I absolutely loved the "VCR swallowing its tape" noise that this machine did back then. At the studio we had a Mac IIx and a Duo, and the Duo was the most powerful of the two :)
That was fascinating! I’d seen images of the laptop, but I’d never even heard of Power Latch™. What an ingenious idea for the time. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
I still have my PowerBook Duo 280c with a Duo Dock and a 80 MB internal hard drive. I loved that computer and it still starts up. The duo dock also had a key lock it in the dock.
Great job guys. Do either of your machines boot? It would have been rather sentimental/retro/cute to see their old OSes on screen. Obviously if you were to display the boot up sequence, it would need to be timelapsed.
@@Johanniscool Good to know. It's a while since I did a classic boot and it always seemed to take ages, especilly watching all the extension icons pop up. It was especilly fun when there was a conflict that needed to be "resolved".
Pretty devoid of content. Talked more about current laptops than the Duo series, mentioning nothing of its weight. Being under 5 pounds (and most right around 4 pounds), they were insanely light. 2-3 pounds lighter than other PowerBooks. The full Duo Dock added more than just a math coprocessor, it also added storage, floppy, ethernet, L2 cache and VRAM, in addition to the port array. The micro Docks added ADB and a floppy port, which was the most common dock.
I would really love a modern version of this, sounds like a dream!
I absolutely loved the "VCR swallowing its tape" noise that this machine did back then. At the studio we had a Mac IIx and a Duo, and the Duo was the most powerful of the two :)
Love this series, I keep rewatching them
Duo Dock was so ahead of it's time, with eGPU's and Thunderbolt and everything today.
That was fascinating! I’d seen images of the laptop, but I’d never even heard of Power Latch™. What an ingenious idea for the time. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Such a cool podcast. I’ve learned about so many Macs that I never knew existed like this one.
I still have my PowerBook Duo 280c with a Duo Dock and a 80 MB internal hard drive. I loved that computer and it still starts up. The duo dock also had a key lock it in the dock.
The big duo dock also had nubus slots so you also could add in a video card.
So sad I missed the garage sale this was at. I found the listing after it ended.
That's really cool and futuristic
Awe man, I was waiting for one of you to bring up Apple's current support for egpu but it never came. The new series is cool. Keep up the good work.
Just discovered a Duo Dock in an old basement!
eGPUs are kinda like a floating point dongle :D
Great job guys. Do either of your machines boot? It would have been rather sentimental/retro/cute to see their old OSes on screen. Obviously if you were to display the boot up sequence, it would need to be timelapsed.
macyourday my duo boots pretty quick
@@Johanniscool Good to know. It's a while since I did a classic boot and it always seemed to take ages, especilly watching all the extension icons pop up. It was especilly fun when there was a conflict that needed to be "resolved".
Anyone know what earbuds Jason Snell is using here? They sort of look custom.
Some model of Ultimate Ears
No Coprocessor now, but what about eGPUs? Same thing.
Pretty devoid of content. Talked more about current laptops than the Duo series, mentioning nothing of its weight. Being under 5 pounds (and most right around 4 pounds), they were insanely light. 2-3 pounds lighter than other PowerBooks. The full Duo Dock added more than just a math coprocessor, it also added storage, floppy, ethernet, L2 cache and VRAM, in addition to the port array. The micro Docks added ADB and a floppy port, which was the most common dock.
Mina first