s , ▁to ▁optimize ▁the ▁battery ▁life ▁of ▁its ▁machines . ▁ ▁This ▁move ▁by ▁Microsoft ▁was ▁controvers ial ▁in ▁the ▁eyes ▁of ▁not ebook ▁design ers ▁because ▁it ▁greatly ▁reduced ▁their ▁ability ▁to ▁innov ate ; ▁however , ▁it ▁did ▁serve ▁its ▁role ▁in ▁simpl ifying ▁and ▁stabil izing ▁certain ▁aspects ▁of ▁not ebook ▁design . ▁ ▁Intel ▁Pent ium ▁processor ▁Windows ▁ 9 5 ▁us her ed ▁in ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁the ▁CD - ROM ▁drive ▁in ▁mobile ▁computing , ▁and ▁helped ▁the ▁shift ▁to ▁the ▁Intel ▁Pent ium ▁processor ▁as ▁the ▁base ▁platform ▁for ▁not ebook s . ▁ ▁The ▁Gate way ▁Solo ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁not ebook ▁introduced ▁with ▁a ▁Pent ium ▁processor ▁and ▁a ▁CD - ROM . ▁Also ▁featuring ▁a ▁remov able ▁hard ▁disk ▁drive ▁and ▁flo ppy ▁drive , ▁the ▁Solo ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁three - sp ind le ▁( opt ical , ▁flo ppy , ▁and ▁hard ▁disk ▁drive ) ▁not ebook ▁computer , ▁and ▁was ▁extremely ▁successful ▁within ▁the ▁consumer ▁segment ▁of ▁the ▁market . ▁ ▁In ▁roughly ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁period ▁the ▁D ell ▁Lat itude , ▁T os hib a ▁Sat ellite , ▁and ▁IBM ▁Think Pad ▁were ▁reaching ▁great ▁success ▁with ▁Pent ium - based ▁two - sp ind le ▁( hard ▁disk ▁and ▁flo ppy ▁disk ▁drive ) ▁systems ▁directed ▁toward ▁the ▁corpor ate ▁market . ▁ ▁Im pro ved ▁technology ▁ ▁Early ▁laptop ▁displays ▁were ▁so ▁primitive ▁that ▁PC ▁Magazine ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁published ▁an ▁article