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.
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"A dud" ?
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.