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PowerBook 160
PowerBook 160 matrix LCD screen, which for the first time was capable of
displaying 4-bit grayscale. The 160 and the 180, were the
first PowerBooks to add an external color video port like
the Macintosh Portable before it, as well as increasing the
maximum RAM to 14 MB. Both PowerBooks introduced
a new power saving feature which allowed their proces-
sors to run at a slower 16 MHz rate, the same speed as the
original 140. The PowerBook 160 was sold until May 1994.
PowerBook 165
The 165 added a 33 MHz processor and larger standard
hard drive. Along with the PowerBook 145B, this would
be the last of the true 100 series PowerBooks and the
Release date October 19, 1992 last Apple laptop to include two serial (printer and mo-
Introductory price 3870
dem) ports. Its entry level descendant, the PowerBook
150, would continue to sell for another year and though it
Discontinued May 1, 1994 used the 140 case design, its internals were actually based
Operating system System 7.0.1 on the PowerBook Duo and PowerBook 190, a 100-series
PowerBook in name only as it used the PowerBook 5300’s
CPU Motorola 68030 @ 25 MHz motherboard and case as well.
Memory 4 MiB
PowerBook 165c
The PowerBook 160 is a portable computer that was re- The 165c (pictured)was identical to the 165, except that
leased by Apple Computer along with the PowerBook 145 it included a 68882 FPU and had a passive matrix color
and PowerBook 180 in October 1992. At the time, it con- LCD capable of displaying 256 colors. It was Apple’s first
stituted the mid-range model replacing the previous PowerBook with a color display. As a result of the thicker
PowerBook 140 in processing power. Its case design is the color display, the exterior case lid was redesigned, more
same as that of the PowerBook 180, but it shipped with closely resembling that used on the PowerBook Duo se-
the less powerful 25 MHz Motorola 68030 CPU and no ries. The PowerBook 180c used the same case modifica-
FPU, identically to the low-end 145. However, the Pow- tion.
erBook 160 came with a 10 in (250 mm) (diagonal) passive
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