Macintosh Portable: The Mobile Mac Nobody Wanted (Patreon)

Macintosh Portable: The Mobile Mac Few Wanted

In the late 1980s, laptop computers were starting to gain popularity as their performance was improving and their size was decreasing. But Apple's first entry into the market wasn't exactly a graceful one. Sources: Toshiba J3100 photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toshiba_J-3100GT.jpg Data General One photo: https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/762023368589574144 Numeric keypad photo: https://estatesales.org/online-auctions/1989-apple-macintosh-portable-computer-61578585 IBM 5155 luggable PC photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IBM_5155_(1).jpg Original battery photo: https://estatesales.org/online-auctions/1989-apple-macintosh-portable-computer-61578585 Rebuilt battery photo: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/rebuilt-apple-macintosh-m5137-1901037165 Mac Portable motherboard photo: https://www.theregister.com/Print/2010/11/09/macintosh_portable "The Macintosh Portable," Macworld, November 1989. "ClearPoint Ships Memory Upgrades for Mac Portable," InfoWorld, August 27, 1990. Mac Portable in-box battery charger photo: https://www.ebay.com/itm/363685845507?hash=item54ad5d9a03:g:iXIAAOSwyDth3KZh "Mac to Go," MacUser, November 1989. "Apple Delivers a True Mac With Its Pricey Portable," InfoWorld, October 23, 1989. Computerworld, August 21, 1989. Backlit Mac Portable photo: https://www.retropaq.com/macintosh-portable/ Mac Portable introduction video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzlQdWKmPuE Compaq LTE 286 photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Laptop_Compaq.JPG "Macintosh PowerBooks 100, 140, and 170," Macworld, December 1991. An interesting read about the development of the Mac Portable: https://www.retropaq.com/macintosh-portable ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! @thisdoesnotcomp ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com). Intro music by BoxCat Games (http://www.box-cat.com).