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Macintosh PowerBook 170, released in 1991

Apple’s first laptop. 2 MB RAM. 4 MB hard disk. 640x400 displayed. Retailed for $4,600 (equivalent to $10,300 today)

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PowerBook 100 was the predecessor, but that was manufactured by Sony. According to Wikipedia, the 170 was Apple's first laptop fully produced in-house

The split mouse buttons and trackball seem uncharacteristically unergonomic, but otherwise agree.

Apparently this was one of the first devices to center the trackpad below the keyboard, which would become the reigning standard for 30+ yrs to come

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Yeah, those buttons/trackball is an abomination. Love the trackpad on the MacBook Pro but I still think it’s much room for improvement. 

Neurolink or similar device might finally disrupt both mouse and keyboard one day though.

The split mouse buttons and trackball seem uncharacteristically unergonomic, but otherwise agree.

Apparently this was one of the first devices to center the trackpad below the keyboard, which would become the reigning standard for 30+ yrs to come https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_pointing_devices#Trackballs

General design and user input has changed surprisingly little.

It’s 3 yrs older than me and I think I may be in worse condition so 🤷‍♂️

All that power with such a small footprint