The first Mac I ever owned was a Macintosh Portable. It was a unique system somewhere between a laptop and a desktop. Too big and too heavy to be a true laptop to small to be a true desktop. When they debuted they sold for about $7,000. I bought mine well after the first PowerBooks launched. I bought it - new - from a company that mostly sold refurbished MACS. I paid the princely sum of $1,400.

It served it's purpose well. I was living in Maine at the time, but the events that would lead me to relocate me Connecticut were already in motion. Being able to be in CT with my computer when I needed to be was a definite plus. I got six years of good use out of the Portable before replacing it with a Performa bought on a seep discount two months before Apple discontinued the line. The Performa is now as dead as it is obsolete and is sitting in the garage waiting for trash day.

I have made the decision to part with the Portable. I put it up on eBay. It's been up for 48 hours without a bid, but there are 5 people watching it so I hope for some activity as it gets closer to the auction's end.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 02:51 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment