02-20-2018, 12:28 AM
https://www.cultofmac.com/468151/powerbo...st-laptop/
ebruary 17, 1997: Apple launches the PowerBook 3400, a laptop the company claims is the fastest portable computer in the world.
After a rough few years for the PowerBook, this model throws down the gauntlet to rivals. It packs a PowerPC 603e processor capable of running at speeds up to 240 MHz, depending on configuration. Speedier Apple laptops will quickly overtake it. However, at the time, the PowerBook 3400 matches the speed of some impressive desktop Macs.
Apple advertised the new PowerBook as a “full-tilt multimedia” Mac. The company said the laptop possessed “enough power to watch smooth-running, full-screen QuickTime movies [and] more than enough power to surf the World Wide Web.”
The laptop featured a few nifty features. A hot-swappable bay drive let users switch out the CD-ROM drive and slide in an optical drive of their choice. (Options ranged from floppy to magneto-optical.) Better yet, this could be done without powering off the computer or putting it to sleep.