Amaya Toman Ngisho nangaphambi kokuba i-Apple iqale inkathi yama-MacBooks ayo, yanikeza umugqa womkhiqizo wamalaptop e-PowerBook. Engxenyeni yokuqala kaMeyi 1999, yethula isizukulwane sesithathu se-PowerBook G3 yayo. Amakhompyutha aphathekayo amasha abezacile ngo-20%, abelula ngaphansi kwekhilogremu eyodwa kunangaphambili futhi aziqhayisa ngekhibhodi entsha enombala wethusi.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Amanothibhuku athole iziteketiso ze-Lombard (ngokuvumelana nekhodi yangaphakathi) noma i-PowerBook G3 Bronze Keyboard, futhi ajabulela ukuthandwa okukhulu. I-PowerBook G3 ekuqaleni ibifakwe iphrosesa engu-333MHz noma 400MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) futhi yaziqhayisa ngempilo yebhethri ethuthukisiwe uma iqhathaniswa namamodeli wangaphambilini, eyivumela ukuthi isebenze amahora angafika amahlanu ngokushajwa okukodwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abasebenzisi bangaxhuma ibhethri elengeziwe kukhompuyutha ngesikhala sokunweba, esingaphinda kabili impilo yekhompuyutha ephathekayo. I-PowerBook G3 ifakwe ne-RAM engu-64 MB, i-hard drive engu-4 GB kanye nezithombe ze-ATI Rage LT Pro ezino-8 MB we-SDRAM. I-Apple ihlomise ikhompuyutha yayo entsha ngombala ongu-14,1-inch TFT Active-Matrix monitor. Ikhompuyutha ephathekayo ikwazile ukusebenzisa isistimu yokusebenza kusukela kunguqulo ye-Mac OS 8.6 kuze kufike kunguqulo ye-OS X engu-10.3.9.
Igalari yezithombe
Njengengqikithi yekhibhodi eshintshashintshayo, i-Apple yakhetha ipulasitiki enombala wethusi, okuhlukile okunephrosesa engu-400 MHz kufaka nedrayivu ye-DVD, okwakuyinketho yokuzikhethela kubanikazi bemodeli engu-333 MHz. Izimbobo ze-USB nazo beziwukuqamba okusha okubalulekile kwe-PowerBook G3, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo ukusekelwa kwe-SCSI kwagcinwa. Ezikhaleni ezimbili zokuqala ze-PC Card, eyodwa kuphela esele, i-PowerBook entsha nayo ayisasekeli i-ADB. Ngokufika kwezizukulwane ezilandelayo zamalaptops ayo, i-Apple kancane kancane yavalelisa ekusekelweni kwe-SCSI. Unyaka ka-1999, lapho i-PowerBook G3 ibona ukukhanya kosuku, wawubaluleke kakhulu ku-Apple. Le nkampani yenza inzuzo ngonyaka wokuqala ngemuva kweminyaka yobunzima, abasebenzisi bajabulele i-G3 iMacs enemibala egqamile kanye nesistimu yokusebenza ye-Mac OS 9, futhi kwafika isisho sokuqala se-OS X. I-Apple yakhiqiza i-PowerBook G3 yayo kwaze kwaba ngu-2001, lapho esikhundleni sawo wuchungechunge lwe-PowerBook G4.
