February 17, 1997: Apple launches the PowerBook 3400

[pRICE cUBE]

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.

[jdc]

and people bitch now:

Starting at $4,500 and stretching up to $6,500 ($6,800 to $9,800 in today’s money)

[pdq]

I was tempted, but held out for the Wallstreets to come.

[Speedy]

I still have mine in its original box. A very nice machine for its time

[OWC Jamie]

So let's see how depressed I can make myself.

I bought a 3400c / 200 new within a month of it coming out.

https://dqydj.com/stock-return-calculato...ment-drip/

So - $5000 invested instead of that 3400c would be...

$52,331.47

[Filliam H. Muffman]

jdc wrote:
and people bitch now:

That was back when PPC was taking off and you couldn't get nearly identical hardware from Dell or HP for half the price. Maybe apply your iMac buying strategy instead of quoting ~$10k in today's dollars.

[jdc]

Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
[quote=jdc]
and people bitch now:

That was back when PPC was taking off and you couldn't get nearly identical hardware from Dell or HP for half the price. Maybe apply your iMac buying strategy instead of quoting ~$10k in today's dollars.
So you are saying a same spec Dell was $9,000?

[sekker]

Had a 190 - got a great upgrade price to our beloved Pismo.

Skipped the 3400 series entirely.

[GGD]

OWC Jamie wrote:
So let's see how depressed I can make myself.

I bought a 3400c / 200 new within a month of it coming out.

https://dqydj.com/stock-return-calculato...ment-drip/

So - $5000 invested instead of that 3400c would be...

$52,331.47

If you meant invested in AAPL, I think you might have used the wrong year, I plugged in the numbers and came up with $1,431,193.96

[p8712]

Still have my 1400c with solar bookcover. It's in perfect condition and still boots!