The Pedion was a

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computer developed by

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with

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in 1998. At thick, it was the thinnest notebook computer in the world, even thinner than the "

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" (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. The Greek word, ''

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'' (πεδίον) means "plain", "flat", "field". Mitsubishi ceased production and withdrew the notebook from the market due to "mechanical problems".

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