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Macintosh PowerBook 170, released in 1991

Apple’s first laptop. 2 MB RAM. 4 MB hard disk. 640x400 displayed. Retailed for $4,600 (equivalent to $10,300 today)

The split mouse buttons and trackball seem uncharacteristically unergonomic, but otherwise agree.

Apparently this was one of the first devices to center the trackpad below the keyboard, which would become the reigning standard for 30+ yrs to come

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The split mouse buttons and trackball seem uncharacteristically unergonomic, but otherwise agree.

Apparently this was one of the first devices to center the trackpad below the keyboard, which would become the reigning standard for 30+ yrs to come https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_pointing_devices#Trackballs

General design and user input has changed surprisingly little.

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PowerBook 100 was the predecessor, but that was manufactured by Sony. According to Wikipedia, the 170 was Apple's first laptop fully produced in-house

It’s 3 yrs older than me and I think I may be in worse condition so 🤷‍♂️

Wow, that's the stuff.
I had a tube monitor when I was a kid, it hurt my eyes, but the energy it gave me was just wow

All that power with such a small footprint