{"id":28617,"date":"2015-02-19T11:54:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T17:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=28617"},"modified":"2015-02-20T13:20:05","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T19:20:05","slug":"hot-read-macworld-takes-a-look-back-at-first-portable-macintosh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/28617-hot-read-macworld-takes-a-look-back-at-first-portable-macintosh\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Read: Macworld Takes a Look Back at First &#8216;Portable&#8217; Macintosh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-28618\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/apple-logo-2-284x249.jpg\" alt=\"apple-logo-2\" width=\"284\" height=\"249\" \/>While we don\u2019t typically get caught up in Internet theme days at the <a href=\"http:\/\/webtrends.about.com\/od\/Instagram\/g\/Throwback-Thursday-Definition.htm\">Rocket Yard<\/a>, we wanted to share something that just happens to be a throwback on this fine Thursday. And worthy of a \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/webtrends.about.com\/od\/Instagram\/g\/Throwback-Thursday-Definition.htm\">TBT<\/a>\u201d hashtag, the folks over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macworld.com\">Macworld<\/a> have taken a look back at the \u201cspiritual ancestor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/Apple-Systems\/Used\/MacBook-Air-11-Inch-and-13-Inch\">MacBook Air<\/a>\u201d for its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/2884385\/think-retro-the-macintosh-portable-is-about-as-portable-as-a-sack-of-potatoes.html\">Think Retro<\/a> series.<\/p>\n<p>The Macintosh Portable is Apple\u2019s first battery-powered portable Macintosh personal computer. 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