Kuchokera ku mbiri ya Apple: PowerBook G3 yokhala ndi kiyibodi yamkuwa ikubwera

Ngakhale Apple isanayambe nthawi ya MacBooks yake, idapereka mzere wazinthu zama laptops a PowerBook. Mu theka loyamba la Meyi 1999, idayambitsa m'badwo wachitatu wa PowerBook G3 yake. Ma laputopu atsopano anali ochepera 20%, ocheperako kilogalamu imodzi kuposa omwe adawatsogolera ndipo adadzitamandira kiyibodi yatsopano yokhala ndi kumapeto kwa mkuwa.

Zolembazo zidapeza mayina akuti Lombard (malinga ndi code code yamkati) kapena PowerBook G3 Bronze Keyboard, ndipo adatchuka kwambiri. PowerBook G3 poyambirira inali ndi purosesa ya 333MHz kapena 400MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) ndipo imadzitamandira kuti imakhala ndi moyo wabwino wa batri poyerekeza ndi zitsanzo zam'mbuyomu, zomwe zimalola kuti ziziyenda kwa maola asanu pamtengo umodzi. Kuphatikiza apo, ogwiritsa ntchito amatha kulumikiza batri yowonjezera ku kompyuta kudzera pagawo lokulitsa, lomwe limatha kuwirikiza moyo wa laputopu. PowerBook G3 inalinso ndi 64 MB ya RAM, 4 GB hard drive ndi zithunzi za ATI Rage LT Pro zokhala ndi 8 MB ya SDRAM. Apple idakonzekeretsa kompyuta yake yatsopano ndi chowunikira cha 14,1-inch TFT Active-Matrix. Laputopu idatha kuyendetsa makina ogwiritsira ntchito kuchokera ku Mac OS 8.6 mpaka OS X mtundu wa 10.3.9.

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PowerBook G3 "Lombard" (Bronze Keyboard) (1999) (1)

Apple's Upside Downside Up Logo (PowerBook G3 (Lombard) yolemba Damian_Ward, kudzera pa Flickr)

Apple PowerBook G3 500 Pismo

Apple PowerBook G3 500 Pismo

Monga zida za kiyibodi yowoneka bwino, Apple idasankha pulasitiki yamtundu wamkuwa, chosinthira chokhala ndi purosesa ya 400 MHz chinali ndi DVD drive, yomwe inali njira yosankha kwa eni mtundu wa 333 MHz. Madoko a USB analinso luso lapadera la PowerBook G3, koma nthawi yomweyo thandizo la SCSI lidasungidwa. Mwa mipata iwiri ya PC Card yoyambirira, imodzi yokha idatsala, PowerBook yatsopano sinagwirenso ntchito ndi ADB. Ndikufika kwa mibadwo yotsatira ya ma laputopu ake, Apple pang'onopang'ono adatsanzikana ndi thandizo la SCSI. Chaka cha 1999, pomwe PowerBook G3 idawona kuwala kwa tsiku, inalidi yofunika kwambiri kwa Apple. Kampaniyo inali yopindulitsa kwa chaka choyamba pambuyo pa zaka zovuta, ogwiritsa ntchito adakondwera ndi G3 iMacs yamitundu yonyezimira komanso makina opangira Mac OS 9, ndipo chizindikiro choyamba cha OS X chinafikanso. Apple inapanga PowerBook G3 yake mpaka 2001, pamene inali. m'malo ndi PowerBook G4 mndandanda.