Am 19.07.2005 um 21:31 Uhr schrieb Terry Holtrey bei PowerBooks:
No color quickdraw on the machine. Color support came along with the SE30. Hard to believe that anyone would want one of those machines. Nobody really wanted them when they were new.
Oh, I remember a congress in Hamburg-Eppendorf ("Computers in Medicine") just after the Portable was released and a person had one on his desk - the 200 others were all eyes and all envy. Thing is there was no alternative at the time; the Portable (nicknamed "Luggable") was one of a kind, the display wasn't too bad (especially when backlit), the lead-acid battery did its job better than a lot of the NiCds that were to come later on, and a 40 MB HD was outstanding at the time. The hard drive proved to be a weak point with its weird interface and poor life expectance. But at first glance, technologically and from an "audience-impact factor" view the machine wasn't bad, but Terry is right in as much as sales figures are concerned: the Portable wasn't a winner.
The Powerbook 100 was so much better in every way.
!00% right. But it came two years later, which is quite a lot in computers. Personally, I found the Portable too expensive and too clumsy; I bought the PB 100 (20/4) as soon as it had come down in price to about 2000 DM. It was simply convincing: small, light (compared to the Portable), set-back keyboard. No wonder it became Nr.1 on Mobile Magazine's "Top 100 gadgets" list. I now own three of them, my favourite machine has a built-in modem, a 500 MB drive and 8 MB RAM. May it live long and prosper.
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