PowerBook G3
The PowerBook G3 was a professional line of laptop Macintosh computers made by Apple. It used the PowerPC G3 (PPC750) series of microprocessors.
The first Macintosh PowerBook G3 was introduced on November 1997 as a successor to PowerBook 3400c with G3 chip in it.
The second generation of PowerBook G3's with the name PowerBook G3 series were introduced on March 1998 with redesigned case which was lighter and more round. 233MHz, 250MHz and 292MHz version were made available with three display options which were 12" passive matrix, 13.3" TFT and 14.1" TFT. The same design was updated on August 1998 and now had 14.1" display in all models. Processors were bumped with 233MHz, 266MHz and 300MHz models.
The third generation of PowerBook G3 (Lombard) was introduced on May 1999 and was dramatically thinner and lighter than it's predecessor. It also had longer battery life and the user could double the battery life to 10 hours by adding second battery in the expansion bay. The keyboard was also improved and now featured translucent plastics where the model gained its nickname "bronze keyboard".
A fourth generation of PowerBook G3 (Pismo) with the name PowerBook was introduced on February 2000. The form factor was identical to previous one but the machine internals were improved dramatically. PowerBook implemented unified motherboard architecture and had SCSI replaced with the FireWire. It was also the first professional Apple laptop with AirPort networking as an option.
