[muglo] Re: wanted G3 12" powerbook

On 20/03/06, Tee Cashmore <teecashmore@xxxxxx> 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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