PowerBook G3 Series

Essentials

Family: PowerBook G3/G4

Codename: Main Street, Wall Street

Gestalt ID: 312

Minimum OS: 8.1

Maximum OS: 10.2.8

Introduced: May 1998

Terminated: August 1998

Processor

CPU: PowerPC 750 "G3"

CPU Speed: 233/250/292 MHz

FPU: integrated

Bus Speed: 83 MHz

Data Bus Width: 64-bit

Address Bus Width: 32-bit

ROM: 4 MB

RAM Type: SO-DIMM

Minimum RAM Speed: 100 MHz

Onboard RAM: 0 MB

RAM slots: 2

Maximum RAM: 192 MB

Level 1 Cache: 32 kB data, 32 kB instruction

Level 2 Cache: 1 MB backside, 1:2

Expansion Slots: 2 Type II or 1 Type III PC Card

Video

Screen: 12.1/13.3/14.1" active matrix TFT

Max Resolution: 24 bit 1024x768

Video Out: VGA, s-video

Storage

Hard Drive: 2 GB

ATA Bus: IDE

Floppy Drive: removable 1.4 MB SuperDrive

Zip Drive: optional

Optical Drive: 24x CD-ROM or optional DVD-ROM

Input/Output

ADB: 1

Serial: 2 Mini DIN-8

SCSI: HDI-30

Audio Out: stereo 16 bit mini

Audio In: stereo 16 bit mini

Speaker: stereo

Microphone: mono

Networking

Ethernet: 10Base-T

Miscellaneous

Power: 45 Watts

Dimensions: 2" H x 12.7" W x 10.4" D

Weight: 7.5 lbs.

Notes

The 233 MHz models used a PPC 740 processor, and had a 66 MHz bus and no backside cache. The 12.1" models used a 16 bit, 832x624 passive matrix screen, and had a gestalt ID of 314.

Announced in March 1998, The PowerBook G3 Series was an entirely new design, which resembled its second revision of the same design.

Picture Credits:
Apple, Inc.