
Today in Retro [geek] Corner, I will present you an ultimate machine that was kicking ass in 1992 - Apple Macintosh Powerbook 180 Laptop (!), which has been recently discovered by Marc in the dungeons and kindly made available to me (thanks Marc!).
When you watched the most recent Keynote from iPad launch, Steve Jobs presented a slide in one moment, showing the first laptop that was ever released (see Photo below). Then it all went down, but lets wait with the full judgment for iPad until I put my hand on this device.


Now, 18 years later, what's different? Well, for around $1000 (£700) (that is quarter of the 1992 Powerbook 180 price) you get white Macbook with 2.26 G

So for the quarter of the Powerbook 180 price you get a machine that is basically around 300-400 times faster, has 3200 times more storage space, and is basically a portable multimedia studio. Which makes you reflect on how 18 years changed the scope of portable computers. And I am excited about what tomorrow will bring.
Finally, I was thinking - what I could use such machine for? Uh, it wasn't easy to come up with practical application (recycle?), but it could potentially be used as a book-stand or a bookshelf holder (Photo).
Any other suggestions?[photo by Geek On Acid]
I remember using one of these at school. Happy days:)
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