2006, in my Mac era.

When Apple made adequate hardware and good software.

P-p-p-p-powerbook!

#RetroComputing #Memories #Mac #Powerbook #Apple #GoogleReader #IRC #HomeOffice

Habe einen alten Screenshot gefunden: #apple #PowerBook 12“ - 17“

Was ein Blick in die Geschichte 😄
256 bzw 512 RAM - nicht GB sondern MB
40 / 60 GB Festplatte
Und noch Unterscheidung zwischen Combo- und SuperDrive (DVD nur lesen oder auch brennen können)

Ich hatte so ein 12“ mit Superdrive glaube ich 🤔
#retrotech

Oh noooo!! 💻💻🤦🏻‍♂️

Make that *2* #Apple #PowerBook 5300c notebooks.

#XMAS Special ;)
#RunCPM v6.9 on my
#Apple #Powerbook #G4
Running under
Unofficial #debian 13.0 #Trixie #32Bit #PowerPC
Snapshot (06.12.2025)

Using this #Framework laptop reminds me of what was probably the most fun laptop I previously owned; an #Apple #Powerbook 1400 from the 90s. What I loved about that was the swappable expansion bays, for which I could swap out a floppy drive, a CD drive, a Zip drive, and a spare battery. This isn't that, of course. All that is long obsolete. But this #Framework Laptop 12 features 4 hot-swappable slots, for which I have a range of connectivity and expansion cards. I find that kind of stuff fun.

#FreeToAGoodHome is another PowerBook Duo AC adaptor. Model no AA19200. There's a little paper stuck to the rubber antiskid strips on the bottom. :apple_inc:
#Macintosh #PowerBook #RetroComputing #VintageComputers

EDIT: It has found a home!

#FreeToAGoodHome I have an old PowerBook microphone up for grabs. It's shaped like a first-gen PlainTalk mic, but it has a normal TRS connector on it.
Part no 590-0720-A :apple_inc:
#Macintosh #PowerBook #RetroComputing #VintageComputers

I found sad_mac selling 68040 33/66 daughter cards on eBay for PowerBook 500 series. He has more than 10 and I figure they came out of 540c machines that got PPC upgrades. I only have a 520c and figured, let's see if it'll bump to 33Mhz since the clock crystal is on the card. He offered it to me for $15 plus shipping which was a good deal. Card works great in my 520c. Will run some Snooper tests soon.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/267452380209

#Mac #PowerBook

Needed some padding to take my laptop on my bike bag. I think this second skin is still compatible!

#powerbook #macbook #apple

Remember to take care of your old hard drive!

#Apple #PowerBook #retroComputing #vintage #vintageTech #oldTech #HDD #hardDrive

I found a mouse for this old PowerBook 3400c! That will simplify using it a lot!

#Apple #PowerBook #retroComputing #vintage #vintageTech #oldTech

I walked into the office today greeted by this blast from the past in great condition. #powerbook #vintageapple #apple

Talked with a dear friend today on the phone. Now, I unwind with #Newton Press and #MacWrite II on a beautiful #PowerBook #G3 Wallstreet running #MacOS 9. Floppy Disks! Amazing what was possible with 400k, 800k or 1440k. #Apple #Macintosh

Thirty years ago today, Socket Communications announced the PageCard Wireless Messaging System for the Apple #PowerBook and Newton #MessagePad.

#AppleNewton
#Retrocomputing
#LookMaNoWires

https://web.archive.org/web/19991007064519/http://product.info.apple.com/pr/press.releases/1996/q1/951011.pr.rel.socket.html

I wonder what game I should try on this old PowerBook.

What was the best mac games of that era?

#Apple #PowerBook #retroGaming #retroComputing

Kellerfund! Meine Schwiegereltern vermachten mir diesen und er geriet über zwei Umzüge in Vergessenheit. Heute beim Entrümpeln wiedergefunden, entstaubt, kurz überprüft und letztendlich eingeschaltet: Läuft! @masterhit.bsky.social wir sind offiziell alt! #powerbook #macintosh #retrocomputing

Bruce Gee recalls:

We wanted to build anticipation. I trundled out to WWDC center-stage with a just-released StyleWriter. Randy says, ‘I thought this was a sneak peek of a new device that will shake up computing?’. I reached down where a wad of paper would normally be, and there was a computer. Like nothing anyone had ever seen. I pressed the power button, everyone heard the boot-up chime. Apple had a tiny non-beige notebook. And they went crazy.

https://books.by/john-buck #apple #powerbook

🌘 舊式電腦研究：真實的 PowerBook：PA-RISC 筆記型電腦上的 Macintosh Application Environment
➤ 舊時代的技術融合：HP PA-RISC 筆電如何運行 Mac 軟體？
✤ http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-real-powerbook-macintosh-application.html
本文深入探討一款名為 RDI PrecisionBook 的獨特 PA-RISC 筆記型電腦，它如何在 1997 年透過 Apple 的 Macintosh Application Environment (MAE) 軟體，同時運行 HP-UX 操作系統與 68K Mac 應用程式。文章回顧了 RDI 公司從 SPARC 筆記型電腦轉向 PA-RISC 的歷程，並詳細介紹了 PrecisionBook 的硬體規格，包括其 1024x768 的高解析度螢幕、擴充的記憶體容量以及
#復古電腦 #PA-RISC #PowerBook #Macintosh Application Environment #科技歷史

Just as an added bonus video, there was also something similarly done for Mission Impossible.

#PowerBook #Macintosh