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The '''PowerBook 500''' (codenamed ''Blackbird'') series was a range of [[Apple Macintosh]] [[PowerBook]] [[portable computer]]s first introduced by [[Apple Computer]] with the 520 model on 16th May, 1994. The 500 series includedwas the first portable computer to use a [[trackpad]] instead of a [[trackball]] as a built-in pointing device, the first with a [[PCMCIA]] (later PC Card) slot, [[stereo|built-in stereo speakers]], [[Ethernet|built-in ethernet]], use a so-called "intelligent" [[NiMH]] battery and the first to automatically go to sleep when the lid was closed shut.

It was the first series of PowerBooks, compared to previous PowerBook models, to include a [[Motorola 68000|Motorola 68LC040 CPU]], be upgradable to the [[PowerPC]] architecture, use 9.5" Dual Scan passive color/B&W displays, use a CPU on a daughtercard (with the PowerPC and 68040 upgrades), have an expansion bay, PC Card capability, two battery bays (and a ten minute sleep/clock battery), full size keyboard with F1-F12 function keys, be able to sleep while connected to an external monitor and have a battery contact cover included on the actual batteries.