August 16, 1993: Apple ships the PowerBook 165, a lower-cost, grayscale version of the PowerBook 165c, which was the company’s first laptop to offer a color display.
The new model lacks the most attention-grabbing feature of the 165c, but it also brings its own claim to fame. The PowerBook 165 is Apple’s most affordable laptop yet.
PowerBook 165 lacks color, but is affordable
Apple introduced the PowerBook 165 as a replacement for 1992’s PowerBook 160. That computer was a great laptop in its own right, and was notable for being the first PowerBook able to drive an external color monitor.
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