Editing PowerBook (section)

{{Short description|Series of Apple laptops based on PowerPC and Motorola 68000}}
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{{Infobox Computer
| developer = [[Apple Computer]]
| name = PowerBook
| family = [[Macintosh]]
| successor = [[MacBook Pro]]
| related = {{flatlist|
*[[iBook]]
*[[Power Macintosh]]
}}
| type = [[Laptop]]
| release date = {{Start date|1991|10|21}}
| discontinued = May 16, 2006
| os = {{plainlist|
*[[Classic Mac OS]]
*[[Mac OS X]]
}}
| predecessor = [[Macintosh Portable]]
| display = [[LCD]]
| image = PowerBook redjar.jpg
| caption = PowerBook G4, the last PowerBook

}}

The '''PowerBook''' (known as '''Macintosh PowerBook''' before 1997) is a family of [[Macintosh]]-type [[laptop computer]]s designed, manufactured and sold by [[Apple Computer]] from 1991 to 2006. It was targeted at the professional market; in 1999, the line was supplemented by the home and education-focused [[iBook]] family.

During its lifetime, the PowerBook went through several major revisions and redesigns, often being the first to incorporate features that would later become standard in competing laptops.<ref>Engadget: [https://www.engadget.com/2006/04/01/30-years-in-apple-products-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ 30 years in Apple products: the good, the bad, and the ugly] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606210855/https://www.engadget.com/2006/04/01/30-years-in-apple-products-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ |date=June 6, 2017 }} – "The PowerBook, in its many, many incarnations, had been a laptop trend-setter since its inception."</ref> The PowerBook was replaced by the [[MacBook Pro]] in 2006 as part of the [[Mac transition to Intel processors]].

[[File:Old Macintoshes.jpg|thumb|A comparison of the [[PowerBook G3#PowerBook (FireWire, Pismo)|"Pismo" PowerBook G3]], [[PowerBook G4#Titanium PowerBook G4|Titanium PowerBook G4]] and the superseding [[MacBook Pro]] from 2006. ]]