Hardware Heritage—Briefcase-Sized Computers

The computer industry was a vivid place in the 1980s. IT systems and technologies thrived, and the market offered ever better, smaller, and more useful machines. Innovative technical solutions or intelligent designs that satisfied customers’ needs are often listed as computer hardware milestones. Consequently, they became a permanent part of the computerisation history and can be considered hardware heritage artefacts. The purpose of the paper is to analyse the usability of selected portable computer systems. The foundation of the work is a literature review that includes technical specifications, industry reviews, and research papers. Archival materials were obtained from the Internet Archive. Studies have revealed that the main problems design engineers of portable computers had to tackle in the 1980s were the reduction of mass and size of the computer system, portable power (self-power), and the quality of the displayed image.

The Application of Mamdani Method for Predicting The Best Portable Computer Based on Hardware and Price

A portable computer is a technology tool widely used among students and students. With a very helpful role as in typing needs, presentations, and math calculations. A variety of carry-on computers that many certainly make one difficult to determine a decent and good portable computer to use. In general, in the process of selecting a portable computer, there is no recognized standard to determine the recommended portable computer level. The purpose in this research is to produce predictive values that will be a reference in supporting decisions in determining a portable computer that complies with hardware component criteria and pricing. This study implemented FIS Mamdani models with the analysis stage of the formation of fuzzy sets, application of implications function, rule composition and defuzification. The result of this research is an output of predictive value based on hardware component inputs and prices that will assist the user in supporting decisions in determining the best carry-on computer and according to what they want.Keywords: Predictions, Fuzzy Inference System, Mamdani methods, portable computers, students.

Learning With Mobile Devices

The concept of learning with small portable computers was developed by Alan Kay in 1972. Since that early conception, scholars, such as Traxler, Sharples, and Soloway are the pioneering scholars who paved the way to a better understanding of the philosophical, pedagogical, and conceptual underpinnings of mobile learning today. In this chapter, an overview is provided to explicate the initial foundations of the emerging field of mobile learning (mlearning). Next, current scientific knowledge is delineated with explicit references to the early scholars. This chapter concludes with a preview of the future research directions in mobile learning.