Macintosh Portable
E62466
The Macintosh Portable is Apple’s first battery-powered Macintosh computer, a bulky early laptop introduced in 1989 that paved the way for the more compact PowerBook line.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macintosh Portable (backlit) model | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Macintosh computer
ⓘ
laptop computer ⓘ |
| announcementDate | 1989-09-20 ⓘ |
| architecture | Motorola 68000 family ⓘ |
| backlitDisplay | no ⓘ |
| backlitDisplayVariant |
Macintosh Portable
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Macintosh Portable (backlit) model
|
| batteryPowered | yes ⓘ |
| batteryType | sealed lead-acid battery ⓘ |
| category | portable computer ⓘ |
| codename |
Laguna
ⓘ
Mobius ⓘ |
| colorDisplay | no ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| cpu |
Motorola 68000 family
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 68000
|
| cpuClockSpeed | 16 MHz ⓘ |
| developer |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Computer, Inc.
|
| discontinued | 1991 ⓘ |
| displayResolution | 640×400 pixels ⓘ |
| displaySize | 9.8 inch ⓘ |
| displayType | passive-matrix LCD ⓘ |
| formFactor | luggable computer ⓘ |
| graphics | 1-bit monochrome graphics ⓘ |
| hasPort |
ADB port
ⓘ
SCSI port ⓘ audio out jack ⓘ serial port ⓘ |
| influenced | PowerBook 100 design ⓘ |
| introduced | 1989 ⓘ |
| keyboard | built-in keyboard ⓘ |
| legacy | paved the way for the PowerBook line ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Computer, Inc.
|
| marketPosition | high-end portable Macintosh ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
first battery-powered Macintosh
ⓘ
full-sized desktop-class components in portable form ⓘ |
| notableIssue | battery reliability problems ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
System 6
ⓘ
System 7 (early versions) ⓘ
surface form:
System 7
|
| originalPrice | approximately US$6,500 ⓘ |
| pointingDevice | trackball ⓘ |
| predecessor | Macintosh SE ⓘ |
| ram | 1 MB ⓘ |
| ramExpandableTo | 9 MB ⓘ |
| ramType | SRAM ⓘ |
| storage |
3.5-inch floppy disk drive
ⓘ
40 MB SCSI hard drive ⓘ |
| successor |
PowerBook
ⓘ
surface form:
PowerBook 100
PowerBook ⓘ
surface form:
PowerBook series
|
| weight | approximately 16 pounds ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Macintosh Portable (backlit) model