Jil Sander

Fragrances listed by year of launch:. However, most modern mid-range laptops have integrated WiFi, so only require a wireless router to connect to the internet; or a wireless hotspot. Sander will buy her company back persist till today. The growth of Metropolitan area networks may render a constant connection possible in the future. Rumors that Prada Group plans to sell Jil Sander and that Ms. This is possible via Wi-Fi or related technologies, but most laptops do not maintain a constant connection to the Internet. Sander herself had always been strictly against launching a secondary line or bridge collection. This is a myth perpetuated by many commercials, where a person is shown using the company's website from a laptop with no wires plugged into it.

Ms. Some computer novices assume that laptops are constantly connected to the Internet, even (for example) while located on moving vehicles. To this day, the house produces only two pricey high-end lines, one for women and one for men. The word laptop is often spelled incorrectly as "labtop," "lab top," or "lap top.". Simons’ first women’s collection (he has never designed for women before) for the house of Jil Sander will be shown at the February 2006 fashion shows in Milan. It is sometimes preferable to use a laptop on a desk. The Fall/Winter collection, however, received accolades from the critics (Reference: IHT). Despite their name, using a laptop on one's lap can be both unpleasant (due to heat from the computer, particularly from its CPU) and possibly even dangerous to the laptop, as it may overheat.

(Source: IHT). This still existent difference in performance continues to be minimized. Suzy Menkes, fashion director with the International Herald Tribune and the goddess of fashion criticism, said that some items in the collection “made exceptional pieces” but overall it “was not as strong as” before. While desktops continue to outperform notebooks at the high end, both types of systems generally offer sufficient performance for the mainstream. Reactions by the press to the Spring/Summer show have been quite favorable but also reserved. These new technologies take time to tranfer over to the laptop market because of its smaller package. Sander and out of respect for the brand he said of the collection that he “wanted to strip it down so there was nothing that wasn't necessary” (Source: Style). Desktops have outperformed mobile computers because new technologies expend more heat.

In the spirit of Ms. Laptop performance has been inferior to desktops for the same price. His Spring/Summer 2006 men’s collection for Jil Sander was presented in Milan in late June 2005, the Fall/Winter 2006/07 collection opened Milan Fashion Week in mid-January 2006. There is not a standard for A4-size laptops. In May 2005, it was announced that Raf Simons, a Belgian industrial designer who also has his own men’s label and is a professor at Vienna's University of Applied Arts, had become creative director for the women’s and men’s collection. Outright replacement of faulty parts can include the display screen, drives, daughterboards, modem, storage devices and other components, but repair costs can be high, even when feasible (low upgradability). The slim fits, so typical of Jil Sander, have meanwhile been adjusted to mainstream sizes. Because nearly all functions are integrated into the proprietary-design mainboard theoretically to save space and power, laptops are difficult to repair and upgrade.

Sander’s departure an in-house design team was formed to take care of the collections. Many laptops also include a MiniPCI slot inside, however it is usually not intended to be utilized by the end user. For the time after Ms. Often the CPU can also be replaced, and sometimes video card modules are upgradable too. The losses in 2004 had been almost € 30 million. Upgradability is severely limited: typically only the RAM and hard drive can be upgraded. The Prada Group still holds a 98% stake in the company which generated losses of € 10 million after taxes in the first half-year of 2005. Performance is usually lower than that of a comparable desktop because of the compromises necessary to keep weight and power consumption low.

The corporation will be transformed into a holding company with the Italian subsidiaries taking over administrative and business duties. Laptops generally cost more than a desktop computer of similar specification. All that is left in Germany is an office for press, distribution and marketing personnel, the staff at the boutiques as well as the Hamburg atelier for the women’s collection. Some parts for a modern laptop have no corresponding part in a desktop computer:. Subsequently, the glamorous Jil Sander showroom in Hamburg was closed, production was entirely moved to Italy and of more than 300 jobs only about 50 remained. Many parts for a laptop computer are smaller, lighter, or otherwise adapted from the corresponding part in a desktop computer:. But apparently the banks refused Bertelli the necessary loans. The pricing goal is to start at $100 and then steadily decrease.

