one hour. A 300 baud modem could be added, ensuring that the Osbourne stayed connected wherever a phone line was available.
But that wasn't all. Every Osbourne 1 was guaranteed to help the devoted businessman or programmer to loose weight and get in better shape. The computer weighed 24 pounds, making it quite a workout to carry around daily.
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