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Toshiba shuts the lid on laptops after 35 years – BBC News
Toshiba has sold its remaining shares in its former personal computing division.
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Toshiba was once proud of its laptops – this was the unveiling of the Qosmio in 2004
The Japanese giant Toshiba has sold its final stake in the personal computer maker Dynabook.
It means the firm no longer has a connection with making PCs or laptops.
Sharp bought 80% of Toshiba’s personal computing arm in 2018 for $36m (£27m), and has now bought the remaining shares, Toshiba said in a statement.
Toshiba’s first laptop, the T1100, launched in 1985…
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