osbourne executive

[TheGeekishGuy]

It looks like the macbook air has a competitor...

[ravenloftable]

Pretty machine.

[fredo51]

Zork or GTFO

[gelecopter]

almost laptop...

[VanishingKitsap]

My God, that's an ENORMOUS screen for an Osborne portable! And it's orange in color?

[delorean00]

I love this!! Thanks for uploading. Please take good care of this awesome piece of history. I have a few old computers. I have the first Compaq Portable that looks very similar to this.

[testingforms]

Does this have a CMOS battery? I have one as well and it should be working. I am worried about a leaking battery if there is one. I was just reminded of CMOS batteries today. Doh!

[proz1]

Nuclear Lunch Detected

[DiplexofRome]

thats the first laptop??? I think the table couldent even have it on it

[TheXemion]

ok it started working,now let's go on facebook lol!

[XelaTN]

Ideal para jugar f1 2011

[Lori764]

1980's computer is awesome!

[pamperchu]

I love this computer.

[mathieuemi666]

Who were buying these machines? Banks? Scientists?

[b4dk4s]

now with windows 8

[steventean]

funny

[b4dk4s]

@steventean being sarcastic are we? douchebag

[TNG128MB]

would love to take that to class with me lol

[shoyaks100]

thats like what will smith is selling in the movie "the pursuit of happyness"

[mathieuemi666]

@shoyaks100 Isn't that the film he's got to sell it to hospitals but he fails and become poor with his son, they go to a place 100s of people waiting for a bed?

[seethootss]

wow thats state of the art!

[superpoop899]

Man That is the BIGGEST LAPTOP I'VE EVER SEEN?!?

[mathieuemi666]

@superpoop899 That's why they called it "Desktop computers".

What followed (boxes hidden under the desk) were bigger interestingly!

I even think eMacs were bigger than this, but they were so sexy honestly :-]

[MATUXAZ]

i can image installing windows 7 in this....

[adriandude85]

@MATUXAZ u cant

[baggedyman]

Hey it a large version of the Pip-Boy 3000

[carbonseven1st]

i bet u can run gta 4 on it

[ifhyymf]

holy shit ahah ah ah ha hah ah ah ah ah its sound harder than a chain saw ha hah ah ha hah a

[Thetruthishere11]

that keyboard could kill someone.

[Serpico261]

i would call it a portable desktop computer

[pumpkingoth]

if you tried to take that shit on a plane, they would probably sack your ass thinkin it was a bomb lol

[lilryanps3]

@pumpkingoth

LOL

[DOMIDOOM]

what a powerhouse. i bet it has dx 12 graphics

[MrBrian987987]

can it game ?

[booneification]

I think they would call it a mobile computer, not a laptop. Back then the idea of holding a computer on your lap was inconcievable. So the naming explains the whole leg breaking thing, mobile computer was just something that you could close up and take with you easily. Or, I should say easier than taking a regular PC.

[tunespt]

CPU? Is it a Zilog? Z80? Z80A?

[alanstarkie2001]

@tunespt Z80

[PSNass]

jet engines? on! so we're ready for take off!

[YetAnotherCowboysFan]

"Buy the Osbourne Executive! It's only the size of a brief case!"

Well, considering the size of computers way back then, this probably was considered one of the first "portable", that only weighed as much as a dufflebag full of clothes. Lots and lots of clothes.

[elevatorman138]

That is a laptop? how would it go on your lap with out breaking you legs?

[Dark0Lord7]

the boot-up chime sounds like a Mac Classic

[neoarcadezr]

looks like a trash can

[quepexxuser]

Does anybody know if this is the first laptop invented and made? If so please tell me

[B1SCOOP]

Dynabook produced by Xerox

[thearguer1]

@quepexxuser yes, this is the first laptop ever mase, that is why it is SO BIG!!!!!!!

[Scioneer]

Is that the system fans or does this one have an old ST-225 hard drive in it?

[linuxlove4004]

fans

[Unicornguy]

That's a nice looking machine right there. Microsoft BASIC. Bill Gates and Paul Allen put alot of hours of coding in to Microsoft BASIC. I'd love to have one of these machines.

[kieranmullen2]

I have one. Have not thought about selling it but I seel them on ebay for only about $80. I have all the original floppies too. I used to do papers on it from jr high school.

[createchris]

Well, Thats Portable. I'd Rater Have A White Dell Inspiron.. Lol..

[venomtheboa]

what does it run on fire steam and cole?

[kieranmullen2]

use spell check much?

[rudeydudey05]

Just imagen firing this baby up in Starbucks next to the person with the latest slimline laptop lol.

[shilohkin6]

lol they will be like

THATS A DINOSAUR

[adape0884frank]

@rudeydudey05

That would be so funny and stupid. There would be people wondering what is wrong with the person that has the old computer.

[QSH6H]

z0mg too old :S

[LegendSaber]

Pretty cool looking device. Amazing how far we've come since then, in such a relatively short period of time. Can't wait to see what computers look like 25 years from now.

[a6emech]

I have OS disks for this machine if you are interested.

[chilenoygordo]

sexy thing!!!

could i play crysis on it???

[DRNEGOLICIS]

i want one of these

[DRNEGOLICIS]

never mind i am fixing to get one brand new in the box with over a thousand dollars worth the programs from games to office programs and all the manuals for it it has been stored in the box in a air conditioned storage facility the computer has less than 20 hours on it its frken awsome!!!!

[bcnr33skyline187]

first compact computer

[McVaio]

Not.

[bcnr33skyline187]

what was then

[McVaio]

The Osborne 1 was the first commercial portable computer. The very first computer with the portable form factor was the Xerox NoteTaker though, developed in 1976 (5 years before the Osborne 1).

[bcnr33skyline187]

cool but that was what i read in a magazine so i thought it might be true, but did that one have a battery on it

[McVaio]

The Osborne 1 had an optional battery pack I believe. The NoteTaker didn't. But most portables didn't have a battery built in.

[bcnr33skyline187]

thats probibly why it was listed as the first one then

[McVaio]

The Osborne Executive is a follow-up model for the Osborne 1.

[bobamu]

That's some serious fan spinup noise there :D

From your description it seems like this machine came with pretty much all the software the average person would ever need :D