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Definitely a more appealing design than the contemporary Mac Portable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Portable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh
by pavlov 3y ago
Definitely a more appealing design than the contemporary Mac Portable:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Portable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Portable
The Mac Portable weighed over 7 kg and used a lead-acid battery, like in a car. We’ve come a long way in laptops.
- kalleboo 3y agoIf I'm reading this right, the STacy was designed to use batteries, with even a space for a battery compartment, but the battery life was so poor they dropped the feature, leaving it weighing 6.9 kg WITHOUT batteries and requiring it to be tethered to a wall outlet. The Mac Portable weighed 7.2 kg with a lead-acid battery that lasted up to 10 hours. Computers were wild back ten.
- drannex 3y agoDidn't stop the mod market! > The Stacy was developed to use batteries, and the large block in the design on the right side below the display was set to hold 12 'D' cell batteries, but Atari soon found out that this arrangement could only power the Stacey for just a few minutes. Production units had this compartment empty, with no battery contacts inside. Later 3rd party companies would sell rechargeable battery packs (nickel-cadmium in those days) which could be used to make this a true laptop, but the run time was still poor. https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=225 https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=225