PowerBooks & iBooks

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

Original Price
$2,499
$2,499

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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