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MacPod video, MacPod nano, MacShuffle , MacLife, MacWorks, BigMac (powermac) and so on....]]>May 16th 2006 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/
Never did get 'round to buying the outboard floppy....]]>May 16th 2006 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/May 16th 2006 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/us battery to click http://www.uk-laptopbattery.com
uk battery to click http://www.ukbatterystore.co.uk]]>Apr 6th 2010 3:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/May 16th 2006 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/
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The GameBoy will become the NintendoBook Pocket.

obviously.
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The nubbin (that pointer stub that are on all thinkpads) is a good pointer device too.]]>May 16th 2006 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/May 16th 2006 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/
Engadget guyz & girlz - thank you for marking this occasion with a few select words. It gave me a pause (of a nice sort) as I look forward to the delivery of my brand new MacBook (white).

Computers - even nicely designed one as those Apple makes are still tools - and I hope that new MacBooks (Pro) will bring their new owners as much joy and serve them well and as the old Powerbooks did.

Powerbook is dead - Long live MacBook!]]>May 16th 2006 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/May 16th 2006 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/May 16th 2006 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/May 16th 2006 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/May 16th 2006 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/
...except Wikipedia says there *were* battery packs for the //c (though not the //c+), but not from Apple.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II#Apple_IIc]]>May 16th 2006 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/
Get ready for a long wait. Not more laptops are going to be introduced. No 12" MacBook Pro. The family is complete.

I still have my PB 180c and still book it up on occasion. I have to agree with some of the other posters, the Trackball ruled.]]>May 16th 2006 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/May 16th 2006 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/May 16th 2006 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/As for the mouse discussion, ever tried an EgoTrac from Fujitsu, that is what my laptop has (lifebook 280dx).]]>May 16th 2006 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/May 16th 2006 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/May 16th 2006 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/May 16th 2006 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/
I'd love to make "the switch" at home, after getting a G5 at work, but I don't want or need a laptop and I don't want to buy a PPC core machine if they're being phased out.

I'd love even a whisper of a rumour of a possible date when they might release a teaser about an eventual hypothetical release date.

]]>May 16th 2006 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/ #7 Love that MacPod nano ]]>May 16th 2006 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/May 16th 2006 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/May 16th 2006 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/May 16th 2006 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/May 16th 2006 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/May 17th 2006 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/May 17th 2006 3:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/rip-powerbook-1991-2006/
Are you insane?

The PowerBook 170 was announced along with the 100 and was BY FAR the best portable computer in the world at the time.

It had a trackball, active matrix screen, built-in networking, digital audio output, and a fast (at the time) 68030 cpu. It was an amazing machine for 1991 and every laptop in existence today still steals from it. The pushed-back keyboard and palm rest that we take for granted now were totally new. The active matrix screen didn't ghost like other laptop displays.

I remember someone at Apple telling me how surprised they were that so many users wanted the most expensive model - the 170 - instead of the other ones.

Calling the first PowerBooks a dud is like calling the Model T a dud because it doesn't compare well against a modern car.]]>May 17th 2006 10:13AM