Apple S First Ever Laptop An Origin Story
Although the computer was technically portable, it weighed a back-breaking 13.75 pounds without a hard drive (15.75 pounds with HD) — still too heavy to be called luggable. Moreover, the price —without a hard disk—started at a whopping $5,800. That was almost 2.5x more than the first Mac launched in 1984. The cost and bulkiness impeded the Macintosh Portable’s success, but it still remains an essential feat because it highlighted what a portable computer should not be....