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 Libretto 70CT | |
| Developer | Toshiba |
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| Manufacturer | Toshiba |
| Type | Subnotebook |
| Release date | 1996 |
| Lifespan | 1996–2002, 2005, 2010 |
| Discontinued | 2010 |
The Libretto (Italian for "booklet") is a line of subnotebook computers that was designed and produced by Toshiba. The line was distinguished by its combination of functionality and small size, squeezing a full Windows PC into a device the size of a paperback book. The first Libretto model, the Libretto 20, was released on April 17, 1996 (in Japan only), with a volume of 821 cm3 (50.1 cu in) and weighing just 840 g (30 oz), making it by far, the world's smallest commercially available Windows PC at the time, and a trend the Libretto Range continued for many years. The original Libretto line was discontinued in Europe and the U.S. in 1999, but the production continued in Japan with the SS, FF and then the L series until 2002. The first L series Libretto (The L1) was released on 18 May 2001 (in Japan only) and the last (The L5) just 11 Months later on 24 April 2002. Production of all Librettos ceased from 2002 until the release of the Libretto U100 in 2005.
It was a further five years before the Libretto returned again in 2010 with the limited-edition W100 model, a dual-screen tablet.