August 25, 1995: Apple releases the PowerBook 5300, the Mac laptop that will save the world from alien invaders in the 1996 blockbuster movie Independence Day. The computer will make many more ...

April 18, 1996: Apple unveils a massive $15 million promotional tie-in for the Mission: Impossible movie starring Tom Cruise. Designed to promote the PowerBook, which Cruise uses in the spy flick, the ...

In August of 1995, Apple launched a computer that would change the fate of the world: the PowerBook 5300. This 5.9lb fusion of black polycarbonate and capacitors had a modest debut, but little did ...

A couple years ago, when living in Downtown Savannah, I was lucky enough to stumble across a dumpster score of 2 Powerbook 5300ce's in good condition. I've mentioned it in the lounge before.

Reader Walt Pinkston, a friend indeed, wishes to help a friend in need with an ancient Apple laptop. He writes: A friend has a really old Mac PowerBook 5300 and wants to transfer personal data files ...

Boy, did we ever get a good laugh out of the combustible PowerBook 5300. Quite the scorchin’ deal, eh? (Never mind that only a few batteries in a testing lab actually caught fire.) These days, however ...

This month is the 20th anniversary of Apple Computer's Macintosh. To mark the occasion, Wired News is running several stories this week about the groundbreaking machine, the people who created it and ...

Yeah, <i>those</i> batteries. -- View image here: http://arstechnica.infopop.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif --<br><br>I've got an old PowerBook 5300c with a dead ...