Amaya Toman Kuyang'ana zakale za Apple nthawi zonse kumakhala koyenera, mosasamala kanthu za zomwe zakhala zikuchitika kuyambira nthawi iliyonse. Ma prototypes azinthu zomwe sizinagulidwepo mwalamulo nthawi zambiri amalandila chidwi chapadera. Chimodzi mwa izo ndi Macintosh Portable M5120. Webusaitiyi idasamalira kufalitsa zithunzi zake Sonya Dickson.
Ngakhale kuti Macintosh Portable idagulitsidwa mumtundu wa beige wokhazikika m'zaka za m'ma 7, chitsanzo pazithunzicho chimapangidwa ndi pulasitiki yoyera. Malinga ndi malipoti omwe alipo, pali Macinotshe Portables asanu ndi limodzi okha pamapangidwe awa. Kompyutayo idagula madola 300 panthawi yomwe idatulutsidwa (pafupifupi korona 170), ndipo inali Mac yoyamba yokhala ndi batire. Komabe, kunyamula, kutchulidwa ngakhale mu dzina lokha, kunali kovuta pang'ono - kompyuta inkalemera pang'ono pa ma kilogalamu asanu ndi awiri. Koma kunali kuyenda bwinoko kuposa makompyuta wamba a nthawiyo.
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Mosiyana ndi makompyuta amakono a Apple, omwe ndi ovuta kusokoneza kunyumba kuti asinthe kapena kuyang'ana zigawo zake, Macintosh Portable inalibe zida zilizonse ndipo imatha kupasuka ndi dzanja popanda vuto. Kompyutayo inali ndi chiwonetsero cha LCD cha 9,8-inch chakuda ndi choyera, 9MB ya SRAM ndi slot ya 1,44MB floppy disk. Mulinso kiyibodi yamtundu wa taipi ndi trackball yomwe imatha kuyikidwa kumanzere kapena kumanja.
Mofanana ndi ma laputopu amakono, Macintosh Portable imatha kupindika ngati siyikugwiritsidwa ntchito, yokhala ndi chogwirira chake kuti chizitha kunyamula mosavuta. Batire idalonjeza kukhala maola 8-10. Apple idagulitsa Macintosh Portable yake nthawi yomweyo Apple IIci, koma chifukwa cha mtengo wake wokwera, sichinakwaniritse malonda odabwitsa. Mu 1989, Apple adatulutsa Macintosh Portable M5126, koma malonda amtunduwu adatenga miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yokha. Mu 1991, kampaniyo idatsazikana ndi mzere wonse wazinthu za Portable, ndipo patatha chaka chimodzi PowerBook idafika.
