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 Thursday, November 24, 2005
Birth of the PowerBook: How Apple Took Over the Portable Market in 1991
pb100.gifAn interesting piece on one of Apple's most important and innovative pieces of technology ever.

From the article:

The PowerBook has consistently been one of the most respected and lusted after brands in the portable computing market.

This wasn't always the case. Apple's first attempt at repackaging the Macintosh as a portable failed (the 15 lb. Macintosh Portable never caught on).

In 1992, Apple scored a hit, and sales of the PowerBook line helped the company generate $7.1 billion in sales, its best year ever.

Like the Macintosh, the PowerBook succeeded despite Apple's management.

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