<s>
The	O
PowerBook	B-Device
100	I-Device
series	I-Device
is	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
laptop	B-Device
PCs	I-Device
produced	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
1991	O
,	O
Apple	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
PowerBooks	B-Device
:	O
the	O
low-end	O
PowerBook	B-Device
100	I-Device
,	O
the	O
more	O
powerful	O
PowerBook	B-Device
140	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
high-end	O
PowerBook	B-Device
170	I-Device
,	O
the	O
only	O
one	O
with	O
an	O
active	B-General_Concept
matrix	I-General_Concept
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
machines	O
caused	O
a	O
stir	O
in	O
the	O
industry	O
with	O
their	O
compact	O
dark	O
grey	O
cases	O
,	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
trackball	B-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
clever	O
positioning	O
of	O
the	O
keyboard	O
which	O
left	O
room	O
for	O
palmrests	O
on	O
either	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
pointing	B-Device
device	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Portable	O
PC	O
computers	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
tended	O
to	O
have	O
the	O
keyboard	O
forward	O
towards	O
the	O
user	O
,	O
with	O
empty	O
space	O
behind	O
it	O
,	O
so	O
this	O
was	O
a	O
surprising	O
innovation	O
and	O
set	O
the	O
standard	O
layout	O
all	O
future	O
notebook	B-Device
computers	I-Device
would	O
follow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PowerBook	B-Device
140	I-Device
and	O
170	O
were	O
designed	O
first	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
100	O
benefited	O
from	O
their	O
development	O
and	O
by	O
components	O
miniaturized	O
by	O
Sony	O
after	O
Apple	O
sent	O
them	O
schematics	O
of	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
Portable	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
100	O
and	O
200	O
series	O
PowerBooks	B-Device
were	O
intended	O
to	O
tie	O
into	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	O
desktop	O
products	O
using	O
the	O
corporate	O
Snow	O
White	O
design	O
language	O
incorporated	O
into	O
all	O
product	O
designs	O
since	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
unlike	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Portable	I-Device
which	O
was	O
essentially	O
a	O
battery-powered	O
desktop	O
in	O
weight	O
and	O
size	O
,	O
the	O
light	O
colors	O
and	O
decorative	O
recessed	O
lines	O
did	O
not	O
seem	O
appropriate	O
for	O
the	O
scaled-down	O
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
innovative	O
look	O
not	O
only	O
unified	O
their	O
entire	O
product	O
line	O
,	O
but	O
set	O
Apple	O
apart	O
in	O
the	O
marketplace	O
and	O
had	O
the	O
added	O
benefit	O
of	O
masking	O
fingerprints	O
while	O
the	O
ridges	O
provided	O
added	O
traction	O
with	O
which	O
to	O
grip	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
series	O
of	O
PowerBooks	B-Device
were	O
hugely	O
successful	O
,	O
capturing	O
40%	O
of	O
all	O
laptop	B-Device
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
was	O
the	O
departure	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
PowerBook	B-Device
team	O
to	O
work	O
at	O
Compaq	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
was	O
that	O
Apple	O
's	O
plans	O
to	O
move	O
on	O
from	O
the	O
68000	B-Device
and	O
68030	B-Device
CPUs	O
were	O
thwarted	O
by	O
overheating	O
problems	O
with	O
the	O
68040	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
100-series	O
PowerBook	B-Device
were	O
stuck	O
with	O
chips	O
that	O
could	O
not	O
compete	O
with	O
Intel	O
80486-based	O
PC	O
laptops	B-Device
introduced	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
several	O
years	O
,	O
new	O
PowerBook	B-Device
and	O
PowerBook	B-Device
Duo	I-Device
computers	O
were	O
introduced	O
which	O
featured	O
incremental	O
improvements	O
,	O
including	O
color	O
screens	O
,	O
but	O
by	O
mid-decade	O
,	O
most	O
other	O
companies	O
had	O
copied	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
's	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
