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CTX International, officially Chuntex Electronic Co., is a company mostly known for their monitors. However, they did dabble a bit in PC manufacturing during the 1990s, during which they sold the EzBook and EzNote lines of laptop computers, as well as some desktops. This page documents information on these laptops.
CTX began laptop manufacturing after acquiring Veridata, an already established manufacturer. So yes, they didn't just badge an ODM's laptops, they made their own! Their laptops had a small share of success for a good few years, but it ended up backfiring horribly by 1999, when they reported massive losses, largely blamed on their laptop division, causing them to go bankrupt. They managed to make it out, but completely left the computer business as a result.
One thing you'll notice as you look through the list below is that their model schemes were insanely obtuse and confusing. It took a long while before I was able to understand it enough to actually document them properly. As well as that, information on models prior to the 700 Series is somewhat limited, as CTX failed to document them to any extent on their (multiple) websites.
Model List
Sorted roughly by age.
EzBook 300/400 Series September 1994 Also known as EzBook 486 Series |
EzNote 486DX/33 Late 1994 |
EzBook 500 Series 1995 Also known as EzBook 486 Series & EzBook 5x86 Series |
EzBook 600 Series January 1996 |
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EzBook 700 & 700M Series August 1996 Also known as the EzBook 300 Series |
EzBook 700E Series June 16, 1998 |
EzBook 700G Series 1998 Also known as the EzBook V Series |
EzBook 800 Series June 16, 1998 Also known as the EzBook F Series |
EzNote M303/M304 Early 1999 |
Note on the "CTX CyberNote 953"
If you see a reference online to a supposed CTX laptop called the "CyberNote" or the "CyberNote 953", know that no such model technically exists. The CyberNote 953 is actually the name of the generic version of the EzBook 700 and 700M from Veridata. You can see MacDat's pages on the Veridata CyberNote 953 here.
Note on EzBook capitalization
I've seen CTX EzBook laptops spelled like: EZBook, EzBook, and even EzBOOK, depending on where you look. It seems even they didn't have one definitive way to capitalize it. I've just decided on EzBook for the purposes of this site.
Page last updated: 09/02/2024
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