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The original Mac mini was $499 in 2005. But Apple had already released a $799 laptop - the eMate 300 in 1997. Ahead of its time - ARM processor, 28-hour batte
by musicale 1y ago
The original Mac mini was $499 in 2005.
But Apple had already released a $799 laptop - the eMate 300 in 1997.
Ahead of its time - ARM processor, 28-hour battery life, flash storage, wireless modem card. Its curved, translucent case design (with a handle!) was echoed in the iMac (1998) and iBook (1999).
It also appears to have come with a decent keyboard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMate_300 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMate_300
- afandian 1y agoI have strong nostalgia for the eMate. Yes, it had a nice keyboard (at least comparable with the era); smaller pitch than standard keyboards. And, of course, resitive pen-based touch screen. It _was_ a PDA with a keyboard though. It had a good office suite, a web browser, printer drivers, and a vibrant developer community. But you probably still expected to dock it with Newton Connection Utilities on a computer to add software and get data off it.