PowerBook G3 (FireWire)
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Essentials
Family: PowerBook G3/G4
Codename: Pismo
Gestalt ID: 406
Minimum OS: 9.0.2
Maximum OS: 10.4.11
Introduced: February 2000
Terminated: January 2001
Processor
CPU: PowerPC 750 "G3"
CPU Speed: 400/500 MHz
FPU: integrated
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
Register Width: 32-bit
Data Bus Width: 64-bit
Address Bus Width: 32-bit
Level 1 Cache: 32 kB data, 32 kB instruction
Level 2 Cache: 1 MB backside, 5:2
ROM: 1 MB ROM + 3 MB toolbox ROM loaded into RAM
RAM Type: PC100 SO-DIMM
Minimum RAM Speed: 100 MHz
Onboard RAM: 0 MB
RAM slots: 2
Maximum RAM: 512 MB
Expansion Slots: 1 PC Card (type I or II)
Video
Screen: 14.1" active matrix TFT
GPU: ATI Rage 128
VRAM: 8 MB
Max Resolution: 1024x768
Video Out: VGA, S-Video
Storage
Hard Drive: 6-18 GB
ATA Bus: ATA-66
Zip Drive: optional
Optical Drive: 6x DVD-ROM
Input/Output
USB: 2
Firewire: 2
Audio Out: stereo 16 bit mini
Audio In: stereo 16 bit mini
Speaker: stereo
Microphone: mono
Networking
Modem: 56 kbps
Ethernet: 10/100Base-T
Wi-Fi: optional 802.11b
Miscellaneous
Power: 50 Watts
Dimensions: 1.7" H x 12.7" W x 10.4" D
Weight: 6.1 lbs.
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Apple's solution to having had 4 products named the PowerBook G3, was to drop the G3 altogether. Announced in Febrary 2000 at MacWorld Tokyo, The PowerBook (FireWire) finally brought the "Unified Motherboard Architecture" (UMA) to the professional PowerBook line. Although it shipped in virtually the same case design as the "bronze keyboard" PowerBook G3, the PowerBook (FireWire) added many impressive "under the hood" features.
Picture Credits:
Apple, Inc.