List of PowerBooks

Apple has launched forty-four PowerBooks.

100 Series

100/140/170

Various

• Release Date: 21 October 1991
• Tech Specs:
  • 100 on everymac.com
  • 140 on support.apple.com
  • 170 on everymac.com

Software

• First Release: (100) Mac OS 6 (6.0.8L) / Mac OS 7 (7.0.1) (140 and 170)
• Last Release: Mac OS 7 (7.5.5)

145

Various

• Release Date: 3 August 1992
• Tech Specs:
  • support.apple.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 7 (7.0.1)
• Last Release: Mac OS 7 (7.5.5)

160/180

Various

• Release Date: 19 October 1992
• Tech Specs:
  • 160 on everymac.com
  • 180 on support.apple.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 7 (7.1)
• Last Release: (180) Mac OS 7 (7.5.5) / Mac OS 7 (7.6.1) (160)

165c

Various

• Release Date: 10 February 1993
• Tech Specs:
  • everymac.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 7 (7.1)
• Last Release: Mac OS 7 (7.6.1)

145B/180c

Various

• Release Date: 7 June 1993
• Tech Specs:
  • 145B on support.apple.com
  • 180c on support.apple.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 7 (7.1)
• Last Release: Mac OS 7 (7.5.5)

165

Various

• Release Date: 16 August 1993
• Tech Specs:
  • everymac.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 7 (7.1)
• Last Release: Mac OS 7 (7.6.1)

150

Various

• Release Date: 18 July 1994
• Tech Specs:
  • everymac.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 7 (7.1.1)
• Last Release: Mac OS 7 (7.6.1)

190/190cs

Various

• Release Date: 28 August 1995
• Tech Specs:
  • 190 on support.apple.com
  • 190cs on support.apple.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 7 (7.5.2)
• Last Release: Mac OS 8 (8.1)

Duo

210/230

Various

• Release Date: 19 October 1992
• Tech Specs:
  • 210 on support.apple.com
  • 230 on support.apple.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 7 (7.1)
• Last Release: Mac OS 7 (7.6.1)

250/270c

PowerBook Duo 270c

Various

• Release Date: 21 October 1993
• Tech Specs:
  • support.apple.com
  • 270c on support.apple.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 7 (7.1)
• Last Release: Mac OS 7 (7.6.1)

280/280c

Various

• Release Date: 16 May 1994
• Tech Specs:
  • 280 on support.apple.com
  • 280c on support.apple.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 7 (7.1)
• Last Release: Mac OS 7 (7.6.1)

2300c

Various

• Release Date: 16 May 1994
• Tech Specs:
  • support.apple.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 7 (7.5.2)
• Last Release: Mac OS 7 (9.1)

500 Series

520/520c/540/540c

PowerBook 520c

PowerBook 540c

Various

• Release Date: 16 May 1994
• Tech Specs:
  • 520 on everymac.com
  • 520c on everymac.com
  • 540 on everymac.com
  • 540c on everymac.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 7 (7.1.1)
• Last Release: Mac OS 8 (8.1)

550c

Various

• Release Date: 30 May 1995
• Tech Specs:
  • everymac.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 7 (7.1.1)
• Last Release: Mac OS 8 (8.1)

5300

Various

• Release Date: 25 August 1995
• Tech Specs:
  • 5300 on support.apple.com
  • 5300c on support.apple.com
  • 5300ce on support.apple.com
  • 5300cs on support.apple.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 7 (7.5.2)
• Last Release: Mac OS 9 (9.1)

1400

Various

• Release Date: October 1996
• Tech Specs:
  • download.info.apple.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 7 (7.5.3)
• Last Release: Mac OS 9 (9.1)

2400c

Various

• Release Date: 8 May 1997
• Tech Specs:
  • apple-history.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 7 (7.6.1)
• Last Release: Mac OS 9 (9.1)

3400c

Various

• Release Date: 17 February 1997
• Tech Specs:
  • lowendmac.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 7 (7.6)
• Last Release: Mac OS 9 (9.1)

G3

Kanga

Various

• Release Date: 10 November 1997
• Tech Specs:
  • everymac.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 8 (8.0)
• Last Release: Mac OS 9 (9.1)

Mainstreet

Various

• Release Date: 6 May 1998
• Tech Specs:
  • everymac.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 8 (8.0)
• Last Release: Mac OS X Jaguar (10.2.8)

