Looking back at 20 years of Apple laptops before the MacBook 800 USD appeared

Macintosh Portable is the first technology-based mobile computer system of the US technology company in 1989. Notebooks priced from $ 1,100 to more than $ 3,000 now account for 29% of Apple's revenue.

The Macintosh Portable has a black and white LCD screen, using a 16 MHz Motorola 6800 chip, weighs 7.2 kg and has a battery life of up to 12 hours. .

In October 1991, Apple released three PowerBook computers, 100, 140 and 170. In February 2005, US Mobile PC magazine ranked the 100th edition topped the list of devices of all time.

In 1992 Apple went on to launch a hybrid computer between the desktop and notebook, the PowerBook Duo, using a 25-33 MHz Mototola 68030 or 68LC040 processor.

The PowerBook 500 series, code-named Blackbird, appeared in 1994, works on Motorola 68LC040 and was the first computer to have a trackpad. It is also the first mobile device to integrate Ethernet.

The PowerBook 150 was introduced by Apple in 1994, using Motorola 68030 clocked at 33 MHz, 4 MB RAM and expandable to 36 MB and 250 - 500 MB hard.

In 1996 and 1997, Apple demonstrated the PowerBook 1400 with the "luxury" version of 3400. This is the first PowerBook with a CD drive.

eMate 300 is a personal digital device released by Apple as a low-cost laptop operating on Newton's operating system in March 1997. The device has a gray screen of 480 x 320 pixels and an infrared port.

The PowerBook G3 is a professional Macintosh produced by Apple around 1997-2000. This is the first laptop to use the PowerPC G3 processor line (PPC740 / 750).

The iBook is marketed from 1999 to 2006, targeted at consumers and the education industry, equipped with less features and cheaper than PowerBook.

PowerBook G4 was produced between 2001 and 2006, using a PowerPC processor with titanium or aluminum casing. This is the last generation PowerBook and replaced by the MacBook Pro using Intel chips in the first half of 2006.

The MacBook Pro was first announced in January 2006 and was the first Macintosh laptop to use Intel Core Duo and Core 2 Duo.

In May 2006, Apple introduced a MacBook-branded laptop with Intel Core Duo and 945GM chipset, GMA950 graphics, FSB 667 MHz. The next MacBook versions are equipped with Core 2 Duo.

MacBook Air is a lightweight product with 13.3-inch screen, LED backlight, resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, weighing 1.36 kg, 0.4-1.93 cm thin and appearing in January 2008 .

Last week, the blogging community buzzed with news that Apple is about to launch a low-cost MacBook version ($ 800).