Kusuka emlandweni we-Apple: I-PowerBook G3 iyeza

Engxenyeni yokuqala kaMeyi 1999, i-Apple yethula isizukulwane sesithathu samalaptop ayo omugqa womkhiqizo we-Powerbook. I-PowerBook G3 yehle ngo-29% ohlonishwayo, yehlisa isisindo esingamakhilogremu amabili, futhi yafaka ikhibhodi entsha eyagcina isingomunye wezimpawu zayo.

Yize igama elisemthethweni le-laptop bekuyi-PowerBook G3, abalandeli baphinde bayiqamba ngokuthi i-Lombard ngokwe-codename yangaphakathi ye-Apple, noma i-PowerBook G3 Bronze Keyboard. Ilaptop ye-apula engasindi ngemibala emnyama kanye nekhibhodi yethusi yasheshe yathola ukuduma okuningi ngesikhathi sayo.

I-PowerBook G3 ifakwe iprosesa enamandla ye-Apple PowerPC 750 (G3), kodwa futhi ibe nokuncishiswa kukasayizi we-L2 buffer, okusho ukuthi incwadi yokubhalela ngezinye izikhathi yayihamba kancane. Kodwa lokho i-PowerBook G3 ethuthuke kakhulu ngokuphawulekayo uma kuqhathaniswa neyandulelayo kwakuyimpilo yebhethri. I-PowerBook G3 Lombard yathatha amahora amahlanu ngenkokhiso eyodwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abanikazi bangangeza ibhethri lesibili, okuphinda kabili impilo yebhethri yekhompyutha ngokushajwa okukodwa okugcwele emahoreni ayi-10 amangalisayo.

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I-Apple PowerBook G3 500 Pismo

I-Apple PowerBook G3 500 Pismo

I-Apple's Upside Down Downside Up Logo (PowerBook G3 (Lombard) ka-Damian_Ward, nge-Flickr)

I-PowerBook G3 “Lombard” (Ikhibhodi Yethusi) (1999) (1)

Ikhibhodi ekhanyayo eyanikeza ikhompuyutha ephathekayo igama layo elivamile yayenziwe ngepulasitiki enombala wethusi, hhayi insimbi. Idrayivu ye-DVD yanikezwa njengenketho kumodeli engu-333 MHz noma njengesisetshenziswa esijwayelekile kuzo zonke izinguqulo ezingu-400 MHz. Kodwa akuphelelanga lapho. Ngokufika kwemodeli yeLombard, ama-PowerBooks nawo athola izimbobo ze-USB. Ngenxa yalezi zinguquko, i-Lombard isiphenduke ikhompyutha ephathekayo enezinguquko ngempela. I-PowerBook G3 iphinde ibonakale njengekhompyutha eqinisekise ukubuya kwe-Apple kumagama amakhulu embonini yezobuchwepheshe. Nakuba kamuva i-iBook entsha yavela obala, i-PowerBook G3 Lombard ayizange idumaze, futhi ngentengo yama-dollar angu-2499, imingcele yayo yadlula kude lokho okunikezwa izimbangi ngaleso sikhathi.

I-PowerBook G3 Lombard iphinde yanikela ngo-64 MB we-RAM, i-hard drive engu-4 GB, izithombe ze-ATI Rage LT Pro ezino-8 MB we-SDRAM, nesibonisi esingu-14,1″ esinemibala ye-TFT. Yayidinga i-Mac OS 8.6 noma eyakamuva, kodwa ingasebenzisa noma iyiphi isistimu yokusebenza ye-Apple kuze kufike ku-OS X 10.3.9.