Macintosh Portable: The Mobile Mac Nobody Wanted

In the late 1980s, laptop computers were starting to gain popularity as their performance was improving and their size was decreasing. But Apple's first entry into the market wasn't exactly a graceful one.

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An interesting read about the development of the Mac Portable: https://www.retropaq.com/macintosh-po...

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