PowerBook 100
The 100 was the first PowerBook. More stylish than the 140 which followed it, the 100 does not have a built in floppy drive. Instead, it was available separately from Apple and plugged into the included HDI-20 floppy drive port. The 100 uses the relatively slow 68000 processor running at 16 MHz. With a 9" passive matrix black & white display and limited memory constraints, the 100 is really only suitable for word processing, spreadsheets, and e-mail. The black and white screen precludes any kind of real graphics work or image-intensive games. That said, the battery is robust and can provide up to 2 hours of real work time which is nice for travellers who need a modest computer at a rock-bottom price.
Rating
At the time: C
General
- Introduced: 10/21/91
- Discontinued: 8/3/92
- Main Processor: 16 MHz 68000
- Data Path: 16 MHz 16-bit
- PMMU: none
- FPU: none
- 2MB RAM standard, 8MB maximum
- 20 or 40MB hard drive
Weight
- 5.1 pounds
Display
- Passive-matrix back & white
- 9"
- 640x400 resolution
Ports
- ADB
- serial
- sound output
- HDI-30 SCSI
- HDI-20 floppy
- internal modem
Sound
- Sound Out: mono, 8-bit
Battery
- Battery Type: PB100, lead acid
Software
- Original System Software: 7.0.1
- System Software Supported: 7.0.1 to 7.5.3
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