{"id":6050,"date":"2013-10-21T23:16:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T23:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/apple-introduces-powerbook\/"},"modified":"2013-10-21T23:16:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T23:16:40","slug":"apple-introduces-powerbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/apple-introduces-powerbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Introduces PowerBook"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-2358\">\n<div class=\"format_text entry-content\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fthisdayintechhistory.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F11%2FPowerBook_100_01_2007-02-17.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2358]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2359\" title=\"PowerBook 100\" alt=\"PowerBook 100\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/07942__PowerBook_100_01_2007-02-17-300x237.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a>October 21, 1991<\/p>\n<p>At the <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCOMDEX\">COMDEX<\/a> computer expo in Las Vegas, Apple introduces the first line of PowerBook notebook computers, the <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPowerbook_100\" target=\"_blank\">PowerBook 100<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPowerbook_140\" target=\"_blank\">PowerBook 140<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPowerbook_170\" target=\"_blank\">PowerBook 170<\/a>. The first truly portable Macintosh, the PowerBook line redefined portable computing and set the bar for future laptop designs. For example, the PowerBooks were the first laptop to have a trackball positioned in front of the keyboard. Most existing PC laptops of the time ran DOS and were therefore keyboard-oriented, requiring the use of external mice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Previous post: <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fthisdayintechhistory.com%2F10%2F21%2Fedison-perfects-light-bulb%2F\" rel=\"prev\">Edison Perfects Light Bulb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/07942__p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/thisdayintechhistory.com\/10\/21\/apple-introduces-powerbook\/\">This Day in Tech History<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 21, 1991 At the COMDEX computer expo in Las Vegas, Apple introduces the first line of PowerBook notebook computers, the PowerBook 100, PowerBook 140, and PowerBook 170. The first truly portable Macintosh, the PowerBook line redefined portable computing and set the bar for future laptop designs. For example, the PowerBooks were the first laptop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"tags":[62,381,2483],"class_list":["post-6050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-today-in-tech","tag-apple-2","tag-introduces","tag-powerbook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6050"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}