Sander herself had made heavy investments, so that Jil Sander AG could be sold from the Prada Group, already heavily indebted itself. Ad-hoc wireless mesh networking may be used to allow many machines Internet access from one connection. It is rumored that it had been Bertelli’s turn to financially support the company, after Ms. These machines will be rugged, Linux-based, and so energy efficient that hand-cranking alone will generate sufficient power for operation. Bertelli. The laptops will be sold to governments and issued to children by schools on a basis of one laptop per child. Sander permanently resigned from her post again after insurmountable differences with Mr. The aim is to design, manufacture, and distribute laptops that are sufficiently inexpensive to provide every child in the world access to knowledge and modern forms of education.

But in November 2004, Ms. In 2005, faculty members from the MIT Media Lab including Nicholas Negroponte introduced the $100 laptop as part of the One Laptop Per Child project. Everyone was certain that with the spirit of the company back in the house things would get well again. Among them were:. She designed two collections that were both shown in Milan, she altered Vukmirovic’s existing sketches for the men’s collection, she redesigned some of her boutiques and even sat down to go through the books herself. Several developments specific to laptops were quickly implemented in their design, improving their usability and performance compared to desktop computers. She re-invented herself. As technology improved during the 1990s, the usefulness and popularity of laptops increased while prices went down.

Her designs, bearing the unmistakable Jil Sander signature with a more feminine look, were loved by customers and critics alike. Later PowerBooks introduced the first 256-color displays, first true touchpad, and first built-in Ethernet networking. Her sensational comeback was celebrated unanimously and with much fanfare by the international press. The following year, IBM released its Thinkpad series, offering similar miniaturization. Supposedly, Bertelli had begged her to come back. The Apple PowerBook series, introduced in 1991, heralded many changes that are now standard on laptops, including ergonomic improvements such as the placement of the keyboard at the back of the machine, thus creating a palm rest, and the inclusion of a built-in pointing device (a trackball). Sander, whose heart was probably bleeding when she looked at what Prada had made of her fashion house, returned to the company she had founded more than 30 years before as head designer and partner in May 2003, after her noncompete clause had expired. In the absence of a true Apple laptop, several compatible machines such as the Outbound Laptop were available for Mac users; however, for copyright reasons, the user had to supply a set of Mac ROMs, which usually meant having to buy a new or used Macintosh as well.

To everyone’s surprise Ms. Another "luggable," rather than laptop, the Mac Portable was praised for its clear active matrix display and long battery life, but was a poor seller due to its bulk. It was said that with rapidly sinking sales the Prada Group had to go to great expenses just to keep the house of Jil Sander going. The first Apple Computer machine designed to be used on the go was the 1989 Macintosh Portable (although an LCD screen had been an option for the transportable Apple IIc in 1984). The company had been in the red since 2002. Truly the size of a notebook, they had hard drives and standard-resolution screens. Pressured by Prada to cater to a wider audience, Vukmirovic came up with commercially viable sportswear collections in 2002 and 2003 that drove away longstanding Jil Sander patrons and failed to attract new customers. The first notebook computers with standard drives were the Compaq LTE series, introduced toward the end of that year.

He unsuccessfully tried to follow in her footsteps. The NEC Ultralite, released in mid-1989, was perhaps the first notebook computer, weighing just over 2 kg; in lieu of a floppy or hard drive, it contained a 2-megabyte RAM drive, but this reduced its utility as well as its size. Sander’s successor by Bertelli. By the end of the 1980s, laptop computers were becoming popular among business people. Milan Vukmirovic, a former Colette and Gucci designer, had been installed as Ms. Although it anticipated the future miniaturization of the portable computer, as a ROM-based machine with a small display it can — like the TRS-80 Model 100 — also be seen as a foreruner of the PDA. Sander was able to indulge in extensive travelling, sailing, going to the opera and taking care of her gardens after her resignation but the fashion house, not surprisingly, faltered without the designer who defined it. About the size of an A4 sheet of paper, it ran on standard batteries, and contained basic spreadsheet, word processing, and communications programs.

