Random Apple Memory The PowerBook Family
MacFormat UK|September 2021
Charlotte Henry looks back at the groundbreaking product that launched Apple into the laptop market
Charlotte Henry
Random Apple Memory The PowerBook Family

The PowerBook 100 series of portable computers from Apple was launched in October 1999. Unlike its predecessor, the Mac Portable, the PowerBook was (relatively) lightweight, and easy to carry, with the team behind it reportedly determined to keep the weight to under 3.6kg. It came in three versions, the 100, 140, and 170. They all had an eyecatching trackball built in, a feature then not offered by PC rivals. Only the top-end 170 model had an active-matrix display though.

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