Apple Computer Ad - Powerbook Duo 2

[Animisk1]

why didn't the idea last. A laptop that can dock to a desktop awesome

[ylli1231]

It can talk to my anus, I am trying to repair one now and it is fucking pissing me off. The friggin Powerbook duo isnt coming out of the dock!! Help!

[labelfree904]

...WHAT!! man. I wish i could do that with my 2011 macbook >.>

[kockgunner]

Came here from redmondpie. I thought I knew everything Apple until I saw this. Wow.

[DeadlyPancakes]

thumbs up if you came here from redmondpie!

[Andrewjiangyi]

I got a Duo 280 at a yard sale for $2! Now if I can just find a dock to go with it...

[86123maxxi]

@intelcore2duo43 actually the PowerBook Duo you mentioned had a 100 MHz PowerPC 603 processor , not a PPC 750 "G3"

[intelcore2duo43]

I had one of these Duo's!!! I had a PowerBook Duo 2300C. It was my first laptop I ever had. My parents bought it from one of my now tech friends who fixed it up back in 2004 as a christmas gift. I was in 5th grade at the time. It ran great, even with Mac OS 9, 100MHz G3, and 50MB of RAM. I loved it! He even gave the Duo Dock to go along with it. I wish I still had it :(

[Dominoes282]

The original hacker laptop

[iSchmal]

I have a feeling that this was before Johnny Ive was around...

[bradkal]

@SuperEvilSquid oh thouse computers from 2010 dident have 3d uhdmi screens and those usb's... only got an 2.13 GHz intel Core 2 Duo mine has got an 6.3 GHz intel Core 4 quad come on there so darn old says the kid from the future

[CaptainDarren82]

@bradkal 6.3Ghz on a Core 2 Quad sounds pretty nice, what did you use to cool it off after overclocking? A water cooled system doesn't work on a 6.3GHz P4, but on a Core 2 Quad maybe.

[garoun1]

@bradkal yeah 6.3 ghz with a core 4 quad (which doesnt exist). Bid deal young boy

[SlightyDisturbedNBK]

Now that's pretty innovate stuff.

[piplupturtwig]

i so have to buy a powerbook duo i am a proud powerbook g4 owner, ex powerbook 540c owner and current powerbook 160 pwner which i only paid $2 for

[mrdeadguy1]

Wow, how dumb are apple?

So all i learnt was that a powerbook duo could get up in the middle of the night and go talk to computers, AND Fax machines?

[macnerd93]

@mrdeadguy1 you do know that without the PowerBook 100 Laptops could look very different Apple introduced the first proper laptop and set the building blocks for all laptops of the future

[TheLolbot3000]

i forgot old laptops were black n white. i wast alive when they werent. i assumes they went form like really simple access to bad colour

[GhostGuyLive]

man back then they probably thought that this was going to be the greatest piece of technology in the world

[iguigy]

@Rowena489 not too sure what a Macinitosh iPad is...I've heard of the Apple iPad and an Apple Macintosh but not a Macintosh iPad.

[intel80386]

i had one of these, the nightmare was that it sometimes got stuck and I kind of had force it to go out.

[totoroben]

great idea. While laptops are portable, they are not as ergonomic as a desktop. The more modern fix would be to get a USB keyboard and mouse and elevate your laptop to eye level.

[IARAMV24]

wat the fukkk thats fuken koool

[MightyMaul]

i wish that apple made something like that for the new macbooks.

[opusman2]

They do. If you buy a display, turn your MacBook on to desktop mode, and you can use your MacBook as a stationary computer.

[AGeekForever]

Thats not the point. What he means is having a dock connector. Like Toshiba laptops have the port...

[CatchupzZz]

Love how you can put the powerbook inside the macintosh desktop( dont know what it was being called).. its like the desktop ate it, freaking awesome!

[jharrypot2004]

Its called a docking station.

[dpaanlka]

It was a lot more than just a "dock" - it had it's own internal hard drive, many extra ports, and even NuBus expansion slots (old Mac equivalent of PCI cards).

[AsianAweDee]

Uhmm.. I didn't even know that they can put it in the thinga-mah-jig..

But like the new old SOOOOOO much better.

[uckersas]

that was a duo dock

[bicostp]

Too bad no other companies made something like this after Apple discontinued the Duos... It seems like the perfect solution for field technicians and marketing/sales people.

The best of the Duo line was the 2300c. Active-matrix display, trackpad, and it had a PowerPC processor! (I think it was a slower 603. It could have been a 601...)

[maxkiiiing]

Thats Crap i Hate the old PowerBooks From Apple and i Love the new PowerBooks (G4)

[coolass222]

That is COOL!

[SLKxMonsooN]

if you want a fold-able desktop, look at dell's m2010

[coolass222]

Lol, its not the same... It looks cool from the front, retarded from the side, this on the other hand is innovative.

[rawwqq]

That computer got laid

[tral1z]

i would NO PROBLEM trade my brand new vista laptop for one of those things, i'd like it much more.

[apexvector1]

@tral1z i have one , with a broken screen >.<

[oktaybahceci]

@tral1z Shut the f**k up.

[Spottedear]

I want one! Where can you get one?

[nanomusic]

Try eBay.

[KingROFL]

yet another reason why we should hate apple today... with a modern macbook you can't do that...

[creativeatheart]

no, but you can just plug it straight into a display!

[windtunnelv2]

Yup, plug it straight into a display. And plug it straight into a keyboard, and straight into a mouse, and straight into your network, and straight into your printer, and straight into your external drives, and--whoops, can't plug it into your expansion cards; no slots for those! And plug it into the power supply, and plug it into your external speakers. Whew! Thank you Apple, this is so much easier than just sliding it into a slot!

[BartelbyDScrivener]

This is me talking.

[jacobdallen]

Uh, that was disgusting.

[XpanicloverX]

how? lol it's funny :P

[jacobdallen]

I can't believe any person would make a joke about rape.

[XpanicloverX]

People have different scenses of humor, obiously you don't get it, if you go outside you'd get it.

[sidekick3iskool]

Umm was that intended to be funny, I dont think 16gb of ram and a 16TB HDD and a quadcore processor is something to joke about.

[Rjnicko]

cool vintage mac can't wait to get mine my Macbook at xmas 2.00Ghz white model

[naton6]

man my step grandpa had one of these till 2002 and it slowly died

[MegumiFF7]

no more MacBook!! lol

PowerBook is the best!!

[MikeLippa]

my MacBook is better than my PowerBook. lol

[jacobdallen]

I still use my old PowerBook 3400c with an 802.11b PC Card (on a daily basis!)

[zzx2847]

ooo I want one!!

[DashnBurn]

wow...now thats big...literally..

[zungg]

this stuff should be in the museum!

[erfah]

LAWL! RETRO :D plzplz giff me that :O me likz exshtreme computersh :P

[bassistguy]

huh? lol

[badfex]

A time when apple were nothing but a dull, business-based company, then came the returnm of steve jobs and the world is saved :)

[LuCyLoVe88A]

Holy shit how old is this?

[klmay65]

Pretty old!!!

I had one of these in the 90's (about 95 or 96 I think)