Thus, for the first time in many years, Ms. Another notable computer was the Cambridge Z88, designed by Clive Sinclair, introduced in 1988. Bertelli insisted on giving-up the contributary workshops in Germany in favor of the shops in Italy owned by Prada. These also introduced the now-standard "resume" feature to DOS-based machines; the computer could be paused between sessions, without having to be restarted each time. She, an uncompromising perfectionist, had baulked at using less luxurious materials and at bringing the traditionally slim fits in line with standard sizes, he had demanded drastic cost cuts and a more affordable mainstream approach. Although limited floppy-based DOS machines (the operating system was stored in ROM), the Toshiba machines were small and light enough to be carried in a backpack, and could be run off lead-acid batteries. Sander unexpectedly left after confrontations with Prada CEO Patrizio Bertelli, a quick-tempered Italian businessman. Among the first commercial IBM-compatible laptops were the IBM PC Convertible, introduced 1986, and the Toshiba T1000 and T1200, introduced 1987.

Six months later, in January 2000, Ms. Initial specs included 8 kb of RAM (expandable to 24 kb) and a 3 MHz processor. Sander needed a financially strong partner, remained creative designer and became chairwoman in the new joint venture. It weighed less than 2 kg (4 lb) with dimensions of 30 x 21.5 x 4.5 cm (12 x 8.5 x 1.75 inches). Ms. Due to its portability, good battery life (and ease of replacement), reliability (it had no moving parts), and low price (as little as US $300), the model was highly regarded, becoming a favorite among journalists. In 1999 Prada Group bought a 75% share in her company. With its internal modem, it was a highly portable communications terminal.

Less and less people were willing or able to pay the label’s notoriously high prices: a simple white cotton T-shirt would sell for $150, and even enthusiastic Sander fans were beginning to long for some variety. The computer was not a clamshell, but provided a tiltable 8×40-character LCD screen above a full-travel keyboard. Sander to concentrate more on the creative design rather than the business, resulted in decreasing sales. The Tandy's internal programs, including a BASIC interpreter, a text editor, and a terminal program, were supplied by Microsoft, and are thought to have been written in part by Bill Gates himself. The economic crisis in Asia, a newly launched men’s collection that had been postponed several times before in 1997 and supposedly a desire with Ms. The machines ran on standard AA batteries. From the mid-1990s on, however, things changed and later continued to go downhill. Although it was at first a slow seller in Japan, it was quickly licensed by Tandy Corporation, Olivetti, and NEC, who saw its potential and marketed it as the Olivetti M-10, NEC PC-8201, and [1] Radio Shack TRS-80_Model_100_line or Tandy 100.

and four floors. 1983 also saw the launch of what was probably the biggest-selling early laptop, the Kyocera Kyotronic 85. At the Paris store, opened in 1993, the Jil Sander collections could be shown on more than 9000 sqf. Both had LCD displays, and had optional printers that attached to their cases. Sander personally overlooked the design of her stores and strict guidelines were implemented for the sales staff on how to behave and where to stand in the boutique. Like the GriD Compass, the Gavilan and the Sharp were housed in clamshell cases, but they were partly IBM-compatible, although primarily running their own system software. Ms. The Gavilan was notably the first computer to be marketed as a "laptop." It was also equipped with a pioneering touchpad-like pointing device, installed on a panel above the keyboard.

Her tremendous success overseas resulted in marvellous flagship stores in Tokyo and New York, among many others, whose interior furnishings gobbled up millions. Two other noteworthy early laptops were the Sharp PC-5000 (1983) and the Gavilan SC, announced in 1983 but first sold in 1984. She used the new capital to expand in Asia and North America. GRiD Systems Corp was later bought by Tandy (RadioShack). Her fashion house was among the first to venture on such a step. The GRiD company subsequently earned significant returns on its patent rights as its innovations became commonplace. Sander decided in 1989 to go public with her company. military, and was used on the Space Shuttle during the 1980s.

