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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Trade in Your PowerBook 190 or 5300 — If you have a PowerBook 190 (the last 68040 model) or its PowerPC cousin, the PowerBook 5300, Apple has a little-publicized ...

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 ...