PowerBook G3 (FireWire)

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

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.

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.