Editing Macintosh Portable (section)

==Background==
By the late 1980s, Macintosh users yearned for a portable version of their computer. Don Crabb titled his February 1989 column in ''[[BYTE (magazine)|BYTE]]'' "Hey Apple, I Need a Laptop".<ref name="crabb198902">{{Cite magazine |last=Crabb |first=Don |date=February 1989 |title=Hey Apple, I Need a Laptop |url=https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1989-02_OCR/page/n205/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=2024-10-08 |magazine=BYTE |pages=151-154}}</ref> While third-party [[Macintosh conversion]]s such as [[Dynamac]] and [[Colby Computers|Colby]] existed, they were very expensive, and some are as heavy as or heavier than Apple's [[compact Mac]]s;<ref name="walker198701">{{Cite magazine |last=Walker |first=Nick |date=January 1987 |title=Dynamac |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Personal-Computer-World/80s/PCW-1987-01-S-OCR.pdf |access-date=2024-10-08 |magazine=Personal Computer World |pages=130-136}}</ref> Crabb's column's subtitle was "The time has come for a portable mac that doesn't strain your arms or your credit line".{{r|crabb198902}}