The Macintosh PowerBook 140 and 145 fit easily inside a briefcase. They're ergonomically designed with an integrated trackball and palm rest to work with easily on your lap. You can adjust the standard-size keyboard and full page-width display.
The PowerBook 140 and 145 offer greater performance than the PowerBook 100. They have a built-in floppy disk drive that accommodates Macintosh, MS-DOS, OS/2, and ProDOS formats.
Built-in features:
* Networking capability that gives access to all the resources in an
AppleTalk network.
* Six built-in ports to plug the PowerBook 140 or 145 directly into high-
capacity hard disks, printers, and input devices.
* An optional modem sends electronic mail, accesses information on other
computers, connects to an AppleTalk network, and sends documents to
facsimile machines.
* Built-in sound-input capability.
* Processor: 16 MHz 68030 microprocessor (PowerBook 140)
25 MHz 68030 microprocessor (PowerBook 145)
* 2MB (on the 140) or 4MB RAM, expandable to 8MB
* Expansion: Six built-in ports for peripherals
Internal slots for modem and RAM
* Display: Backlit Supertwist, 640 by 400 pixels
* System Software 7.1, with multitasking, file sharing, Balloon
Help, and TrueType fonts
* Networking: Built-in AppleTalk networking
File sharing without a dedicated server
* Compatibility: Macintosh, MS-DOS, OS/2, and ProDOS floppy disk formats
Article Change History:
14 July 1993 - Updated to include PowerBook 145B.
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