Wallstreet

Various

• Release Date: 6 May 1998
• Tech Specs:
  • 250MHz on everymac.com
  • 292MHz on everymac.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 8 (8.0)
• Last Release: Mac OS X Jaguar (10.2.8)

PDQ

Various

• Release Date: 1 September 1998
• Tech Specs:
  • support.apple.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 8 (8.1)
• Last Release: Mac OS X Jaguar (10.2.8)

Lombard

Various

• Release Date: 10 May 1999
• Tech Specs:
  • support.apple.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 8 (8.6)
• Last Release: Mac OS X Panther (10.3.9)

Identifiers

• Model Identifiers: PowerBook1,1

Pismo

Various

• Release Date: 16 February 2000
• Tech Specs:
  • 400MHz on everymac.com
  • 500MHz on everymac.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 9 (9.0.2)
• Last Release: Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.11)

Identifiers

• Model Identifiers: PowerBook3,1

G4

Titanium

Mercury

Various

• Release Date: 9 January 2001
• Tech Specs:
  • 400MHz on everymac.com
  • 500MHz on everymac.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 9 (9.1)
• Last Release: Mac OS 9 (9.2.2) / Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.11)

Identifiers

• Model Identifiers: PowerBook3,2

Onyx

Various

• Release Date: 16 October 2001
• Tech Specs:
  • 550MHz on everymac.com
  • 667MHz on everymac.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 9 (9.2.1) / Mac OS X 10.1 (10.1)
• Last Release: Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.11)

Identifiers

• Model Identifiers: PowerBook3,3

Ivory

Various

• Release Date: 29 April 2002
• Tech Specs:
  • 667MHz on everymac.com
  • 800MHz on everymac.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 9 (9.2.2) / Mac OS X 10.1 (10.1.4)
• Last Release: Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.11)

Identifiers

• Model Identifiers: PowerBook3,4

Antimony

Various

• Release Date: 6 November 2002
• Tech Specs:
  • 867MHz on everymac.com
  • 1GHz on everymac.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS 9 (9.2.2) / Mac OS X Jaguar (10.2.1)
• Last Release: Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.8)

Identifiers

• Model Identifiers: PowerBook3,5

Aluminum

Early 2003

Various

• Release Date: 7 January 2003
• Tech Specs:
  • 12-inch on everymac.com
  • 17-inch on everymac.com

Software

• First Release: (12-inch) Mac OS X Jaguar (10.2.3) / (17-inch) Mac OS X Jaguar (10.2.4)
• Last Release: Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.8)

Identifiers

• Model Identifiers: PowerBook6,1 (12-inch) and PowerBook5,1 (17-inch)

Late 2003

Various

• Release Date: 16 September 2003
• Tech Specs:
  • 12-inch on everymac.com
  • 15-inch (1GHz) on everymac.com
  • 15-inch (1.25GHz) on everymac.com
  • 17-inch on everymac.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS X Jaguar (10.2.7)
• Last Release: Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.8)

Identifiers

• Model Identifiers: PowerBook6,2 (12-inch), PowerBook5,2 (15-inch) and PowerBook5,3 (17-inch)

Early 2004

Various

• Release Date: 19 April 2004
• Tech Specs:
  • 12-inch on everymac.com
  • 15-inch (1.33GHz) on everymac.com
  • 15-inch (1.5GHz) on everymac.com
  • 17-inch on everymac.com

Software

• First Release: (12-inch) Mac OS X Jaguar (10.2.7) / (15-inch and 17-inch) Mac OS X Panther (10.3.3)
• Last Release: Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.8)

Identifiers

• Model Identifiers: PowerBook6,4 (12-inch), PowerBook5,4 (15-inch) and PowerBook5,5 (17-inch)

Early 2005

Various

• Release Date: 31 January 2005
• Tech Specs:
  • 12-inch on everymac.com
  • 15-inch (1.5GHz) on everymac.com
  • 15-inch (1.67GHz) on everymac.com
  • 17-inch on everymac.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS X Panther (10.3.7)
• Last Release: Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.8)

Identifiers

• Model Identifiers: PowerBook6,8 (12-inch), PowerBook5,6 (15-inch) and PowerBook5,7 (17-inch)

Late 2005

Various

• Release Date: 19 October 2005
• Tech Specs:
  • 12-inch on everymac.com
  • 15-inch on everymac.com
  • 17-inch on everymac.com

Software

• First Release: Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.2)
• Last Release: Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.8)

Identifiers

• Model Identifiers: PowerBook6,8 (12-inch), PowerBook5,8 (15-inch) and PowerBook5,9 (17-inch)