but in 1973, the xeerex company, where alan kay worked, assembled the world's first laptop., this version of the pc was extremely far from the one we were used to. the computer was heavy, 11 kg and grams. contrary to hopes, it did not become a children's laptop and these laptops were often called luggage laptops because they looked like suitcases. a lighter 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 model of laptops, which is why people did not buy the first option, they were waiting for a new product, so the company. crumbled literally in a year, so the name of the creator is not heard, but it is well known in business circles, there is even a term “osborne effect” that describes the situation of the company's ruin at the very peak of its development, a year later in 1982, by order of nasa , william mokrich creates the first laptop that most closely resembles the current laptop. this device was used only by astronauts in freedom. it never made it to sa