Early PowerBook Models
The PowerBook began life as an entirely different machine—the Mac Portable—a large, clunky, and somewhat non-Macintosh machine that couldn't be further from a modern-era PowerBook. But Apple's first portable is an important part of Apple history—it allowed the company to get a product out to market and helped Apple learn from its mistakes. Amazingly, Apple's next portable, the first real PowerBook (the PowerBook 100), was a complete departure from the Mac Luggable. It was light, had a small footprint, and is still considered by some to be the best PowerBook of all time.
The Mac Portable
Apple released the Mac Portable, the first portable Macintosh and the grandparent of them all, on September 20, 1989, at $6,500 (or around ...
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