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PowerBook 1400/117
Dan Knight - 1999.04.13
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Road Apples are Apple's more compromised hardware designs. For the most part, they're not really bad - simply designs unable to work as well as they should have.
The
PowerBook 1400 was available in several different
configurations, including two screens (dual-scan and active matrix) and
three processor speeds (117, 133, and 166 MHz). Only the 117 MHz
version merits a Road Apple rating, and then only because Apple left
out the Level 2 cache.
How much the L2 cache helps a computer depends on three factors: how fast the logic board is, how fast the processor is, and how large the processor is. For PowerMacs, a 256 KB L2 cache usually provides 30% more speed, with 512 KB bumping that to about 65%, and a 1 MB cache roughly doubling cacheless performance.
The 1400/117 was already 13-14% slower than the 1400/133 based simply on CPU speed. Add in the L2 cache on the 133 MHz model made it about 25-30% faster overall.
On the other hand, using a slower CPU and leaving out the cache did let Apple sell the 1400/117 for less than would have been possible otherwise, so we shouldn't be too hard on it.
In fact, if you install a processor upgrade (such as the Sonnet
G3/333 with 512 MB cache), you gain a level 2 cache and remove the Road
Apple stigma from the 1400/117.
Details
- introduced 1 October 1996; discontinued 14 July 1997
- requires System 7.5.3 (with PowerBook 1400 Enabler) or later, but not 7.5.5
- CPU: 117 MHz PPC 603e
- ROM: 4 MB
- RAM: 12 or 16 MB, expandable to 64 MB
- Level 2 cache: not on 117 MHz model
- VRAM: 1 MB
- display: 11.3" 16-bit 800 x 600 color dual-scan or active matrix
- hard drive: 750 MB
- CD-ROM: 6x (removable)
- ADB: 1 port for keyboard and mouse
- serial: 1 DIN-8 RS-422 port on back of computer
- SCSI: HDI30 connector on back of computer
- PC Card slots: two
- size: 11.5 x 9.0 x 2.0"
- weight: 6.6-7.0 pounds with battery
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