<s>
The	O
PowerBook	B-Device
180	I-Device
is	O
a	O
portable	B-Device
computer	I-Device
released	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
160	I-Device
in	O
October	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
it	O
constituted	O
the	O
new	O
top-of-the-range	O
model	O
,	O
replacing	O
the	O
previous	O
PowerBook	B-Device
170	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
case	O
design	O
and	O
features	O
are	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
170	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
shipped	O
with	O
the	O
more	O
powerful	O
33MHz	O
Motorola	B-Device
68030	I-Device
CPU	O
and	O
Motorola	B-General_Concept
68882	I-General_Concept
FPU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PowerBook	B-Device
180	I-Device
came	O
with	O
a	O
(	O
diagonal	O
)	O
active	B-General_Concept
matrix	I-General_Concept
LCD	B-Device
screen	I-Device
capable	O
of	O
displaying	O
4-bit	O
grayscale	O
at	O
a	O
resolution	O
of	O
640×400	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
trackball	B-Device
was	O
mounted	O
beneath	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
1.44MB	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
and	O
80MB	O
2.5-inch	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
were	O
also	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	O
Powerbook	O
also	O
gave	O
an	O
option	O
of	O
possible	O
expansion	O
to	O
a	O
120MB	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
equipped	O
with	O
keyboard	B-Device
stands	O
to	O
slant	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Portable	I-Device
before	O
it	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
an	O
external	O
color	O
video	O
port	O
(	O
missing	O
on	O
the	O
170	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
180	O
became	O
a	O
full-featured	O
,	O
no-compromises	O
desktop	O
replacement	O
,	O
equivalent	O
in	O
performance	O
to	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
LC	I-Device
III+	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
an	O
diagonal	O
active	B-General_Concept
matrix	I-General_Concept
color	B-Device
LCD	I-Device
capable	O
of	O
displaying	O
256	O
colors	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
PowerBook	O
to	O
natively	O
display	O
640×480	O
(	O
all	O
previous	O
PowerBooks	O
had	O
640×400	O
resolution	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
thicker	O
color	O
display	O
,	O
the	O
exterior	O
case	O
lid	O
was	O
redesigned	O
,	O
more	O
closely	O
resembling	O
that	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
Duo	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
modification	O
was	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
165c	I-Device
for	O
the	O
same	O
reason	O
.	O
</s>