Ms. However, it was used heavily by the U.S. Sales were steadily increasing, new fragrances wered added to the cosmetics line, and the label's luxurious minimalism proved to be the hit of the late 1980's and early 1990's. It was not IBM-compatible, and its high price (US$ 10,000) meant that it was limited to specialized applications. Initially much to the regret of the German media, the decision was the right thing to do. The computer could be run from batteries, and was equipped with a 320×200-pixel plasma display and 384-kilobyte bubble memory. In 1985, it was decided that her collections would be shown in Milan to more efficiently tackle the international markets. Enclosed in a magnesium case, it introduced the now familiar clamshell design, in which the flat display folded shut against the keyboard.

Later, licenses would be given for eyewear and leather accessory lines. However, arguably the first true laptop was the GRiD Compass 1101, designed by Bill Moggridge in 1979, and released in 1982. The internationally successful cooperation with Lancaster Cosmetics allowed her financially to run ads in glamorous magazines on a large scale for her fashion. While it was made to be used upon one's lap, it weighed 150 pounds, and therefore could not be deemed truly portable. In the years after 1978, she revolutionized the industry by marketing her first perfume with a campaign that prominently featured her own face. Another claim to be the "first laptop" was made by a novice programmer Thomas Kelly in 1982. Sander was way ahead of her time. (IBM's own later Portable Computer, which arrived in 1984, was notably less IBM-compatible than the Compaq.).

With her luxurious simplicity and understatement Ms. Although scarcely more portable than the Osborne machines, and also requiring AC power to run, it ran MS-DOS and was the first true IBM clone. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, when the fashion world was dominated by lavish, garishly colorful and glitzy Dynasty-style designs by the likes of Claude Montana and his broad-shouldered leather look, Jil Sander’s minimalist, sophisticated and strict collections with a focus on fabric quality came close to a revolution in the fashion world and were not accepted next to the, from today’s point of view, vulgar stylishness on the Parisian catwalks. A more enduring success was the Compaq Portable, the first product from Compaq, introduced in 1983, by which time the IBM Personal Computer had become the standard platform. Showing her collection in Paris in 1975 proved a complete failure, though. However, it was not possible to run the Osborne on batteries; it had to be plugged in. She has been described as the Queen of Less, Cashmere-Queen, Master of Minimalism, Cool Blonde, Gentle-Jil or Fashion Reductionist. The Osborne was about the size of a portable sewing machine, and importantly could be carried on a commercial aircraft.

The prices for her clothes have always been horrendous. This and other "luggables" were inspired by what was probably the first portable computer, the Xerox NoteTaker, developed at Xerox PARC in 1976; however, only ten prototypes were built. She created the so-called onion look (Zwiebel-Look) layering various pieces of clothing in one outfit. Although it was large and heavy compared to today's laptops, with a tiny CRT monitor, it had a near-revolutionary impact on business, as professionals were able to take their computer and data with them for the first time. The fact that her creations were coordinates which could all be easily combined with each other became a popular characteristic. The first commercially available portable computer was the Osborne 1 in 1981, which used the CP/M operating system. Her trademark look, a somewhat New Look for women conquering executive positions in the 1980s, was that of a perfectly cut pantsuit, a form-fitting simple but elegant coat or a slim blouse made of the most luxurious materials in plain grey, black, blue or white leaving out any unnecessary details, extravagant ornaments or loud colors. Before laptop computers were technically feasible, similar ideas had been proposed, most notably Alan Kay's Dynabook concept, developed at Xerox PARC in the early 1970s.

And, with few ups and downs, she founded her eponymous fashion house, Jil Sander GmbH in 1968, at the age of 24. . She started out selling fashion designed by Thierry Mugler or Sonia Rykiel and also a few of her own designs. In addition to a built-in keyboard, they may utilize a touchpad (also known as a trackpad) or a pointing stick for input, though an external mouse or keyboard can usually be attached. Having spent two years as an exchange student at University College in Los Angeles, she worked as a fashion editor at German women's magazine Petra before opening her first boutique in a Hamburg suburb in 1967. Laptops usually have liquid crystal displays and use SO-DIMM (Small Outline DIMM) modules (rather than the larger DIMMs used in desktop computers) for their RAM. Jil Sander, born Heidemarie Jiline Sander in Wesselburen near Hamburg, Germany, on 27 November 1943, grew up with her mother near Hamburg and later studied textile design in Krefeld from where she graduated as a textile engineer in 1963. Laptops contain components that are similar to those in their desktop counterparts and perform the same functions but are miniaturized and optimized for mobile use and efficient power consumption.

. Laptops are capable of many of the same tasks that desktop computers perform, although they are typically less powerful for the same price.
. Laptops usually run on batteries, but also from adapters which also charge the battery using mains electricity. Her work descends from that of Coco Chanel, as opposed to the bleeding-edge esthetic of Lagerfeld and Gaultier or the trendiness of sportswear design, as exemplified by the like of Giorgio Armani and Calvin Klein. Terms for subtypes of notebooks (and related computer types) include:. Her minimalist trademarks include striking silhouettes, high-end fabrics, and meticulous detail, emphasizing quality over flash. A laptop computer (also known as notebook computer) is a small mobile personal computer, usually weighing from 1 to 3 kilograms (2 to 7 pounds).

It is also the name of the fashion house she founded, Jil Sander AG. Zyrex. Jil Sander is a German fashion designer known for understated and sleek designs, luxurious fabrics and her perfume line. Winbook.
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2004 Jil Sander Sport (W). Relion. 2004 Jil Sander Man Pure (new edition). Toshiba - Dynabook, Portege, Tecra, Satellite, Qosmio, Libretto. 2003 Jil Sander Woman Pure(new edition). Tadpole - SPARCbook. 2002 Jil Sander Sun (M). Sager - NP series.

2000 Jil Sander Sensations (W). Sony - VAIO. 1998 Jil Sander Sun Body Fragrance (W). Samsung - Sens. 1997 Jil (W). Panasonic - Toughbook. 1989 Jil Sander Feeling Man. Packard Bell - EasyNote.

1993 Jil Sander Background (M). NEC - VERSA. 1991 Jil Sander Man 3. Medion. 4 (W). Linuxcertified - Linux laptop. 1990 Jil Sander No. LG - XNOTE.

1989 Jil Sander Sun (W). Lenovo - IBM ThinkPad. 1988 Jil Sander Man 2. iQon - Qompanion. 1985 Jil Sander Woman III. Hypersonic. 1984 Jil Sander Color Pure (decorative cosmetics). Hewlett Packard - HP Pavilion and HP Omnibook.

1983 Jil Sander Woman 2. Gericom. 1982 Jil Sander Man. Gateway. 1981 Jil Sander Bath and Beauty (W). Fujitsu Siemens - Lifebook. 1981 Jil Sander Man Pure (discontinued). ECS.

1980 Jil Sander Woman Pure (discontinued). Dell - Inspiron and Latitude. 1978 Jil Sander Woman. Compaq - EVO, Armada, LTE, and Presario. She lives with her longtime companion Dickie Mommsen. Clevo. She is also said to have bought an apartment in Berlin-Willmersdorf and supposedly spends most of her freetime on her favorite leisure pursuit, gardening. Bacoc.

Sander currently resides at her estate in Hamburg where she also maintains a city office. Averatec. Ms. ASUS. For her notorious (and sometimes ridiculous) habit of mixing German and English words into gibberish sentences when being interviewed in German in the 1990s she was awarded the title of Sprachpanscher ( Sprache = language, panschen = to adulterate) by the Institute of German Language (Verein Deutsche Sprache) in 1997. Apple Computer - iBook, PowerBook and MacBook Pro. She would rarely give interviews and not talk about her private life, a trait that only cultivated the myth about her person, and at the same time she would buy the rights to pictures about her in order to be able to control her public image and meticulously plan all the steps in her company where she was used to being the boss. Alienware - Area 51m, Sentia and Aurora m series.

