Kuchokera ku mbiri ya Apple: PowerBook G3 ikubwera

Mu theka loyamba la Meyi 1999, Apple idayambitsa m'badwo wachitatu wamalaptops ake a Powerbook. PowerBook G3 idatsika ndi 29% yolemekezeka, idataya ma kilogalamu awiri olemera, ndikuwonetsa kiyibodi yatsopano yomwe pamapeto pake idakhala imodzi mwazidziwitso zake.

Ngakhale dzina lovomerezeka la laputopuyo linali PowerBook G3, mafani adayitchanso Lombard molingana ndi codename yamkati ya Apple, kapena PowerBook G3 Bronze Keyboard. Laputopu yopepuka ya apulo yamitundu yakuda komanso yokhala ndi kiyibodi yamkuwa idatchuka kwambiri munthawi yake.

PowerBook G3 inali ndi purosesa yamphamvu ya Apple PowerPC 750 (G3), koma inalinso ndi kuchepa pang'ono kukula kwa buffer ya L2, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti kope nthawi zina linkayenda pang'onopang'ono. Koma zomwe PowerBook G3 idachita bwino kwambiri poyerekeza ndi omwe adatsogolera inali moyo wa batri. PowerBook G3 Lombard inatenga maola asanu pamtengo umodzi. Kuphatikiza apo, eni ake atha kuwonjezera batire lachiwiri, kuwirikiza kawiri moyo wa batire la kompyuta pamtengo umodzi wathunthu mpaka maola 10 odabwitsa.

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Apple PowerBook G3 500 Pismo

Apple PowerBook G3 500 Pismo

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

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

Kiyibodi yowoneka bwino yomwe idapatsa laputopu dzina lake lodziwika bwino idapangidwa ndi pulasitiki yamtundu wamkuwa, osati chitsulo. DVD drive idaperekedwa ngati njira pamtundu wa 333 MHz kapena ngati zida zokhazikika pamitundu yonse ya 400 MHz. Koma sizinali zokhazo. Ndikufika kwa mtundu wa Lombard, PowerBooks ilinso ndi madoko a USB. Chifukwa cha zosinthazi, Lombard yakhala laputopu yosintha kwambiri. PowerBook G3 imawonekanso ngati kompyuta yomwe idatsimikizira motsimikizika kubwerera kwa Apple ku mayina akulu azaukadaulo. Ngakhale patapita nthawi pang'ono iBook yatsopano idawonekera, PowerBook G3 Lombard sinakhumudwitse, ndipo pamtengo wa madola a 2499, magawo ake adaposa omwe adapikisana nawo panthawiyo.

PowerBook G3 Lombard idaperekanso 64 MB RAM, hard drive ya 4 GB, zithunzi za ATI Rage LT Pro zokhala ndi 8 MB SDRAM, ndi chiwonetsero cha 14,1 ″ chamtundu wa TFT. Imafunika Mac OS 8.6 kapena mtsogolo, koma imatha kuyendetsa makina aliwonse a Apple mpaka OS X 10.3.9.