Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs holds up the
new MacBook Air after he delivered the keynote speech to kick off the
2008 Macworld. See the specs and another picture of the MacBook Air on
the next
The MacBook Air measures 0.16 inches (0.4cm) at
its thinnest point while its maximum height of 0.76 (1.93cm) inches is
less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks. See another
ultra-light laptop on the next
The new ultra-light notebook PC 'ThinkPad X60s',
is equipped with Intel's Core Duo processor, 12.1-inch LCD display and
30GB HDD on its slim body weighing 1.16kg. Afraid of dropping your
laptop?
Models drop Matsushita Electric Industrial's
notebook PC 'Let's Note' series, equipped with 10.4 to 14.1-inch sized
LCD display, during a proof test demonstration. The next laptop can
withstand water and sand spillages.
The 'FC-Note' is designed for use in extreme
environments and can withstand temperatures as low as -20 degrees C or
as high as 55 degrees C. The laptop on the next page might cause an
accident.
A model displays a laptop in a vehicle at a WiMAX
exhibition at the Taipei World Trade Centre. Laptops are becoming more
mobile around the world. See an affordable laptop used around the globe
on the next
The XO laptop was designed to be a lightweight and
affordable laptop for developing countries. See children in India using
this laptop next.
Students work on their One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
laptops at Vasti Vidhalaya, a Marathi medium school in India. Travel
to Uruguay on the next
A fourth degree schoolboy from Uruguay works in a
classroom with his OPLC laptop. On the next page, see children using
laptops in China.
Students use computers to gather information about
giant pandas at the 'Intel Kid's PC Workshop' in China. The U.S. city
on the next page offers an after-school computer program for kids.
From right to left, fifth graders Michelle Fei,
Alex Wong and fourth grader Ray Ouchi sit at their computers during an
after-school learning program at SCORE! Educational Center in Manhattan,
New York. See who is using a laptop in a locker room next.
Thomas Clayton, #35 of the San Francisco 49ers,
uses his laptop in the locker room before a pre-season game. A monk is
using a laptop in the next picture.
Tibetan Buddhist monk in-exile, Choedak poses with
a photograph of a woman who was allegedly killed March 16 in Amdo Nyang
district of Tibet. The police also use laptops. See an example on the
next page.
Iraqi police officers use a laptop to fine drivers
caught driving without seat belts in Baghdad. Out of the city, laptops
come in handy for farmers, like for the man in the next picture.
Kelvin Brown is seen working on his laptop from
his 175 beef cattle farm near the small Australian town of Harden, four
hours drive away from his 'virtual' office in Sydney. Head to a Japanese
teahouse on the next page.
Ichimame, an 19-year-old maiko or young geisha,
sits at a computer to write her internet blog at a teahouse in Japan.
The woman on the next page likes to involve her cat with her laptop.
Ramona Markstein and her cat Fritz, wearing a
mini-camera around his neck, sit in front of a laptop where pictures
taken by Fritz are displayed. Or, you can just get this famous cat in
the next photo decorated on your computer.
Ayumi Tamotsu displays the new notebook PC 'LaVie G
Hello Kitty', decorated with Swarovski crystals shaped as the character
Hello Kitty. Take a look inside a laptop computer on the next
The inside of an IBM ThinkPad shows the
motherboard, processor, graphics chip, head sink and LCD. See a close
up of the graphics processing unit next.
This graphics processing unit (GPU) is a
microprocessor that handles the calculations necessary for 3-D graphics
rendering. See the main processor for a laptop next.
An IBM ThinkPad's processor, like any micropressor
or CPU on a laptop, essentially acts as the computer's brain. See what
laptop memory looks like on the next
Laptops often use smaller memory modules to save
space, such as these Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Modules (SODIMM).
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