Editing Macintosh Portable (section)

== Development ==
There is some indication that Apple executives at the time, particularly [[Jean-Louis Gassée]], were aware of the design problems concerning the Macintosh Portable. These problems, combined with supply issues of the newly developed [[Active-matrix liquid-crystal display|active-matrix screen]], caused numerous delays in launching the computer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Retropaq|date=2021-06-24|title=Macintosh Portable Part 2: The Blame Game|url=https://www.retropaq.com/macintosh-portable-part-2-the-blame-game/|access-date=2021-09-02|website=Retropaq|language=en}}</ref> While it cannot be determined what the initial internal intended launch date was, an AppleDesign illustration depicts prototypes dated 1986. Initial officially announced launch dates indicated that the Macintosh Portable would be available by June 1988.<ref name=":0" /> The Macintosh Portable itself also suggests a lengthy development time with a silkscreen date stamp of 1987 on the production keyboard PCB, indicating a close-to-final design was likely to have been determined by then.<ref name=":0" /> The computer, however, would not be launched for over two years, with the final launch date being September 20, 1989.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=1989-09-20|title=Apple's First Portable Gets Posh Coming-Out Party|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-20-fi-175-story.html|access-date=2021-09-02|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref>