Ok, so I know I'm replying to an ancient thread but since
there was never a specific answer I thought i would provide
one (and this was one of my favorite episodes). It looks
like the very first color *laptop* computers were introduced
in 1989:

"WOOD DALE, Ill., Sept. 25-- The NEC Corporation introduced
what it said was the first color laptop computer available
in the United States. The company said it expects to start
shipping the laptop, the Prospeed CSX, in mid-October. It
will retail for $8,499 to $9,499, depending upon storage
capacity.

The computer uses the Intel Corporation's 80386SX
microprocessor and uses liquid crystal display technology to
provide 16 colors simultaneously from a palette of 64
colors, the company said. NEC said the laptop weighs 18.5
pounds, including the built-in power supply. The laptop is
15 inches wide, 14.4 inches deep and 4 inches high."

http://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/26/business/company-news-nec-show
-color-laptop-computer.html

So a color laptop certainly would not have been an
impossibility in 1989 (depending on exactly when in 1989
anyway...I can't recall if a specific date was given).


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