Macintosh Portable
Essentials
Family: PowerBook
Codename: Laguna, Riveria, Malibu, Esprit, Guiness. (Backlit configuration: Aruba, Love Shack, Mulligan)
Gestalt ID: 10
Minimum OS: 6.0.4
Maximum OS: 7.5.5
Introduced: September 1989
Terminated: October 1991
Processor
CPU: Motorola MC68000
CPU Speed: 16 MHz
FPU: none
Bus Speed: 16 MHz
Register Width: 32-bit
Data Bus Width: 16-bit
Address Bus Width: 32-bit
ROM: 256 kB
RAM Type: proprietary
Minimum RAM Speed: 100 ns
Onboard RAM: 1 MB
RAM slots: 1
Maximum RAM: 8 MB
Video
Screen: 1-bit active matrix (backlit after 2/91)
Max Resolution: 640x400
Storage
Hard Drive: optional 40 MB
Floppy Drive: 1 or 2 1.4 MB SuperDrive
Input/Output
ADB: 1
Serial: 2 Mini DIN-8
SCSI: DB-25
Audio Out: stereo 8 bit mini
Speaker: mono
Miscellaneous
Power: 5 Watts
Dimensions: 4.05" H x 15.25" W x 14.83" D
Weight: 15.8 lbs.
Announced in September 1989, The Mac Portable was Apple's first attempt at a more easily portable Macintosh. It had a bay for a 3.5" half-height drive, and could support up to two Super Drives. Reaction to the Portable was poor. It was clunky, slow, had no expansion capabilities, and its active matrix screen (later backlit) made it incredibly expensive. It sold for $6,500.
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