The Pedion was a subnotebook computer developed by Mitsubishi Electric with Hewlett-Packard in 1998.[1][2] At 0.7244 inches (1.84 cm) thick, it was the thinnest notebook computer in the world, even thinner than the "MacBook Air" (although the Apple equivalent was 4 mm at its thinnest point), released nearly ten years later. The notebook included a Pentium 233 MMX processor, 64 MB RAM, and a 1 GB Hard disk.[3]

The Greek word, pedion (πεδίον) means "plain", "flat", "field".

Mitsubishi ceased production and withdrew the notebook from the market due to "mechanical problems".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Kanellos, Michael (2008-01-15). "MacBook Air: Not the thinnest notebook ever". CNET News.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-18. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  2. ^ Kanellos, Michael (2008-01-16). "Update: Thinnest notebook crown belongs to Sharp". CNET News.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
  3. ^ "Mitsubishi Pedion review". Alphr. Retrieved 2018-07-19.



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