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Best PowerBook G3Deals
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Hardware Comparison Guides

PowerPC PowerBook and iBookIndex

MacBook

MacBook Air

MacBook Pro

PowerBooks

603: 1400, Duo 2300c, 2400c, 3400c, 5300
G3: G3 (Kanga),G3 Series(WallStreet), G3Series II (WallStreet II), G3 (Lombard), G3 (Pismo)
Titanium G4: G4/400, G4/500,G4/550, G4/667 (VGA), G4/667(DVI), G4/800, G4/867, G4/1GHz
12" Aluminum G4: G4/867,G4/1 GHz, G4/1.33 GHz, G4/1.5GHz
15" Aluminum G4: G4/1 GHz, G4/1.25 GHz, 15" G4/1.33 GHz, G4/1.5 GHz(2004), 15" G4/1.5 GHz(1/05), G4/1.67 GHz, 15" G4 hi-res, 1.67 GHz(10/05)
17" Aluminum G4: G4/1 GHz, G4/1.33 GHz, G4/1.5 GHz, G4/1.67 GHz (1/05), G4 hi-res, 1.67 GHz(10/05)

G4 iBooks

12": G4/800, G4/1 GHz* (2003), G4/1.2 GHz (2004), G4/1.33 GHz (2005)
14": G4/900, G4/1GHz* (2003), G4/1GHz*, 1.2 GHz (2004), G4/1.33 GHz, G4/1.42 GHz (2005)
* Apple nominally calls these 1 GHz models, but they report themselvesrunning at 1.07 GHz - and benchmarks bear out this difference.

Email Lists

PowerBooks, covers all pre-G3PowerBooks
G-Books, covers iBooks, PowerBooksG3s, and PowerBook G4s
Duo/2400,just for the PowerBook Duo series and the PowerBook 2400
iBookList, just for iBooks

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