Macintosh Portable

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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.

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Macintosh Portable (backlit) model 1

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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

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Macintosh Portable backlitDisplayVariant Macintosh Portable self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Macintosh Portable (backlit) model
PowerBook predecessor Macintosh Portable