Electronics -Laptop By Group 2: Ranald Ong Von Yu Richmond Te Karl Corro Background: Built in 1970’s Allan Kay- Imagine IBM Company- Developed

Laptop- How did it change people’s lives and what types of people used it back then Helped the society by allowing them to use computers anywhere, making it very convenient. The Americans mainly used the technology back then because IBM is the one who developed laptops and it first location is at California, USA.

Are laptops still relevant today and what are the improvements done? It’s very relevant until today. A lot of improvements done. Example is the battery life, They prolonged the battery life of the laptop so people can work more. Another example is different computer companies made a lot of programs like Microsoft Powerpoint and Neo office.

Why don’t all people use laptops? Not all people use laptops because they already have desktops. Also it’s very expensive.

Will laptops be more important in the future? And sources Laptops will become more important in the future because as of right now, an estimated guess is around 70%. So maybe around 2020, it will be maybe 90% because people wants computers that they can take anywhere. www.research.ibm.com/about/past_history.shtml www.wikianswers.com/Q/what_percentage_of_people_have laptops