PowerBook

PowerBook
	PowerBook G4, the last PowerBook
Developer	Apple Computer
Product family	Macintosh
Type	Laptop
Release date	October 21, 1991
Discontinued	May 16, 2006
Operating system	Classic Mac OS; Mac OS X;
Display	LCD
Predecessor	Macintosh Portable
Successor	MacBook Pro
Related	iBook; Power Macintosh;

The PowerBook (known as Macintosh PowerBook before 1997) is a family of Macintosh laptop computers designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from 1991 to 2006. During its lifetime, the PowerBook went through several major revisions and redesigns, often being the first to incorporate features that would later become standard in competing laptops.^[1] The PowerBook line was targeted at the professional market. In 1999, the line was supplemented by the home and education-focused iBook family.

The PowerBook was replaced by the MacBook Pro in 2006 as part of the Mac transition to Intel processors.

^ Engadget: 30 years in Apple products: the good, the bad, and the ugly Archived June 6, 2017, at the Wayback Machine – "The PowerBook, in its many, many incarnations, had been a laptop trend-setter since its inception."

[1] Engadget: 30 years in Apple products: the good, the bad, and the ugly Archived June 6, 2017, at the Wayback Machine – "The PowerBook, in its many, many incarnations, had been a laptop trend-setter since its inception."

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