kay.rican voiced his thoughts in 1972 at a scientific it conference and for the first time uttered this word: laptop, implying that the device should be no larger than a notebook. the ikea idea could not be fully realized at that time simply due to technical capabilities, but in 1973 the xeerox company, where alan kay worked, assembled the world's first laptop. of course, this version of the pc was extremely far from the one we were used to. the computer was heavy, 11 kg and small, contrary to hopes, it did not become child-friendly, and often these laptops were called luggage laptops, because in... outwardly they resembled suitcases. an easier version was invented in 1981 by adam osbron, an englishman who lived in the usa at that time. but due to a marketing mistake, the company announced sales of the next laptop model. because of this, people didn’t buy the first option; they were waiting for a new product. so the company went bankrupt literally within a year, so the name of the creator