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PowerBook G3 Series

a.k.a. PowerBook G3 Bronze Keyboard
code name: Lombard

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Overview

This version of the PowerBook G3 was announced on 10 May 1999 and reached stores by the end of the month. At nearly two pounds lighter and 20% thinner than the PowerBook G3 Series, toting Lombard will be easier than an PowerBook since the 4.4 lb. 2400 was discontinued.

In the field, a single battery yields up to 5 hours of use. Using two batteries can increase that, possibly boosting it to the 10 hour range.

Other changes: only one drive bay (incompatible with the previous one), only one PC Card slot, and no ADB port. And the keyboard looks different, made of a translucent brown (Apple calls it bronze) plastic.

If only Apple could come up with a name to distinguish this PowerBook G3 from the original, G3 Series, and updated G3 Series....

And, of course, it was replaced by the PowerBook G3 on February 16, 2000.

Details

• introduced May 10, 1999 starting at US$2,499; discontinued February 16, 2000
• CPU: 333 or 400 MHz PPC 750 (a.k.a. G3)
• bus: 66 MHz
• performance: 958/1237 (333/400 MHz), MacBench 5; 11.1/13.3 (333/400 MHz), BYTEmark
• ROM: 4 MB, NewWorld ROM in RAM architecture
• RAM: 64 MB of 3.3V unbuffered low-power 144-pin 100 MHz 10ns SO-DIMM, expandable to 384 MB via two DIMM slots
• Level 2 cache: 512 KB on 333, 1 MB on 400
• Video: ATI Rage LT Pro
• VRAM: 8 MB
• displays: 14.1" 24-bit 1024x768 color active matrix, resolution scaling to 640x480 and 800x600, also has S-video output via VGA connector
• hard drive: 4, 6, or 10 GB IDE
• CD-ROM: 24x (2x DVD-ROM available for 333, standard on 400; only the 400 comes with hardware to display DVD movies)
• floppy drive: external USB only
• expansions bays: one
• USB ports: two
• PowerBook SCSI connector on back of computer
• 10/100Base-T ethernet and v.90 56k modem standard
• 4 Mbps IrDA
• one PC Card slot
• size: 10.4 x 12.7 x 1.7" (26.4 x 32.3 x 4.3 cm)
• weight: 5.7-6.1 pounds (2.6-2.8 kg) with battery
• family number: M5343

Accelerators & Upgrades

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Online Resources

• Accelerate Your Mac! has downloadable color profiles for the iBook and recent PowerBooks that really improve on-screen color.
• Recovering a stolen PowerBook, The iBook & PowerBook Page. One user's experience.
• PowerBook G3 Series memory pricing, RAMseeker
• Review: PowerBook G3s, Macworld, September 1999, p. 34
• PowerBooks email list
• PowerBook Zone
• Apple PowerBook G3 specifications
• Identifying PowerBook G3 models, Apple TIL 24604

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