Editing PowerBook Duo (section)

==In popular culture==
[[File:PowerBook Duo 270c.jpg|thumb|The PowerBook Duo 270c, as seen here, was often seen in the media.]]

One of the most stylish and iconic of the laptops available at the time, the Duo was widely used in advertising, film and television.
* [[Sandra Bullock]], starring as [[systems analyst]] Angela Bennett, prominently uses a PowerBook Duo 280c (and also a [[PowerBook_500_series|PowerBook 540c]]) in the movie ''[[The Net (1995 film)|The Net]]'' (1995)
* In the TV sitcom [[Home_Improvement_(TV_series)|Home Improvement]], a Powerbook Duo was used in the [[List_of_Home_Improvement_episodes#Season_6_(1996–97)|fifth episode of season 6]] (Episode #131: ''Al's Video'' - Original air date: October 15, 1996) as [[Jill Taylor (Home Improvement)|Jill's]] new computer. Just as she gets some work done on it, [[List_of_Home_Improvement_characters#Tim_Taylor|Tim]] comes along and destroys it by playing a game.
* [[Anne Heche]], playing Amy Barnes, a [[geologist]] and [[Seismology|seismologist]], uses a PowerBook Duo 280c in the movie ''[[Volcano_(1997_film)|Volcano]]'' (1997) to calculate the speed of lava flowing beneath the city streets.
* In the film ''[[Wag_the_Dog|Wag The Dog]]'' (1997), the President's team members, including [[Anne Heche]] and [[Dustin Hoffman]] among others, use several PowerBook Duo 280c.
* In the critically acclaimed TV sitcom ''[[NewsRadio]]'' (1994-1999), Dave Nelson used a PowerBook Duo almost exclusively for the first four seasons, the only exceptions being the first few episodes in which he used a [[PowerBook 100 series]]. In the fourth season (beginning in 1997), PowerBook Duos were also used prominently by Lisa Miller and occasionally by other characters. In the fifth season (beginning in 1998), all computers on the show were replaced with [[PowerBook G3]]s and a first-generation [[iMac]].
* A complete PowerBook Duo system, including Dock, is featured prominently throughout seasons five through seven of ''[[Seinfeld]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warren |first=Christina |date=2015-06-23 |title=Hulu's 'Seinfeld' apartment is now perfect |url=https://mashable.com/archive/jerry-seinfeld-used-a-mac |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref>
* In the movie ''[[Hackers (film)|Hackers]]'' (1995), Kate Libby owns a PowerBook Duo 280c (with a 2300c logic board<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kevinomura.com/powerbooks/powerbookduo/index.html|title=Macintosh PowerBook Duo|last=Omura|first=Kevin|website=kevinomura.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209093222/http://www.kevinomura.com/powerbooks/powerbookduo/index.html|archive-date=February 9, 2010|access-date=2017-04-22}}</ref> infamously remarked to have a "28.8 bps modem" The 28.8 for the 2300 was never produced and remained a prototype only). She claims it has a "P6 chip". While people believed she was referring to the Intel Pentium Pro, it was actually a PowerPC 603e in the 2300 motherboard (which was referred to by Apple as the "P6" chip for marketing purposes.) Dade Murphy is sent a clear-cased prototype 280c<sup>[1]</sup> by Eugene "The Plague" Belford.
* [[Denzel Washington]], playing Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling in ''[[Courage Under Fire]]'' (1996), drafts a letter using a Powerbook Duo 250.