Apple Powerbook Lombard Introduction - May 10, 1999

August 5th, 2009 | by admin |

Steve Jobs introduces the G3 Lombard Powerbook to the WWDC crowd on May 10th, 1999. Note Steve’s white turtleneck, and that they gave away 50 new computers that day!

Duration : 0:8:37


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  1. 23 Responses to “Apple Powerbook Lombard Introduction - May 10, 1999”

  2. By Miti96 on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    Dude they were so …
    Dude they were so expensive!

  3. By Miti96 on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    I have 500GB :P
    I have 500GB :P

  4. By maudeleon on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    you get up to 8 …
    you get up to 8 hours on the 17 inch and 7 hours on the other ones

  5. By lpm1998 on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    dude this was 10 …
    dude this was 10 years ago

  6. By irreverentmoose on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    Lol, I don’t think …
    Lol, I don’t think you can get 5 hours on the latest macbook pros, if your gonna be watching movies. (Nice DVD boobs btw)

  7. By irreverentmoose on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    Lol technology is …
    Lol technology is amazing X)

  8. By candyee88 on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    400MHZ???? IPHONE …
    400MHZ???? IPHONE 3G is already 400 MHZ!!!!

  9. By mict08 on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    Ok !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! …
    Ok !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  10. By PurushaDesa on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    Yeah and anyone …
    Yeah and anyone who’s actually seen their 17″ MBP’s battery readout display 8 : 00 hrs. please sign below…

    Ya - everyone plays this game Steve.

  11. By Bleich95 on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    And the winner of …
    And the winner of the 1st powerbook is…hoho Steve Jobs!

  12. By DavidsTechShow101 on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    Along time ago man
    Along time ago man

  13. By tommy94612 on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    6 GB of hard drive! …
    6 GB of hard drive! wow, my macbook has 160GB, a decade seems like a century when you’re talking computers

  14. By iCamiloTV on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    The PowerBook G3 …
    The PowerBook G3 Pismo is still a good laptop for today, and mostly, it does not look like trash, It looks pro-laptop!

  15. By gunpder94 on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    It was nice of …
    It was nice of Apple to giveaway those PowerBooks…

    That’s funny, I wouldn’t buy a $3499 computer that has a 6GB Hard Drive =)) hahahaha

  16. By gunpder94 on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    How come there are …
    How come there are so many versions of this PowerBook??

    BTW, Steve’s wearing a white sweater :)) for the 1st time

  17. By neocool12 on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    ah ..the white one …
    ah ..the white one !, thanks for uploading ! :)

  18. By Jaggabone on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    Dude, I remember in …
    Dude, I remember in Grade 8 using the Commodore PET and when the Apple IIc came in, one of my Dad’s friends from work at the airport gave me a dual sided 5_1/4″ Floppy Disk (dual sided was STILL new my teacher didn’t even know it was possible) and Playing Karateka! Dude multiple sounds at once was COOL as well as a colour screen!!! Long before NES arrived and Atari 2600 original was still new. I’m NOT that old either ppl (35).

  19. By Jaggabone on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    Those days MAY come …
    Those days MAY come back. With HDD & SSD’s becoming very large, superfast 20Mbps Cable Internet connections, 802.11b/g/a wireless, smartphones with 3.5-7.6Mbps on HSPA and soon 12-45Mbps on LTE with WLAN built into them and apps like JoikuSpot Light on S60/iPhone to use the phones built-in WLAN as a router to the MB/MBP … there may not be a NEED for DVD/Blu-Ray drives for much longer! What will be in those spaces other than another battery ;) ?!! I always loved the Lombard/Bronze Keyboards.

  20. By adryanv on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    Man, I wish I had …
    Man, I wish I had 10 HOURS battery life on my new Macbook Pro.I miss those modular battery/CD/harddrive bays.

  21. By BladeLover on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    i want that …
    i want that turtleneck.

  22. By reallyred123 on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    This like messes …
    This like messes with my mind, that computers today will be like these tomarow. Its absolutly amazing! I remember right before the iphone and ipod touch came out my sister said “why do you want a ipod video? Next thing you know and iPod with internet will come out” and she laughed, and I never even thought!

  23. By amb180 on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    yea, ten years and …
    yea, ten years and now our phones have faster processors then those apple laptops, makes me wonder what will happen in ten years, will we have 3.2GHZ phones?

  24. By RayneMarina on Aug 5, 2009 | Reply

    almost 10 years ago …
    almost 10 years ago, amazing, how much has changed over the years, 6 gb??, 400 mhz, compared to the 250 gb and 4Ghz we have now!!!!
    but look at the price!!!!OMG

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