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Uploaded by on Apr 27, 2008

Fully restored Macintosh Powerbook 170 with 12 MB RAM, 120 MB HDD, and greyscale display.

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  • i believe a year later they released the same laptop but with a color screen.

  • @wescoolya The first color powerbook was the 165c released in 1993.

  • I have a powerbook 150 in perfect condition, only problem is it has a dead battery. Im going to be using it for school

  • @Randomreviews53 For school? In what way? They make decent word processors, but that's about it... you'll have to save everything as a .TXT document and feed it to a modern computer if you ever hope to print anything. As for batteries, I'm sorry, but all the good ones are gone! all that remains are some poorly made remanufactured batteries... and they are HORRIBLE!

  • where can i get one for chep in prise wise i want one

  • @mraiwa1000 You can either buy a cheap one for $15 that has broken screen hinges, or you can buy my fully-restored unit for $100 plus shipping. Mine was repaired using one of the last known brand-new display housings left.

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  • I miss trackballs! I wish they still did an option with them. Can't stand trackpads.

  • Is there much demand for these computers, I might be able to get a couple of them but I know little about Apple computers and therefore would not be able to appreciate them.

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  • laptop battery gauges aren't always accurate i once used a gateway laptop with windows xp it once said it had 2 minutes of battery left but one second later it died and i had to charge it up.

  • Hey, I hace a 170 with a problem I've never seen or heard of. Can I send it to you and maybe you diagnose it?

  • @mrparrot234 I don't need to calm down I'm tried. :(

  • @mraiwa1000 Just sayin' calm down.

  • @mrparrot234 Neat, so hows that going to help me?

  • @mraiwa1000 got my 150 4 35 dollars.

  • I've seen your more recent video about restoring these old PowerBooks and today a question occurred to me. I wonder if in 20 years time people will be restoring present day MacBook Pro and MacBook Air computers and will they potentially run into some of the are related issues you had when you restored these computers apart from batteries not charging?

  • Another Mac with the hawaiian death chimes

    The Startup is same as:Mac Color Classic, Mac Color Classic II, Macintosh Quadra 700 and etc.

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