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Guide to G3 PowerBooks

Confused by all the models known as PowerBook G3, PowerBook G3 Series, and just plain PowerBook? This table sorts them all out. In many cases, models were available in two or three speeds with different amounts of memory and hard drive sizes. (For iBook info, click here.)

Except for the original Kanga G3, all of these will support Mac OS X with sufficient memory and hard drive space (128 MB RAM, 1.5 GB available drive space).

For a better overview of the five G3 PowerBooks, see Low End Mac's Overview of G3 PowerBooks.

Model
G3
Series I
Series II
Bronze Keyboard
PowerBook (FireWire)
Code Name
Kanga
WallStreet
PDQ
Lombard
Pismo
Introduced
11/10/97
5/4/98
9/98
5/10/99
2/16/00
CPU Speed
250 MHz
233/250/292 MHz
233/266/300 MHz
333/400 MHz
400/500 MHz
Bus Speed
50 MHz
66/83 MHz
66 MHz
66 MHz
100 MHz
Base RAM
32 MB
32/64 MB
64 MB
64/128 MB
Max RAM
160 MB
512 MB
384 MB
512 MB
Minimum OS
7.6
8.0 (8.1 on Ser. II/233)
8.6
Hard Drive
5 GB
2/4/8 GB
2/4/8 GB
4/6/10 GB
6/12/18 GB
Screen
12.1" 800 x 600
12.1" 800 x 600
13.3" 1024 x 768
14.1" 1024 x 768
14.1" 1024 x 768
(12.1" special edition)
14.1" 1024 x 768
CD/DVD
20x CD
20x CD
DVD on 292
20x CD
DVD on 300
24 x CD
2x DVD
SCSI
yes
no
ADB
yes
no
USB
no
2
FireWire
no
yes
PC Cards
2
1
Ethernet
yes
Modem
yes
v.90
AirPort
no
yes
video out
H/W/D
10.4"/12.7"/1.7"
Weight
7.5 lbs.
7.5 lbs.
7.8 lbs.
5.9 lbs.
Battery
4 hrs.
5 hrs.
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