35 years later, Toshiba is leaving the laptop market forever

Toshiba has officially announced its withdrawal from the laptop market.

Why?

Laptops Toshiba launched

produced as much as 35 years ago - in 1985.It is the company that is considered the manufacturer of the first mass-produced devices in the usual book form factor. In the 90s, the company released the successful Satellite series laptops, after which it introduced the thin and light (by those standards) Portégé models.

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But with the release of Lenovo ThinkPad, Apple MacBookand other laptops from Dell, HP, etc. Toshiba lost its leadership position and could not cope with the competition. In 2018, the company sold its PC division to Sharp for $36 million, but retained a 19.9% ​​stake.

On June 30 this year, Sharp boughtthe remaining share, after which Toshiba announced goodbye to the laptop market. True, its legacy continues to live on: Sharp continues to produce devices, but under the Dynabook brand.

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