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In pictures: The race to thin - a look back at the incredible shrinking laptop

Join us as we chronicle the shrinking of laptops over time- from suitcase-size 'luggable' computers to notebooks so thin and light you might forget you're carrying them.

Thin Is In: Think back to the laptops of yesteryear, and you might recall big, boxy systems that hardly resemble the wafer-thin ultraportables available today. In just a few decades, huge advances in technology have enabled laptops to go from unwieldy, “luggable,” suitcase-size computers to fitting in the palm of your hand. Take a look back with us to see how far laptops have come--and where they might be headed.

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