Fixing the Mac laptop everyone loved to hate

In 1995, Apple released its first Mac laptops based on the PowerPC processor. It didn't go quite as planned.

Sources:
Cupertino aerial footage by The Bureau (https://www.thebureau.co).
"Apple offers 700 million reasons to question health," Computerworld, April 1, 1996.
"Apple recall sours premium price plan," Computerworld, May 13, 1996.
"RISC Workstations," PC Magazine, May 31, 1994.
"Apple takes proactive approach to system glitches," InfoWorld, May 13, 1996.
"Apple Recalls PowerBook 5300 Series," Macworld, December 1995.
"More PowerBook 5300 Woes," Macworld, February 1996.
"Apple preparing itself for a long, cold winter," InfoWorld, December 25, 1995.
"New Apple PowerBook," MacUser, December 1996.
Udagawa subway photo: https://www.japan.go.jp/sustainable_f...

00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - Bit bucket
02:56 - Influencing an industry by getting drunk
04:47 - It broke right off
05:42 - Blank stares
06:55 - Crack 'em open
08:40 - Mini discs
10:35 - Stupid big cable
11:09 - It's dead, Jim
12:05 - Look close and you can see a spark
13:42 - A bad reputation
14:26 - The official story about exploding batteries
18:00 - An unwarranted scapegoat
19:41 - Sowing good seeds

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