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Portable (Original)

The Portable (Original) is a notebook that Apple introduced on 20 September 1989 and sold until February 1991. It has a 9.8-inch display at 640×400. It came with a 16 MHz 68000 processor and 1 MB of memory.

Model number
M5120
Released
20 September 1989

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Configuration

16 MHz 68000, 1 MB

Overview

Introduced
20 September 1989
Discontinued
11 February 1991
Original price
US$6,500
Weight
15.8 lb

Processor

Processor
68000
Speed
16 MHz
System bus
16 MHz
Socket
Soldered
FPU
None

Memory

Standard
1 MB
Maximum
8 MB
Built in
1 MB
Minimum speed
100 ns

Optical

Optical drive
None

Wireless and expansion

Expansion bays
None

In the box

Operating system at launch
Mac OS 6.0.4

More specs

Display

Screen size
9.8-inch
Viewable size
9.8-inch
Resolution
640×400

Ports

Security slot
Yes

Networking

Ethernet
None
Modem
None

Audio

Microphone
None
Audio in
None
Headphone jacks
None

Physical

Form factor
Notebook

Specs from Beetstech's device records. Something wrong? Tell us.