PowerBooks & iBooks

Guide to G3 PowerBooks

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Confused by all the models known as PowerBook G3, PowerBook G3 Series, and just plain PowerBook? This table sorts them all out. In many cases, models were available in two or three speeds with different amounts of memory and hard drive sizes. (For iBook info, click here.)

Except for the original Kanga G3, all of these will support Mac OS X with sufficient memory and hard drive space (128 MB RAM, 1.5 GB available drive space).

For a better overview of the five G3 PowerBooks, see Low End Mac's Overview of G3 PowerBooks.

Model	G3	Series I	Series II	Bronze Keyboard	PowerBook (FireWire)
Code Name	Kanga	WallStreet	PDQ	Lombard	Pismo
Introduced	11/10/97	5/4/98	9/98	5/10/99	2/16/00
CPU Speed	250 MHz	233/250/292 MHz	233/266/300 MHz	333/400 MHz	400/500 MHz
Bus Speed	50 MHz	66/83 MHz	66 MHz	66 MHz	100 MHz
Base RAM	32 MB	32/64 MB		64 MB	64/128 MB
Max RAM	160 MB	512 MB		384 MB	512 MB
Minimum OS	7.6	8.0 (8.1 on Ser. II/233)		8.6
Hard Drive	5 GB	2/4/8 GB	2/4/8 GB	4/6/10 GB	6/12/18 GB
Screen	12.1" 800 x 600	12.1" 800 x 600 13.3" 1024 x 768 14.1" 1024 x 768	14.1" 1024 x 768 (12.1" special edition)	14.1" 1024 x 768
CD/DVD	20x CD	20x CD DVD on 292	20x CD DVD on 300	24 x CD 2x DVD
SCSI	yes				no
ADB	yes			no
USB	no			2
FireWire	no				yes
PC Cards	2			1
Ethernet	yes
Modem	yes	v.90
AirPort	no				yes
video out
H/W/D				10.4"/12.7"/1.7"
Weight	7.5 lbs.	7.5 lbs.	7.8 lbs.	5.9 lbs.
Battery	4 hrs.			5 hrs.

Peek at first PowerBook G3 upgrades from Newer, Go2Mac.com, 7/27/00. 466 MHz card will upgrade almost all WallStreet models, all Lombards.

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