Photos: What should be crowned the king of Apple cool?

5: PowerBook

The company's first portable made its debut in 1991. The PowerBook 100 was followed in quick succession by a series of upgraded models. The company's pro laptop range, recently rebadged as the MacBook Pro, has been foremost in buoying Apple Mac sales in recent years. Always at the forefront of mobile computing power and slick design, standout editions include the curvy black plastic enclosures containing G3 chips from Main Street through to the Pismo, the slick titanium casings that first appeared with a G4 chip in 2001 and the more recent aluminium G4s. However, top of the tree is the PowerBook 5300, which was used by Jeff Goldblum, who later went on to do voiceovers in Apple ads, to bring down an entire alien invasion force in the 1996 movie Independence Day. It doesn't get much cooler than that.

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