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Toshiba Shuts the Lid on Laptops After 35 Years

Accepted submission by Phoenix666 at 2020-08-10 13:14:05
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Phoenix666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

BBC [bbc.co.uk]:

The Japanese giant Toshiba has sold its final stake in the personal computer maker Dynabook.

It means the firm no longer has a connection with making PCs or laptops.

Sharp bought 80% of Toshiba's personal computing arm in 2018 for $36m (£27m), and has now bought the remaining shares, Toshiba said in a statement [toshiba.co.jp].

Toshiba's first laptop, the T1100, launched in 1985. It weighed 4kg (8.8 pounds) and worked with 3.5 inch (8.8cm) floppy disks.

Will Toshiba's departure from the laptop market be mourned?

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