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Apple's PowerBook reinvented the laptop thirty years ago
My first ever laptop (and my 2nd Mac) was the 2nd generation Powerbook ... the 160, purchased around October 1992. It certainly was a nice machine for its time. And I still own it, though I don't think it powers on anymore.
Fun comparison between my first Mac laptop and, 29 years later, my on-order 2021 MBP:
RAM
Powerbook 160: 4mb
MBP 2021: 32gb (~8000x)
Hard drive
Powerbook 160: 40 mb
MBP 2021: 1 tb (~25000x)
CPU transistors:
Moto 68030: 273,000
M1 Pro: 33,700,000,000 (~123,000x)
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MagSafe on the new MacBook Pro: Everything you need to know
skippingrock said:Is there a MagSafe 2 to 3 adapter?
I hope there will be. When I went from a MBP with Magsafe 1 to Magsafe 2, I sprung for a couple adapters (around $6 each at the time), and, voila, my old Magsafe 1 chargers were still usable. So, I'd love a Magsafe 2 to 3 adapter. I'd also love a Magsafe 1 to 3 adapter, so I don't have to have adapter upon adapter.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook buys Southern California mansion for $10.1M
As a part-time resident of La Quinta, let me be the first to say it... There goes the neighborhood.
First it was the Kardashians, then Aunt Becky and now Mr. Cook. Sheesh, the riff-raff that moves in around here. Just kidding. Welcome, TC, if I see you pushing a grocery cart up the road at Ralph's, I'll say hello.