Introduced: February 15, 2000
Terminated: January 9, 2001
Logic Board Processor: PowerPC 750 (G3) Processor Speed: 500 MHz PMMU: Integrated FPU: Integrated Bus Speed: 100 MHz Data Path: 64-bit ROM Size: 4 MB Level 1 Cache: 64K Level 2 Cache: 1 MB Expansion Slots: One Type I or Type II PC Card Battery: 50 Watt Hr LiIon
Ports ADB: none USB: 2 x USB 1.1 FireWire: 2 x 400-Mbps Video: VGA Style Floppy: none SCSI: none Geoports: none Ethernet: 10/100 Base-T AirPort Ready: Yes Mic Type: PlainTalk
Other Ports:
Speaker, headphone,
AirPort
Video Display:
14.1" TFT color display
Resolution (built-in LCD):
1024 x 870, 32-bit
(8 MB VRAM)
S-video and VGA video
output ports
Storage Standard CD-ROM: 24x Internal Hard Drive: ATA (6, 12, 18 GB) Floppy Disk Drive: none
Operating System Addressing Modes: 32-bit Original OS: 9 Original Enabler: none
Compatible MacOS:
9
9.1
X v10.1 (Puma), 9.2 - 9.2.2 (Classic)
X v10.2 (Jaguar)
X v10.3 (Panther)
X v10.4 (Tiger)
Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger) requires:
Built-in FireWire
At least 256 MB of RAM
DVD drive (DVD-ROM), Combo
(CD-RW/DVD-ROM) or SuperDrive (DVD-R) for installation
At least 3 GB of free disk space; 4 GB
if you install the XCode 2 Developer Tools
For additional information on
operating systems: See this article
The PowerBook G3's flip-up keyboard provided
easy access to (A) the AirPort card slot, (B) the hard drive,
and (C) the RAM slot.
(Macworld, May 2000)
Miscellaneous Codename: Pismo Form Factor: PowerBook G3 Series Dimensions (Inches): 10.4 H x 12.7 W x 1.7 D Average Weight (lbs): 6.1 Original Price: $3500 US