26. Personal Dynamic Machine, Kay and Goldberg, 1977

• Authors predicted the power of the personal computing notebook -- what it would do for the world and its users
• Ideas for the computer notebook were developed at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) which was led by Kay
• The original concept was that the personal computer notebook would be a "general purpose device, with educators and business people and poets all using the same type of Dynabook" - a multi-disciplinary system
• The authors believed that computers could be (and should be) used by all different groups of people (even children) regardless of one's interests or computer skill level