Starring the Computer - Apple Powerbook Duo

The Duo was a line of small notebook computers, which lacked many of the common interfaces on laptops. Various docking stations were available to add additional ports.

A Knight in Camelot (1998)

Among the few belongings sent back through time with Vivien is a Powerbook Duo that she uses to predict a solar eclipse, knowledge that saves her life.

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Drop Zone (1994)

The hacker uses a Powerbook to hack into the DEA's computers.

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Fled (1996)

Dodge uses his girlfriends Powerbook Duo to communicate with his friend Puffy who is in possession of the vital disk.

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Friends - Season 4, Episode 22, "The One with the Worst Best Man Ever" (1998)

Chandler has a Powerbook Duo at home in the apartment.

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Hackers (1995)

Kate's new laptop is a Powerbook Duo 280c. Eugene attempts to bribe Dade by sending him a new clear-cased Duo 280c.

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Kate uses the Powerbook for all her hacking exploits.

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Silly graphics, and of course this is the Apple that is infamously described as having the "new P6 chip".

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Home Improvement - Season 6, Episode 5, "Al's Video" (1996)

Jill's new computer is a Powerbook Duo and just as she gets some work done on it, Tim comes along and destroys it by playing a game.

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Most Wanted (1997)

James and the other recruits use Powerbook Duos in their mission briefing, and later James recovers a Duo containing vital documents that prove his innocence.

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