June 7, 1993: Apple Introduces the PowerBook 180c

by Chris Seibold Jun 07, 2011

The PowerBook 180c wasn't the first Mac laptop with a color screen. That dubious honor goes to the 165c, but it was the first PowerBook that had a color screen worth looking at.

The PowerBook 180c featured an active matrix 640 x 480, 256-color screen which mirrored Apple's 14-inch desktop offering. The machine also shipped with either a 80 or 120 MB hard drive and a whopping 4 MB of RAM.

While the specs might seem laughable today the computer was in high demand at the time. Users who could afford the $4,160 price tag began snatching up the 180c on June 7, 1993.

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  • “While the specs seem might laughable today the computer was in high demand at the time. Users who could afford the $4,160 price tag began snatching up the 180c on June 7, 1993.”

    I thin there’s a typo in the last paragraph: “While the specs *might seem* laughable today the…”

    wackybit had this to say on Jun 07, 2006 Posts: 16

  • I think you’re right. Fixed, thanks

    Chris Seibold had this to say on Jun 07, 2006 Posts: 354
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