Apple Macintosh Portable

Description | |
Manufacturer | Apple |
Model | Macintosh Portable |
Date Announced | 1989 |
Date Canceled | 1991 (replaced with an updated model) |
Number Produced | Tens of thousands |
Country of Origin | USA |
Price | $6,500 base, $7,300 with hard drive |
Current Value | $100+ |
Specifications | --- |
Processor | Low power Motorola 68000 |
Speed | 16 MHz |
RAM | 1-9MB |
ROM | 256MB |
Storage | |
Expansion | Additional RAM via proprietary card |
Bus | SCSI port on back |
Video | |
I/O | SCSI, Serial |
OS Options | Mac OS6 and OS7 |
Notes | Apple was fairly late to the laptop scene and the Macintosh Portable was their initial offering. It was big for a laptop (the batteries alone weighed 2 lbs) but it was a Mac for the road. |
Related Items in Collection | Apple Macintosh and other Apple products. |
Related Items Wanted | Working batteries, docs, additional software. |
The Apple Mac Portable in my collection is in great physical shape but it fails to boot (comes up with a sad Mac when it comes up at all.) It's going to need some help down the line.
