New Addition – PowerBook 2400c
I’m lucky to already have many of the Macs I want for my Museum, but there are still a few rare or relatively current items which await addition to the collection. I checked another one off the list this week with acquisition of a PowerBook 2400c, a long awaited prize.
As noted on the PowerBook page, the x400 series of portables (1400c, 2400c, 3400c) were a solid set of systems, after the lackluster 5300 series. The flagship 3400c had a 240MHz PowerPC 603 processor, which Apple claimed at the time was the fastest portable computer in the world, and the 2400c was a subnotebook, relatively scarce in the United States but very popular in Japan.
The 2400c is indeed a size marvel, smaller than an 8.5×11 sheet of paper and weighing in at under 4.5 pounds. The system runs at 180MHz, has a full though slightly undersized keyboard, a sharp Active Matrix screen, two PC Card slots and ADB & SCSI ports. A very good Mac OS 8/9 system, and a joy to play with and tote around. Thanks much to Alan Carvalho at Cambridge Video Productions for making this beauty available at a fair price!
The sub-notebook form factor endures in the PC marketplace, despite Apple’s lack of models in this space since the demise of the popular 12″ PowerBook and iBook G4 models (sigh…)
ORIGINAL BLOGSPOT COMMENTS:
Lowell said…
Hi-Interesting blog about the PB2400c, plus the whole blog (which I’m just starting to read).
Lowell
August 20, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Adam Rosen said…
Thanks, glad you find things of interest. It’s fun to work with these old machines and share news about them…
August 20, 2009 at 7:38 PM
kewljunk said…
Congrats! Those are really hard to come by, don’t let it go! Keep up the VMM blog =)
August 25, 2009 at 3:44 PM
Anonymous said…
I have this exact one for sale. The hard drive apparently doesn’t work, though. It doesn’t turn on. It was give to me in 1997 as a wedding gift when we lived in Japan. . . Make an offer. I live in southern Cal. now. erickandkay @ verizon.net
June 15, 2012 at 10:28 PM