PowerBook 3400c -- When the World's Fastest Laptop Was a Mac! (Patreon)

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2020-07-13 17:33:34

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Apple was a hot mess during most of the 90s that few, other than existing Mac users, took seriously. But then they made a powerhouse of a laptop that righted a lot of prior wrongs.

Sources:
Infoworld (August 28, 1995 and September 25, 1995).
Macworld magazine (February 1996, May 1996, November 1996, December 1996, January 1997, April 1997).
MacUser magazine (December 1996, April 1997).
Taipei skyline photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Looking_at_Taipei,_Taiwan_skyline_from_Yuanshan_2016.jpg
PowerBook 5300 motherboard photo: 5300 motherboard image: https://www.alksoft.com/projects/scans/5300_top_superhires.jpg
Compaq laptop image: https://jalopnik.com/this-ancient-laptop-is-the-only-key-to-the-most-valuabl-1773662267
Quanta Shanghai industrial park photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quanta_Shanghai_Manufacturing_City_(QSMC).jpg
3400 modem/ethernet adapter image: http://www.popscreen.com/prod/MTgyMzgwNjI5/Details-about-Apple-Mac-Powerbook-RJ45-to-Modem-and-Ethernet-Connector
PC Magazine (February 1997 and January 1998).
Udagawa subway photo: https://www.japan.go.jp/sustainable_future/skillstoshare/01.html
Antenna Design furniture: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/295759900504212017/
Microsoft IP phone: http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/microsoft-ip-phone-ocs-2007.jpg
R211 NYC subway car: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R211_Open_House_(38033470954).jpg

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PowerBook 3400c -- When the World's Fastest Laptop Was a Mac!

Apple was a hot mess during most of the 90s that few, other than existing Mac users, took seriously. But then they made a powerhouse of a laptop that righted a lot of prior wrongs. Sources: Infoworld (August 28, 1995 and September 25, 1995). Macworld magazine (February 1996, May 1996, November 1996, December 1996, January 1997, April 1997). MacUser magazine (December 1996, April 1997). Taipei skyline photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Looking_at_Taipei,_Taiwan_skyline_from_Yuanshan_2016.jpg PowerBook 5300 motherboard photo: 5300 motherboard image: https://www.alksoft.com/projects/scans/5300_top_superhires.jpg Compaq laptop image: https://jalopnik.com/this-ancient-laptop-is-the-only-key-to-the-most-valuabl-1773662267 Quanta Shanghai industrial park photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quanta_Shanghai_Manufacturing_City_(QSMC).jpg 3400 modem/ethernet adapter image: http://www.popscreen.com/prod/MTgyMzgwNjI5/Details-about-Apple-Mac-Powerbook-RJ45-to-Modem-and-Ethernet-Connector PC Magazine (February 1997 and January 1998). Udagawa subway photo: https://www.japan.go.jp/sustainable_future/skillstoshare/01.html Antenna Design furniture: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/295759900504212017/ Microsoft IP phone: http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/microsoft-ip-phone-ocs-2007.jpg R211 NYC subway car: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R211_Open_House_(38033470954).jpg ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! @thisdoesnotcomp ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com). Intro music by BoxCat Games (http://www.box-cat.com).