A few of us have recently posted pictures of vintage Macintosh computers over in the Favorite Toys thread. That has me thinking that there may be enough interest for a dedicated Retro Apple Tech thread. So this will be the place for all things Apple: computers, peripherals, swag and what have you.
I’ve amassed quite a collection of Apple ephemera over the decades, so I will kick this off with a few quick posts.
I’ll lead with a repost of the images I first posted over in the Toys thread.
Presenting the Macintosh Portable, aka the Lugable. Weighing in at 16 lbs, this model shipped from September 1989 to October 1991. The list price was a whopping $6500 for the 1.44 MB floppy drive only edition, and $7300 with the optional 40 MB hard drive. Add in the backlit display option and you could get close to the $10k mark, for what was really a pretty underpowered and only somewhat “portable” Mac.
One neat feature for all you southpaws is that you can pop out the trackball unit, shift the keyboard over, and place the trackball on the left.