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Apple Macintosh PowerBook Series

 
   
  Apple's Macintosh PowerBook series was sold from September 1989 to May 1998. The PowerBook has had a bumpy past, perhaps more so thanany other Apple product line, with both tremendous successes and a couple of failures. More recent PowerBooks, which are stylish, high-powered, and relatively inexpensive, are part of Apple's PowerBook G3 and PowerBook G4 series.
 


Apple Macintosh PowerBook 1400cs/117

 
The Apple Macintosh PowerBook 1400cs/117 features a 117 MHz PowerPC 603e processor, 12 MB or 16 MB of RAM, and a 750 MB or 1.0 GB hard drive in a black portable case with a 11.3" color dual-scan display. The built-in display of the PowerBook 1400cs/117 supports 16-bit color, and also can support up-to 8-bit color on an external monitor with an optional video card. The PowerBook 1400 series included new features such as an internal CD-ROM drive, a "swappable" drive bay, and "BookCovers" that can customize the look of each PowerBook.

Apple Macintosh PowerBook 5300/100
The Apple Macintosh PowerBook 5300/100 features a 100 MHz PowerPC 603e processor, 8 MB of RAM, and a 500 MB hard drive in a black portable case with a 9.5" grayscale passive-matrix display. Although the built-in display of the PowerBook 5300/100 only supports 4-bit grayscale, a video card can be added to support up-to 16-bit color on an external monitor. The PowerBook 5300 series was originally plagued by battery problems, but after "reworking" by Apple, the 5300 series generally performs well.

Apple Macintosh PowerBook 5300ce/117
The Apple Macintosh PowerBook 5300ce/117 features a 117 MHz PowerPC 603e processor, 32 MB of RAM, and a 1.2 GB hard drive in a black portable case with a 10.4" color active-matrix display. The built-in display of the PowerBook 5300ce/117 supports 16-bit color, and also can support up-to 16-bit color on an external monitor with the addition of a video card. The PowerBook 5300 series was originally plagued by battery problems, but after "reworking" by Apple, the 5300 series generally performs well.