The processing power in the 2016 MacBook (right) is nearly seven million times greater than the first PowerBook. Only one inch thick and weighing five pounds, it became a cult machine, and its thin, crisp look began a new era in Mac laptop design that was carried through to the MacBooks. Introduced in 2001, the 99.5% pure titanium body and 15" wide screen set this G4-based PowerBook apart from the crowd. Except for a brief period in the mid-1990s when certain models were experiencing battery problems, PowerBooks were very popular. Introduced in 1994, this model used a touchpad instead of the trackball found on earlier models. Like the Mac desktop evolution, the first PowerBooks used Motorola 68K CPUs and subsequently changed to PowerPC chips in 1995. Apple’s final near-death experience and subsequent revival has wiped away a lot of memories of the darkest era in Apple history. People who think that the butterfly keyboard is the biggest black eye in the history of Apple’s laptops don’t remember the mid-1990s. Like the Mac desktop evolution, the first PowerBooks used Motorola 68K CPUs and subsequently changed to PowerPC chips in 1995. 20 Macs for 2020: 17 PowerBook 500 & 5300. Although not terribly popular, there was an Apple portable prior to the PowerBook (see Macintosh Portable). Although not terribly popular, there was an Apple portable prior to the PowerBook (see Macintosh Portable). The first portable to feature a wrist rest on the keyboard, PowerBooks were very popular and lasted until the MacBook line in 2006. PowerBookApple's first family of laptop computers, introduced in 1991 with a monochrome screen.
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