Editing Compaq (section)

====Compaq SLT and LTE====
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|image1=Compaq SLT-286.jpg|caption1=The [[Compaq SLT|SLT/286]], Compaq's first laptop, was released in 1988.
|image2=Compaq LTE 1st generation.jpg|caption2=The [[Compaq LTE|LTE]] was the first commercially successful [[Notebook (laptop)|notebook computer]] on its release in 1989.
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Development of a truly mobile successor to the Portable line began in 1986, the company releasing two stopgap products in the meantime, the [[Compaq SLT|SLT]] (Compaq's first [[laptop]]) and the [[Compaq Portable III]] (a lighter-weight, lunchbox-sized entry in the Portable line). In 1989, they introduced the [[Compaq LTE|LTE]], their first [[Notebook (laptop)|notebook-sized laptop]] which competed with [[NEC]]'s [[NEC UltraLite|UltraLite]] and [[Zenith Data Systems]]'s [[Zenith MinisPort|MinisPort]]. However, whereas the UltraLite and MinisPort failed to gain much uptake due to their novel but nonstandard data storage technologies, the LTE succeeded on account of its use of the conventional floppy drive and spinning hard drive, allowing users to transfer data to and from their [[desktop computer]]s without any hassle. As well, Compaq began offering [[docking station]]s with the release of the [[Compaq LTE/386s|LTE/386s]] in 1990, providing performance comparable to then-current desktop machines.<ref name=doesitagain>{{cite journal | last=Lewis | first=Peter H. | date=October 17, 1989 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/17/science/personal-computers-compaq-does-it-again.html | title=Compaq Does It Again | journal=The New York Times | page=C8 | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20231019055439/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/17/science/personal-computers-compaq-does-it-again.html | archivedate=October 19, 2023}}</ref> Thus, the LTE was the first commercially successful notebook computer, helping launch the burgeoning industry.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Bridges | first=Linda | date=March 1, 1999 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A53975770/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=Making a Difference | journal=eWeek | publisher=Ziff-Davis | page=76 | via=Gale}}</ref> It was a direct influence on both [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] and [[IBM]] for the development of their own notebook computers, the [[PowerBook]] and [[ThinkPad]], respectively.<ref name=managing>{{cite book | chapter=Apple PowerBook: Design Quality and Time to Market | last=Thomke | first=Stefan H. | date=2007 | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/managingproducts0000thom/page/59/ | title=Managing Product and Service Department: Text and Cases | publisher=McGraw-Hill/Irwin | pages=59–82 | isbn=9780073023014 | via=the Internet Archive}}</ref><ref name=blue>{{cite book | last=Dell | first=Deborah A. | date=2000 | url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780672317569/page/75/ | title=ThinkPad: A Different Shade of Blue | publisher=Sams Publishing | pages=75–78 | isbn=9780672317569 | via=the Internet Archive}}</ref>