<s>
The	O
PowerBook	B-Device
190	I-Device
and	O
its	O
companion	O
PowerBook	B-Device
190cs	I-Device
are	O
laptop	B-Device
computers	I-Device
manufactured	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
PowerBook	B-Device
brand	O
,	O
introduced	O
to	O
the	O
market	O
in	O
August	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
terms	O
of	O
hardware	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
150	I-Device
,	O
the	O
190	O
has	O
much	O
in	O
common	O
with	O
Apple	O
's	O
"	O
professional	O
"	O
laptop	B-Device
of	O
the	O
same	O
period	O
,	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
5300	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
exchange	O
for	O
the	O
cheaper	O
price	O
point	O
(	O
approximately	O
US$	O
2,200	O
compared	O
to	O
over	O
US$	O
6,000	O
for	O
the	O
cutting-edge	O
PowerBook	B-Device
5300ce	I-Device
)	O
,	O
the	O
190	O
was	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
passive	B-Device
matrix	I-Device
LCD	B-Device
rather	O
than	O
a	O
crisper	O
active	B-General_Concept
matrix	I-General_Concept
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
significantly	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
5300s	O
ran	O
PowerPC	O
603e	O
processors	O
at	O
100	O
or	O
117	O
MHz	O
,	O
the	O
190	O
had	O
only	O
a	O
Motorola	O
68LC040	O
clocked	O
at	O
33	O
MHz	O
-	O
in	O
fact	O
,	O
the	O
190/cs	O
were	O
the	O
last	O
Macintoshes	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
68k	B-Device
CPU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
a	O
rather	O
cramped	O
500	O
MB	O
IDE	B-Protocol
hard	I-Protocol
drive	I-Protocol
was	O
standard	O
,	O
and	O
factory	O
models	O
shipped	O
with	O
System	B-Operating_System
7.5.2	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
100	O
series	O
PowerBooks	B-Device
that	O
does	O
not	O
use	O
the	O
original	O
140	O
case	O
design	O
(	O
except	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
100	O
)	O
,	O
thus	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
one	O
to	O
include	O
a	O
68LC040	O
processor	O
,	O
a	O
trackpad	B-Device
rather	O
than	O
the	O
standard	O
trackball	B-Device
,	O
and	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
150	O
the	O
only	O
ones	O
to	O
provide	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
14	O
MB	O
RAM	O
expansion	O
and	O
larger	O
,	O
less-expensive	O
IDE	B-Protocol
drives	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
190	O
was	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
replacement	O
for	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
500	I-Device
series	I-Device
,	O
which	O
was	O
completely	O
discontinued	O
with	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
the	O
5300	O
and	O
the	O
only	O
68040-based	O
PowerBook	B-Device
Apple	O
offered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PowerBook	B-Device
190	I-Device
series	O
used	O
a	O
nickel	B-Device
metal	I-Device
hydride	I-Device
battery	I-Device
which	O
did	O
not	O
exhibit	O
this	O
problem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Production	O
of	O
the	O
190	O
halted	O
in	O
June	O
1996	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
190cs	O
was	O
sold	O
until	O
October	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
1400cs	I-Device
.	O
</s>
