The USB flash drive is just today's "appetizer", Lin Qi did not step off the podium, and continued to sell the next new toy. ~with~dream~small~say~щ~suimеng~lā

“…… As we all know, computers from mainframes to minicomputers, to microcomputers, home game consoles, and handheld portable game consoles, the law is that they are becoming more and more portable, and the performance of hardware under the same volume will develop stronger and stronger over time. Lin Qi said, "Because of Moore's Law, computers are getting smaller and cheaper. Now a handheld game console is not inferior in performance to the most advanced mainframe computer during World War II! The technological progress of the semiconductor industry has not stopped, and I have no doubt that in about 10 to 20 years, the performance of ordinary family computers will be even more powerful than the world's most advanced supercomputers! In the current world, process improvement brings continuous and stable progress in the field, semiconductors and computers far exceed others, it can be said that the world is now mainly the rapid progress of computer hardware performance and software applications, has become the main driving force of the world's technological progress, and, driving the technological progress of other industries, at the same time, it has also greatly adapted our learning, life and work. Nowadays, many companies have regarded computers as essential office tools, and if they are separated from computers, then office efficiency will be greatly regressed!

However, we can't always stay in the office with a microcomputer forever, sometimes, we need to go on a business trip, and when we go on a business trip, we also need to use a computer to process some files and materials, but now the computer host plus the display screen is very bulky and fragile, and it is not convenient to carry around. Yes, there is a concept of a portable computer, but including IBM, they design computers that are similar to a box, just a different shape of the computer on the desk.

A few years ago, when we were developing the Pangu mainframe, I asked the technicians, can we make a smaller and lighter computer that can be carried anywhere, anytime?

At that time, the technicians gave me a variety of solutions, most of which were technically fine, but from the perspective of consumers, the experience would be terrible, so I rejected most of them. Be small, lightweight, portable, and at the same time, perform no worse than an office computer.

After that, I kept talking with the technicians, and in the end, we came up with a laptop, a truly portable office computer!"

The earliest prototype of the laptop was the Grid Compass 1109 invented by the Englishman William Morgridt, which was inspired by the idea of developing a portable computer when he saw various styles of electronic watches during his travels in Japan, but the final product was still 11 kilograms!

Later, in '83, Commodore launched a portable computer with a color screen, which was heavier, and in '84, BM also launched the IBM 5155 personal laptop, which used an Intel 8088 (4.77MHz) CPU, equipped with 256K of RAM (with a maximum expansion of 640K), and a 9-inch amber yellow display with a resolution of 640 x200, using an IBM system mounted on disk PC-DOS Version 2.10, weight approx. 16 kg.

These computers can only be said to be the prototype of later laptops, and far from truly portable computers, they still need a lot of improvement.

Historically, the design prototype of a truly mature laptop should have been the Toshiba T1100, with the 1100 measuring 12×2×11 inches and weighing 6.4 pounds (2.9 kg in total). Featuring a clamshell design, it offers a full-size 82-key keyboard, a 3.5-inch 720KB hard drive, 512KB of RAM, and a built-in modem.

The atmosphere quickly became frenzied!

Because, the product displayed by Lin Qi looks cooler and lighter than the previous portable computers, just by looking at it with my eyes, I also feel that it is far better than those portable computers on the market!

After all, carrying a computer weighing more than 10 kilograms is not so easy and pleasant. Only when the weight and volume become smaller, can it be more suitable for mobile office!

Lin Qi's laptop of the new startup electronics company, which is close to the Toshiba T1100 in shape, weighs only 2.35 kilograms, and the CPU chip is XRM16 with a memory of up to 512KB. Of course, the display screen is a black and white TN LCD screen, not a color STN LCD.

The reason why color STN is not used, because STN liquid crystal is completely a transition product, the clarity is not high, although it is color, but the display effect is too poor, it is better to use TN directly.

On the one hand, TN panels are cheap, on the other hand, the patent base is not controlled by others, and in addition, the whole machine has used flash memory instead of mechanical hard disks to reduce weight, and then use expensive color STN LCD screens, the price will further reach an uncontrollable level.

Moreover, the main office use of portable laptops is not considered entertainment experience for the time being, so the black and white screen can already meet the needs of most users when they go out to work.

And when TFT LCD comes out in the future, it is not too late to upgrade the next generation of laptops to color screens.

"How much does this portable computer cost if it goes on the market?" asked a user present.

"What do you think?" asked Lin Qi.

"Ten thousand dollars?" asked a media reporter cautiously.

"No, that kind of price is too unaffordable, and we can't launch such an expensive personal consumption product. Lin Qi shook his head.

"$5,000?"

"Nope. It's still too expensive!"

"$2,500?"

"It's already close to the answer!" Lin Qi said with a smile, "The correct answer is - 2299 US dollars!" Lin Qi held up the laptop in his hand and said, "Pangu notebook, in some performance, even surpasses the Pangu console, but we still don't want it to be too expensive, if it can continue to be reduced, we can still consider further reduction, but, unfortunately, the cost is not reduced by my own will, the price of 2299 US dollars is the retail price we finally determined." ”

It seems,The price of 2299 yuan,It's much more expensive than the Pangu console399 dollars,But,It's worth the price,After all,Its memory capacity is larger,At the same time,Replace the hard disk with faster flash memory,Make its programs respond faster,Compared with other computers in this era,It's lightning fast。

What's more, it's so lightweight that you can really travel with it with a backpack.

Of course, its graphics card performance is very average, and the display screen is a cheap TN LCD. Using it to play games is definitely not as good as the Pangu desktop, but the efficiency of using it will far exceed that of the traditional Pangu console!

It's a laptop designed specifically for office, not for entertainment!