Sander was known for both her shy appearances in public and her power mania trying to bring everything under her control behind the scenes. Acer - TravelMate and Aspire. Ms. These devices weigh about 500 g (about 1 lb) and often take the name "power brick.". Sander was awarded the Order of Merit by the Federal Republic of Germany for her achievements in the fashion industry. Most laptops are powered or recharged from an external AC converter that usually takes the form of a plain black rectangular box. Ms. Docking stations may be used for expanding connectors and quickly connecting many components to the laptop, although they are falling out of favour as laptops' integral capabilities increase and USB allows several peripherals to be connected through one plug.

Batteries gradually degrade over time and eventually need to be replaced, depending on the charging and discharging pattern, from one to five years. Typical battery life for most laptops is two to five hours with light-duty use, but may drop to as little as one hour with intensive use. Current models use lithium ion batteries, which have largely replaced the older nickel metal-hydride technology. At one point, the Pismo G3, at up to 500 MHz, was faster than the fastest desktop G3 (then the B&W G3), which ran at 450 MHz.

However, the PowerPC G3 and G4 processor generations have been able to offer almost the same performance as their desktop versions, limited mostly by lower performance in other parts of the system bus bandwidth and peripheral units) in Apple's notebooks; recently, though, with the introduction of the G5s, they have been far outstripped. Generally, notebook processors are less powerful than their desktop counterparts, owing to the need to conserve electricity and reduce heat output. Motorola and IBM develop and manufacture the PowerPC chips for Apple notebooks. Notebook processor: There are a wide range of notebook processors available from Intel (Pentium M (with Centrino technology), Celeron, Intel Core Duo and Centrino Duo) and from AMD (Athlon, Turion 64, and Sempron).

Modern laptops can often handle sophisticated games, but tend to be limited by their fixed screen resolution and display adapter type. Display adapters and sound cards are integrated. Internal hard disks are smaller—2.5 inch (64 mm) compared to the standard desktop 3.5 inch (90 mm) drive—and usually have lower performance and power consumption. Most modern laptops use an active matrix display with resolutions of 1024 by 768 pixels (XGA) and above, screen sizes 10 inch (250 mm) or larger, and have a PC-Card expansion bay for expansion cards, formerly called PCMCIA.

Internal modems and standard serial, parallel, and PS/2 ports on IBM PC-compatible laptops made it easier to work away from home; the addition of Ethernet networking ports and, from 1997, USB, and from 1999, Wi-Fi, made laptops as easy to use with peripherals as a desktop computer. Improved interconnectivity. As thin, high-capacity hard disk drives with higher reliability and shock resistance and lower power consumption became available, users could store their work on laptop computers and take it with them. Early laptops had only floppy disk drives.

Improved hard disk technology. Improvements in production technology meant displays became larger, sharper, had higher display resolution, and could display color with great accuracy, making them an acceptable substitute for a traditional CRT monitor. Early laptop screens were black and white or grayscale passive-matrix LCD displays prone to heavy shadows and blurry movement (some portable computer screens were sharper monochrome plasma displays, but these drew too much current to be powered by batteries). Improved liquid crystal display design, in particular active-matrix display technology, and increasingly, color screens.

While laptops in 1991 were limited to the slower 80286 processor because of the energy demands of the more powerful 80386, the introduction of the Intel 386SX processor, designed for the specific power needs of laptops, marked the point at which laptop needs were included in processor design. Power-saving processors. The heavy lead-acid batteries were replaced with lighter and more efficient technologies, first nickel metal hydride (NiMH) and then lithium ion and lithium polymer. Improved battery technology.

Computers larger than PDAs but smaller than notebooks are also sometimes a called palmtops. Powerful laptops (often heavy) designed to compete with the computing power offered by a typical desktop are sometimes known as desktop replacements. Notebooks weighing around 5 kg are sometimes termed desknotes (desktop/notebook). Notebooks smaller than a A4 sheet of paper and weighing around 1 kg are sometimes called sub-notebooks or subnotebooks.