[X4U] Name of MacBook (was G4 Lifespan)

[Eugene]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 09:50:35AM CST, Linda <XPressoBean at mac.com> wrote:
: 
: On 1/12/06 9:31 AM, Matt Gregory wrote:
: 
: > (although so do iBooks and iMacs, but no "Power" there...
: 
: Right. The PowerPC chip was around for years before these came out. It?s
: possible that the naming of the chip coincided with the release of the first
: desktop in which it was used, and that PowerMac was named to fit the grid
: with PowerBook.

Actually, the "PowerBook" moniker precedes the PowerPC chip by
several years.

	Model			CPU			Release
	=====			===			=======

	PowerBook 100		Motorola 68000		Octobor 1991
	PowerBook 140		Motorola 68030
	PowerBook 145		Motorola 68030
	PowerBook 150		Motorola 68030
	PowerBook 160		Motorola 68030
	PowerBook 160		Motorola 68030
	PowerBook 165/165c	Motorola 68030
	PowerBook 170		Motorola 68030
	PowerBook 180/180c	Motorola 68030
	PowerBook 170		Motorola 68030
	PowerBook 190/190c	Motorola 68LC040
	PowerBook Duo 210	Motorola 68030
	PowerBook Duo 230	Motorola 68030
	PowerBook Duo 250	Motorola 68030
	PowerBook Duo 270c	Motorola 68030
	PowerBook Duo 270c	Motorola 68030
	PowerBook Duo 280/280c	Motorola 68LC040
	PowerBook Duo 520/520c	Motorola 68LC040
	PowerBook Duo 540/540c	Motorola 68LC040
	PowerBook Duo 550	Motorola 68040		May 1994
	

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Eugene
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