The Osborne 1 was the first laptop computer sold commercially and was released in 1981 by the Osborne Computer Corporation. Weighing in at a hefty 10.7 kg (23.5lb), the computer cost $1795 and used the CP/M 2.2 operating system.

Pictures by Douglas Menuez, an award-winning photojournalist who was capturing the Digital Revolution of 1985—2000 and the rise of major IT industry giants.

Called the Emperor 200, this futuristic looking computer workstation offers as many as three LED computer screens, an air filtering system, electric powered leather seat, touch screen control and a wicked sound system. The unity can be built to your specifications for a cool $49,150.

A guy from Russia enjoyed the Pixar animation film so much, that he decided to create this amazing case for a tiny Intel Atom motherboard. It took only 18 days to make the fully metal case, the CAD renderings of which were based on screenshots from the movie.

While some of these pictures are apparently photoshopped to create an impressive effect, most of them feature desktop wallpapers amazingly selected to produce the optical illusion of a transparent computer display.

If you want to play a wicked prank on a sibling or friend’s computer follow the steps in this funny trolling graphic.

Check out this humorous but detailed illustration about how to make certain things disappear on your computer.

An ingenious and creative mod creator from the Netherlands constructed this sleek PC desk that glows in the dark and is fully functional. Equipped with 10TB of storage and completely water cooled, this creation is an entrant in the Cooler Master 2011 Case Mod Competition.

Find your favorite computer mouse among this collection of cool designs that will knock your socks off.

Instead of throwing away all those old floppy disks, cassette tapes or even your old computer, why not use the parts for everyday items? Check out these ingenious computer parts and cassette tapes creations.

Room for the gamers will be soon a mandatory attribute in the home of aristocrats like a library. Here is an example of proper room for playing computer games.

As it turns out, a table with a glass top makes a fine place to house the workings of a computer. It certainly makes an interesting conversation piece while you are eating your dinner.

While many of these computer interface screenshots are from classic movies such as Tron, Sleepless in Seattle and Clueless there are quite a few from more recent, and not so classic movies. Regardless, it is interesting to see how computers have changed over the years.

A Scanner Darkly, 2006

These are some hilarious error messages on computers. I doubt that anybody knows where they come from or what causes them but they are all very funny. It’s good to have some humor around the office.

Named after a Penny Arcade comic character, this perpetually angry functioning computer will spook any battle hardened hardware geek. Just don’t try and steal his Wild Turkey.

These amazing old advertisements for computers are really funny to us now. These are from the days where they still had to convince us that computers weren't an instrument of the devil, and that we would find them affordable and useful. From promises of better productivity to making us think it was sexy to have a computer, the advertisers pimped out Leonardo DaVinci and Dom Delouise to hawk their wares.

It is not what it seems…

Well just when you think that you have seen it all that think of something new. It this case it is a fully functional computer keyboard sewn into a pair of pants. Technology and fashion have combined to provide this unique computer accessory.

Do you think this is an ordinary all-wood classical piano? Not exactly. Find out more after the jump.

It’s pretty easy to find out what gender your computer is.

Follow the instructions inside the post and you’ll see.

When people have some craft skills, they can accomplish wonderful things with their own hands. This is another example of a computer modder who has such skills. Just look what he did with this beer keg. This case mod is just awesome.

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Great Case Mod (86 pics)
Sexy Girl Bikini PC Case Mod (19 pics)
Transforming a Guitar into a Computer! (30 pics)
Incredibly Awesome Modding (77 pics)
The No-Case PC Case Mod (13 pics)

This is supposedly a unique way to warm your pizza at the office. It appears that you simply place your slices of pizza in a chamber beneath your Mac computer and it will warm while you are working. It looks real but I don’t know.