Portable computer

A portable computer, also known simply as a portable, was a type of personal computer that allowed their user to write programs and use them against bigger mainframe computers. Portable computers contained processing power and memory equivalent to a mainframe and were capable of analyzing and manipulating data up to fifty times faster than a datapad. Their storage capacity was increased by a Holistic Data Transfer, a type of artificial intelligence that compressed and stored data is a shorthand format. Data compressed in this manner increased the portable computer's storage capacity by a factor of one hundred.

At the time of the Galactic Civil War, portables were expensive, with models ranging in price from between five hundred to fifty thousand credits. Portable computers were originally marketed as tools for travelling executives, but the devices soon became a favorite of slicers who engaged in data theft and espionage.

Portable computers were considered outdated by some since droids could be used to achieve the same results. However, portables retained many advantages: they were small enough to fit in a backpack, had a high memory capacity and processing power, and were equipped with several interface ports so the operator would not have to carry various cable adaptors. Additionally, while droids could develop personality quirks or be unavailable for the task, portables remained under full control of their operators. Many portable computers existed on the market, some of which were manufactured by MicroThrust Processors. Governor-General Dixton's secretaries Lyn and Perspik carried portable computers.

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