From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia PowerBook 180
PowerBook 180
Macintosh PowerBook 180 Like the Macintosh Portable before it, with the addi-
tion of an external color video port missing on the 170,
the 180 became a full featured un-compromised portable
desktop replacement, equivalent in performance to the
Macintosh LC III+. It was sold until May 1994.
PowerBook 180c
In June 1993, Apple released an identical color version of
this model, the PowerBook 180c (pictured above). It had
an 8.4 in (210 mm) diagonal active matrix color LCD capa-
ble of displaying 256 colors and was the first PowerBook
to natively display 640x480 (all previous PowerBooks had
640x400 resolution). As a result of the thicker color dis-
play, the exterior case lid was redesigned, more closely
resembling that used on the PowerBook Duo series. The
PowerBook 180c
same modification was used on the PowerBook 165c to
Developer Apple Computer accommodate its thicker color display as well.
Type Laptop PowerBook 180c
Release date October 19, 1992 (180), June 1993
(180c)[1]
Introductory US$3870
price
Discontinued May 1, 1994 (180), March 1994 (180c)[1]
Rear ports with cover down.
Operating system System 7.1–Mac OS 7.6.1[1]
CPU Motorola 68030 33 MHz[1]
Memory 4–14 MiB
The PowerBook 180 was a portable computer released by
Apple Computer, Inc. along with the PowerBook 160 in
October 1992. At the time, it constituted the new top-of- Front-right view showing relative thickness of the
the-range model replacing the previous PowerBook 170. 180c.
Its case design and features are the same as that of the
170, but it shipped with the more powerful 33 MHz Mo-
torola 68030 CPU and Motorola 68882 FPU. Along with
the 160, it introduced a new power saving feature which
allowed the processor to run at a slower 16 MHz rate, the
same speed as the original 140.
The PowerBook 180 came with a 9.5 in (240 mm) (di-
agonal) active matrix LCD screen, capable of displaying Underside of the PowerBook.
4-bit grayscale, and a trackball was mounted beneath the
keyboard. A 1.44 MB floppy disk drive and 80 MB 2.5-inch
hard drive were also standard.
References
The Apple Powerbook also gave an option of possible [1] ^ Joannidi, Christine (2002-03-15). "Macintosh
expansion to a 120 MB hard drive. They are equipped Classic: Technical Specifications". Apple Inc.
with keyboard stands to slant the keyboard. http://docs.info.apple.com/
article.html?artnum=10193. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
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