Apple PowerBooks 500, Unigraphics and HP 9000

When Apple used HP 9000 735 workstations and Unigraphics on HP-UX to design the PowerBook 500, a 1994 portable computer using Motorola 68040 processors, later labeled as one of the all-time best PowerBook models. The flagship Blackbird PowerBook 500 was designed inhouse by Apple industrial designers, using a diverse workflow spanning Apple tools and Unix platforms to merge 2D CAD with 3D surface…