- Mac Specs: By Year: 1989. Complete technical specifications for every Apple Mac released in 1989 are listed below for your convenience. For other years, please refer to the main By Year page. Current Macs additionally may be of interest. If you find this page useful, please Bookmark & Share it.
- The Portable was the first Mac to ship with a preformatted hard drive (and the only portable Mac with a 3.5″ hard drive) and a preinstalled operating system. Along with the Mac IIci, it was one of the first Macs to user surface mount technology.
- Sep 20, 2014 Twenty-five years ago Saturday, on Sept. 20, 1989, Apple released its first 'portable' Macintosh computer — and 'portable' belongs in quotation marks, because Sisyphus might as well have been made.
1989: Mac SE/30, IIcx, IIci, and Portable Daniel Knight - 1989.12.31 In January 1989 – January has always been one of Apple's favorite months for new product releases – Apple unveiled the best ever compact Mac with a 9″ b&w display, the Macintosh SE/30. September 20, 1989: Apple releases the Macintosh Portable, its pre-PowerBook attempt at introducing the world to a battery-powered Mac you could take on the road.
Macintosh Portable – 1989
iNSpired Innovation: The World's first Active Matrix display in Apple's first portable computer
Apple's first attempt at portable computing with completely self-contained unit. Arguably the most prominent innovation was the industry's first active matrix black and white LCD screen on hinged cover over keyboard, plus a built-in trackball instead of a mouse. The Macintosh Portable weighed in at 16-pounds (largely due to large heavy lead-acid batteries) and focused on extended length power by using low-power Motorola 68HC000 and expensive SRAM to minimize power use and ‘instant on' low power sleep mode. Apple later added back-lit active-matrix to help with low-light visibility. Make your own human. Ultimately usability issues and high price limited the adoption of the Macintosh Portable.
1989: Mac SE/30, IIcx, IIci, and Portable Daniel Knight - 1989.12.31 In January 1989 – January has always been one of Apple's favorite months for new product releases – Apple unveiled the best ever compact Mac with a 9″ b&w display, the Macintosh SE/30. September 20, 1989: Apple releases the Macintosh Portable, its pre-PowerBook attempt at introducing the world to a battery-powered Mac you could take on the road.
Macintosh Portable – 1989
iNSpired Innovation: The World's first Active Matrix display in Apple's first portable computer
Apple's first attempt at portable computing with completely self-contained unit. Arguably the most prominent innovation was the industry's first active matrix black and white LCD screen on hinged cover over keyboard, plus a built-in trackball instead of a mouse. The Macintosh Portable weighed in at 16-pounds (largely due to large heavy lead-acid batteries) and focused on extended length power by using low-power Motorola 68HC000 and expensive SRAM to minimize power use and ‘instant on' low power sleep mode. Apple later added back-lit active-matrix to help with low-light visibility. Make your own human. Ultimately usability issues and high price limited the adoption of the Macintosh Portable.
TechSpecs:
CPU: 16MHz Motorola 68HC000 processor
Memory: 1MB RAM (expandable to 5MB or 9MB)
Screen: Active matrix flat-panel LCD
Storage: 1.44MB microfloppy
Connectivity: SCSI Connector, 3rd party network connectors
Wireless: N/A
TriviaCorner: Traffic cone logo media player.
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1989 Macintosh Portable
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