http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/ Engadget Comments for Mac Portable gets a 20th anniversary vivisection http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/
I had two plasma ones - the 3400 and the 5200 (I think) ... orange screens!?

Then there was the little 1200's - LCD 320x240 screens, 10Mb HDD and 640kb RAM - yes that's right ... I said 640kb baby YEA!

Man I'm old!?
]]>Sep 22nd 2009 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Apple-Macintosh-Portable-Computer-Model-5120_W0QQitemZ250499940290QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a52f5bfc2&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

that guy is certainly not gettint rich any time soon selling those macs]]>Sep 22nd 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/
I love it!]]>Sep 22nd 2009 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/
http://www.kidsgamer.com/play-online-game.php?game=Frogger
]]>Sep 22nd 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/touchpad sux!]]>Sep 22nd 2009 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/
On the funny side, my dad used to LOVE track balls and HATED mice. Over time he admitted that he'd finally gotten used to the mouse and said "turns out when you get to the edge of the pad, you can just pick up the mouse and move it."]]>Sep 22nd 2009 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/
There was nothing like this on the market when it shipped.]]>Sep 22nd 2009 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/
I defense of its bulk, I guess apple did call it a 'portable' computer, not a 'laptop'.]]>Sep 22nd 2009 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/
I used to support IBM XTs, ATs and then the PS2s on a Token Ring network!? How old am I?

I remember once having to upgrade the RAM in a desktop from 512kb to 640kb - the board was one of those old style huge things (12x4 inches) and it cost something like £2000 ...

Exponential is a word that springs to mind!?]]>Sep 22nd 2009 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/16MHZ vs 1.6GHZ
10" screens
40MB HD vs 160GB HD
$6,5000 vs $300
and so on...]]>Sep 22nd 2009 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/
If only I had the know how how to pull something that awesome, then I would do it.]]>Sep 22nd 2009 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/
Hard to believe that's at least 5 years older than this machine.]]>Sep 22nd 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/
]]>Sep 22nd 2009 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/2) The MacBook Pro has a better-than-full-HD screen.
3) The Mac Portable had a 75 ppi display. The iPhone has a 163 ppi display.
4) There are no pocketable devices with a HD display (≥720 lines), iPhone or otherwise.
5) You, sir, are a moron.]]>Sep 22nd 2009 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/ Computer: a programmable usually electronic device that can store, retrieve, and process data
Mobile:capable of moving or being moved
2) Nobody is talking about the macbook pro besides yourself.
3) Although ppi is one convention of measuring "resolution" the pixel resolution, the set of two positive integer numbers, where the first number is the number of pixel columns (width) and the second is the number of pixel rows (height), is another popular convention for measuring resolution. In this case, 640 x 400(Mac Portable) vs. 320 x 480(iPhone)
4) The literal definition of HD is any resolution above SD. Therefore, many pocketable devices sport "HD" displays. There are too many to name but heres one you can read up on, courtesy of engadget.(1024 x 480 is a higher pixel count than any SD format, hence its technical HD classification) http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/30/softbank-introduces-sharp-aquos-fulltouch-slider-with-quasi-xga/
5) Funny you would assume I'm a "sir." I appreciate the attempt to show respect by calling me sir, but I think you should know that your losing your argument to a woman.
6) You, my friend, are the moron.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 4:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/
Funny old world, eh?]]>Sep 22nd 2009 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/
This seems like a no brainer to me! It is so f'ing uncomfortable to bend your wrist towards the middle to use a laptop track pad. So people usually turn their whole arm so up really up isn't up, it's diagonal. It hurts my wrists just thinking about it - so my solution? I only use plugin mouses and never use the laptop trackpad.

Get it straight Apple!

How come at one time you used to understand people were right and left handed? Did you forget?]]>Sep 22nd 2009 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/You can watch it here on archive.org
http://bit.ly/QrQZm

Jump to 18:00 for the Mac...]]>Sep 22nd 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/Sep 22nd 2009 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/
So, you can laugh if you want, but this Macintosh Portable introduced several technologies to the world of portable computing, and Intel based laptop manufacturers eventually followed Apple's lead.]]>Sep 22nd 2009 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/mac-portable-gets-a-20th-anniversary-vivisection/
Does anyone have an unboxing video of it? :D]]>Sep 22nd 2009 3:42PM