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Mac Systems: Apple: Macintosh PowerBook Series

The Apple PowerBook series was sold from October 1991 to February 1997 and the earlier Macintosh Portable first was released in September 1989. Apple's pre-G3 PowerBook line had a bumpy past, perhaps more so than any other Apple product line, with both tremendous successes and a couple of failures, too.

The PowerBook Duo, PowerBook G3, and PowerBook G4 as well as the more modern MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models additionally may be of interest.

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1 Apple Computer Processor Portable (Original) 16 MHz 68000
Intro. September 20, 1989 Disc. February 11, 1991
Order No: M5350* Model M5120 (Gestalt 10)
Std. RAM: 1 MB VRAM N/A
Storage None, 40 MB* Optical None
Complete Portable (Original) Specs
Portable Backlit 16 MHz 68000 PowerBook 100 16 MHz 68000 PowerBook 140 16 MHz 68030 PowerBook 145 25 MHz 68030 PowerBook 145b 25 MHz 68030 PowerBook 150 33 MHz 68030 PowerBook 160 25 MHz 68030 PowerBook 165 33 MHz 68030 PowerBook 165c 33 MHz 68030 PowerBook 170 25 MHz 68030 PowerBook 180 33 MHz 68030 PowerBook 180c 33 MHz 68030 PowerBook 190/66 33 MHz* 68LC040 PowerBook 190cs/66 33 MHz* 68LC040 PowerBook 520 25 MHz* 68LC040 PowerBook 520c 25 MHz* 68LC040 PowerBook 540 33 MHz* 68LC040 PowerBook 540c 33 MHz* 68LC040 PowerBook 550c 33 MHz* 68040 PowerBook 1400cs/117 117 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 1400c/117 117 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 1400cs/133 133 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 1400c/133 133 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 1400cs/166 166 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 1400c/166 166 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 2400c/180 180 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 2400c/240 240 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 3400c/180 180 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 3400c/200 200 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 3400c/240 240 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 5300/100 100 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 5300cs/100 100 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 5300c/100 100 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 5300ce/117 117 MHz PowerPC 603e




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