PowerBook 2400

Essentials

Family: PowerBook

Codename: Comet, Nautilus, Mighty Cat

Gestalt ID: 307

Minimum OS: 7.6

Maximum OS: 9.1

Introduced: May 1997

Terminated: May 1998

Processor

CPU: PowerPC 603ev

CPU Speed: 180/240 MHz

FPU: integrated

Bus Speed: 40 MHz

Data Bus Width: 64-bit

Address Bus Width: 32-bit

Level 1 Cache: 16 kB data, 16 kB instruction

Level 2 Cache: 256 kB

ROM: 4 MB

RAM Type: SO-DIMM

Minimum RAM Speed: 60 ns

Onboard RAM: 16 MB

RAM slots: 1

Maximum RAM: 80 MB

Expansion Slots: 2 Type II or 1 Type III PC Card

Video

Screen: 10.4" active matrix

Max Resolution: 16 bit 800x600

Video Out: HDI-15

Storage

ATA Bus: ATA

Floppy Drive: external

Input/Output

ADB: 1

Serial: 1 Mini DIN-8

SCSI: HDI-30

Audio Out: stereo 16 bit mini

Audio In: stereo 16 bit mini

Speaker: mono

Microphone: mono

Miscellaneous

Power: 45 Watts

Dimensions: 1.9" H x 10.5" W x 10.5" D

Weight: 4.4 lbs.

Quietly released in the summer of 1997, The PowerBook 2400 was the first Apple sub-notebook since the Duo 2300, and was co-designed by IBM. The 2400 sacrificed a internal floppy or CD-ROM drive, but very little else. With most of the functionaltiy of larger notebooks, the 2400 weighed only 4.4 lbs. A 240 MHz version ("Mighty Cat") was released only in Japan.

Picture Credits:
John Greenleigh/Flipside Studios