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PowerBook Duo 280
M2797 · PowerBook era
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Identifiers
| Order number | M2797 |
Reference
| Original price | $2,900 |
| Announced | 1994-05-16 |
| Discontinued | 1995-11-06 |
| Max supported OS | Mac OS 8.1 |
| Design era | PowerBook era |
Configurations
| Colors | Dark gray |
| CPU | Motorola 68LC040 @ 33 MHz |
| Memory | 4 MB, 8 MB, 40 MB (max) |
| Storage | 240 MB SCSI HDD, 320 MB SCSI HDD |
| Graphics | Built-in greyscale (280) / 8-bit color (280c) |
| Display | 9.1″ active-matrix greyscale (280), 8.4″ active-matrix color (280c) |
| Operating system | System 7.1, System 7.1.1, System 7.1.2, System 7.5, System 7.5.1, System 7.5.2, System 7.5.3, System 7.5.5, Mac OS 7.6, Mac OS 7.6.1, Mac OS 8.0, Mac OS 8.1 |
Physical
| Ports & connectivity | 152-pin Duo Dock connector · Mini-DIN-8 serial (printer) · 3.5mm audio out |
| Dimensions (W×H×D) | 276 × 36 × 218 mm |
| Weight | 2.1 kg |
Known quirks
- First Duo with 68040-class CPU (LC variant, no FPU)
- Color variant 280c has smaller 8.4″ panel than greyscale 280
- Same 1.4″-thick chassis — near identical externally to earlier Duos
- Duo Dock II (with float-out tray) launched alongside