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Apple PowerBook Duo: The Laptop That Was Also a Desktop

In the early 1990's, there was an industry trend to make laptops smaller and lighter. These so-called subnotebooks often resulted in a compromise between portability and practicality. Apple's PowerBook Duo series, however, tried to do everything. Sources (in order of appearance): AST Premium Exec laptop photo: PC Magazine, April 14, 1992. Toshiba Libretto photo: : LGR's ThinkPad 701c video: HP Omnibook 800CT photo: Compaq Contura Aero photo: PC Magazine, September 28, 1993. Computerworld, August 15, 1994. MacUser, December 1992. Macworld, December 1992. Macworld, December 1993. Macintosh Duo System Developer Note, November 1992. AAUI ThinNet transceiver photo: : AAUI 10Base-T transceiver photo: : The Apple Catalog, Spring 1993. Macintosh Classic photo: : MacUser, November 1995. The Apple Catalog, Fall 1993. MacUser, December 1993. Duo battery charger photo: Duo 270c upgraded to 2300 photo: ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! @thisdoesnotcomp ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound ( ). Intro music by BoxCat Games ( ).