[muglo] Re: wanted G3 12" powerbook

the orginal logic of the search was:SELECT * WHERE    SCREEN = 12"    AND CPU = 
G3    AND SPEED = 500 OR SPEED = 600mhzthis disqualifies all wallstreet, 
lombard, pismo, titantium etc models...(cpu upgrades do not qualify)g----- 
Original Message -----From: Eric Dunbar Date: Monday, March 20, 2006 7:30 
pmSubject: [muglo] Re: wanted G3 12" powerbookTo: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On 
20/03/06, Tee Cashmore  wrote:> >> > On 20-Mar-06, at 9:28 AM, Chris wrote:> >> 
> > Gord,> > > The only 12" G3 Powerbook that Apple made was the > Wallstreet, 
....Chris> >> > Untrue. Various configurations of G3s were made, first > 
Wallstreet then> > 500 Mhz Pismo ended the run. These could be upgraded to 600 
> Mhz. Then> > the Powerbook 867 (G4) overtook the G3s. iBooks were indeed > 
made to> > fill the gap with various speeds & I often see them for sale > in 
the> > $450-700> > range.> > Technically there were actually TWO 12" G3 
PowerBooks; namely, the> PowerBook G3 "Kanga" and the PowerBook G3 Series 
"Wallstreet"["Main> Street"] (it might have been the "Main Street"?). But, only 
one of> them can be considered a G3 (the Wallstreet) since the PowerBook G3> 
could not run Mac OS X.> > And, yes, the first of the PowerBook G3 Series was a 
pitiful> underperformer (see the URL kindly provided by Chris).> > The 
subsequent G3s all had larger screens and were faster. That said,> I would 
recommend for the PowerBook G3 "Lombard" or newer. They simply> provided that 
much more oemph (especially the Pismo... it's a tragedy> Apple never designed a 
G4 in its form factor (even though the early> G4s were nothing more than a 
glorified Pismo)).> > From Apple's mouth:> > PowerBook G3 Series:> 233, 250, 
292 MHz, 14.1-inch display 1998.09> 233, 266, 300 MHz, 14.1-inch display 
1998.09> 233, 250, 292 MHz, 13.3-inch display 1998.09> 233, 250 MHz, 12.1-inch 
display 1998.10> > PowerBook G3 1997.11> 
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