Apple	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
regain	O
their	O
lead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
PowerBook	B-Device
100	I-Device
,	O
140	O
,	O
and	O
170	O
were	O
replaced	O
by	O
the	O
145	O
(	O
updated	O
to	O
the	O
145B	O
in	O
1993	O
)	O
,	O
160	B-Device
,	O
and	O
180	B-Device
in	O
1992	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
160	B-Device
and	O
180	B-Device
having	O
video	O
output	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
drive	O
an	O
external	O
monitor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PowerBook	B-Device
180	I-Device
had	O
a	O
superb-for-the-time	O
active-matrix	B-General_Concept
grayscale	O
display	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
popular	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
,	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
165c	I-Device
was	O
the	O
first	O
PowerBook	B-Device
with	O
a	O
color	O
screen	O
,	O
later	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
180c	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
true	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
100-series	O
form	O
factor	O
introduced	O
was	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
150	I-Device
,	O
targeted	O
at	O
value-minded	O
consumers	O
and	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PowerBook	B-Device
190	I-Device
,	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
bears	O
no	O
resemblance	O
to	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
100	I-Device
series	I-Device
,	O
and	O
is	O
in	O
fact	O
simply	O
a	O
Motorola	O
68LC040-based	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
5300	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
last	O
PowerBook	B-Device
model	O
to	O
be	O
manufactured	O
using	O
a	O
Motorola	O
68k-family	O
processor	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
190	O
,	O
the	O
150	O
also	O
used	O
the	O
5300	O
IDE-based	O
logic-board	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
100	O
's	O
68000	B-Device
processor	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
190	O
's	O
68LC040	O
processor	O
,	O
the	O
100	O
series	O
PowerBooks	B-Device
span	O
the	O
entire	O
Apple	O
68K	B-Device
line	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
190	O
even	O
upgradable	O
to	O
a	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PowerBook	B-Device
Duo	I-Device
spanned	O
the	O
68030	B-Device
line	O
of	O
processors	O
and	O
sold	O
through	O
the	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
transition	O
to	O
the	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
603e	O
processor	O
with	O
the	O
2300	B-Device
,	O
also	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
5300	O
's	O
internal	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2005	O
,	O
Mobile	O
PC	O
magazine	O
named	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
100	I-Device
its	O
choice	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
#1	O
gadget	O
of	O
all	O
time.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Models	O
PowerBook	B-Device
100	I-Device
PowerBook	B-Device
140	I-Device
PowerBook	B-Device
170	I-Device
PowerBook	B-Device
145	O
PowerBook	B-Device
160	I-Device
PowerBook	B-Device
180	I-Device
PowerBook	B-Device
165c	I-Device
PowerBook	B-Device
145B	O
PowerBook	B-Device
180c	B-Device
PowerBook	B-Device
165	O
PowerBook	B-Device
150	I-Device
PowerBook	B-Device
190	I-Device
PowerBook	B-Device
190cs	I-Device
Timetable	O
Introduced	O
October	O
21	O
,	O
1991	O
August	O
3	O
,	O
1992	O
October	O
19	O
,	O
1992	O
February	O
10	O
,	O
1993	O
June	O
7	O
,	O
1993	O
August	O
16	O
,	O
1993	O
July	O
18	O
,	O
1994	O
August	O
28	O
,	O
1995	O
Discontinued	O
September	O
3	O
,	O
1992	O
August	O
3	O
,	O
1992	O
October	O
19	O
,	O
1992	O
June	O
7	O
,	O
1993	O
August	O
16	O
,	O
1993	O
May	O
16	O
,	O
1994	O
December	O
13	O
,	O
1993	O
July	O
18	O
,	O
1994	O
March	O
14	O
,	O
1994	O
July	O
18	O
,	O
1994	O
October	O
14	O
,	O
1995	O
April	O
1	O
,	O
1996	O
September	O
1	O
,	O
1996	O
Ordering	O
info	O
.	O
</s>
