<ul><li>On June 7, 1993, Apple introduced the PowerBook 180c, a high-end model in the PowerBook 100 series, featuring an active-matrix, 256-color screen.</li><li>The PowerBook 180c was the first Mac laptop to offer high-quality color display, with a higher resolution of 640x480 pixels and impressive specs including a 33 MHz CPU and 4MB of RAM.</li><li>Despite its chunky design, the PowerBook 180c was popular for its time due to its comfortable usage and various ports including SCSI, serial ports, and a color video connector for external monitors.</li><li>However, the PowerBook 180c had downsides such as a smaller screen size compared to its predecessor and poor battery life, lasting only one to two hours on a single charge under reasonable usage.</li></ul>

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