Some Satellites also lacked an internal floppy disk drive, but a port on the side allowed the use of a proprietary external module for such. Such models can link up with an external CD-ROM drive through the parallel port on the rear (since USB ports came later as well). The early models did not come with an internal CD-ROM drive, but these soon appeared as mobile technology progressed. That year, Dynabook resurrected the Satellite Pro series, positioning it between their consumer E series and their business Tecra (the latter also formerly manufactured by Toshiba). In 2019, Sharp Corporation bought majority interest of Toshiba's computer subsidiary, later buying the remainder of Toshiba's shares in 2020, and renamed the company to Dynabook Inc. Toshiba discontinued the Satellite in 2016 after they left the computer market that year. The consumer Satellite series later competed against Acer's Aspire, Dell's Inspiron and XPS laptops, HP's Pavilion, and Lenovo's IdeaPad. The earliest models in the series, introduced in the early 1990s, were one of the first to directly compete against IBM's ThinkPad line. The latter were marketed as the Satellite Pro. Models in the Satellite family varied greatly-from entry-level models sold to consumers at major retailers to full-fledged business laptops sold through enterprise channels. The Satellite was a line of laptops manufactured by Toshiba's computer subsidiary now known as Dynabook Inc.
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