Impact
One of the most stylish and iconic of the laptops available at the time, the Duo was widely used in advertising, film and television.
- Sandra Bullock uses it prominently in the movie The Net (1995).
- In the critically acclaimed TV sitcom NewsRadio, Dave Nelson used a PowerBook Duo almost exclusively for the first four seasons, the only exceptions being the first few episodes in which he used a PowerBook 100 series. In the fourth season, PowerBook Duos were also used prominently by Lisa Miller and occasionally by other characters. In the fifth season, all computers on the show were replaced with PowerBook G3s and a first generation iMac.
- In the early seasons of the popular TV sitcom Friends, Chandler Bing is clearly seen to be using a Macintosh PowerBook Duo.
- A complete PowerBook Duo system, including Dock, is featured prominently throughout season six of Seinfeld.
- In the movie Hackers (1995), Kate Libby owns a PowerBook Duo 280c (Infamously remarked to have a "28.8 bps Modem") and Dade Murphy is sent a clear cased 280c by The Plague(Eugene Belford).
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