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July 9
Apple PowerBook 540c
In 1994, Apple introduced the PowerBook 500 series of portable computers, the first-ever laptops to have sound speakers, a mouse trackpad, and built-in ethernet. This computer revolutionized coding technologies used to make today’s smartphones!
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