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MacBook Air is ultrathin, ultraportable, and ultra unlike anything else. But you don’t lose inches and pounds overnight. It’s the result of rethinking conventions. Of multiple wireless innovations. And of breakthrough design. With MacBook Air, mobile computing suddenly has a new standard.

* 1.67 GHz PowerPC G4 processor with 167 MHz system bus * 512 MB DDR SDRAM (two SO-DIMM slots support up to 2 GB), 100 GB hard drive, slot-loading 8x SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW) * One FireWire 400 port, one FireWire 800 port, two USB 2.0 ports, and one PC Card/CardBus slot supporting one Type I or Type II card * Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) (more...)

* 1.67 GHz PowerPC G4 processor with 167 MHz system bus
* 512 MB DDR SDRAM (two SO-DIMM slots support up to 2 GB), 100 GB hard drive, slot-loading 8x SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
* One FireWire 400 port, one FireWire 800 port, two USB 2.0 ports, and one PC Card/CardBus slot supporting one Type I or Type II card
* Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) ethernet, 54-Mbps AirPort Extreme wireless, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, and 56K V.92 modem
* 17-inch (diagonal), 1440 x 900 resolution, TFT widescreen display

Miraculously engineered, the ultralight 17-inch PowerBook G4 is a mere 1-inch thin and only 6.9 pounds, making it one of the planet's thinnest, lightest, 17-inch notebooks.

The first thing you'll notice is the megawide display -- the largest ever in a notebook. This PowerBook's stunning display gives you the same viewing area as a 19-inch CRT monitor. And as for the amount of information you can see on the screen at one time, the 17-inch PowerBook supports a resolution of 1440 x 900 pixels -- an eye-popping 1.3 million pixels appearing on the screen simultaneously, with room aplenty for your menus, toolbars and palettes. Thanks to its built-in, dual-link DVI support and 128 MB of graphics memory, you even have the option of connecting your PowerBook to Apple's breathtaking flat-panel displays, including the massive 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display. Featuring a powerful 1.67 GHz PowerPC G4 processor, a standard 5400-rpm 100 GB hard drive, an 8x SuperDrive, up to 2 GB of DDR RAM and AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR built right in, the top gun of notebook computers has it all.

As Smart as It Looks
You'll love the high-resolution 17-inch active-matrix display with brilliant 1440 x 900 pixel resolution. And you'll marvel at the way this supersharp display fits into such a remarkably small frame: just 15.4 inches wide, 10.2 inches deep, 1.0 inches thin and a mere 6.9 pounds. Housed in a lightweight and durable aluminum alloy enclosure, the 17-inch PowerBook G4 is resistant to stains and scratches. Flat-out, drop-dead gorge (less...)

The PowerBook G3/250 (Wallstreet) -- formally a member of the "PowerBook G3 Series" as dubbed by Apple, but more commonly referred to by its codename of "Wallstreet" -- features a 250 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) processor with 1 MB of "backside" level 2 cache, 32 MB of RAM, 2 MB or 4 MB of SGRAM for video, a 2.0 GB or 4.0 GB hard drive, and a 20X tray-loa (more...)

The PowerBook G3/250 (Wallstreet) -- formally a member of the "PowerBook G3 Series" as dubbed by Apple, but more commonly referred to by its codename of "Wallstreet" -- features a 250 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) processor with 1 MB of "backside" level 2 cache, 32 MB of RAM, 2 MB or 4 MB of SGRAM for video, a 2.0 GB or 4.0 GB hard drive, and a 20X tray-loading CD-ROM drive in a curvaceous black portable case with either a 12.1" STN (passive matrix), 13.3" TFT, or 14.1" TFT color display.
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The PowerBook G3/233 (PDQ - Late 1998) -- formally a member of the second "PowerBook G3 Series" as dubbed by Apple, but more commonly referred to by its codename of "PDQ" (Pretty Damn Quick) -- features a 233 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) processor with 512k of "backside" level 2 cache, 32 MB of RAM, 4 MB of SGRAM for video, a 2.0 GB hard drive, and a 20X t (more...)

The PowerBook G3/233 (PDQ - Late 1998) -- formally a member of the second "PowerBook G3 Series" as dubbed by Apple, but more commonly referred to by its codename of "PDQ" (Pretty Damn Quick) -- features a 233 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) processor with 512k of "backside" level 2 cache, 32 MB of RAM, 4 MB of SGRAM for video, a 2.0 GB hard drive, and a 20X tray-loading CD-ROM drive in a curvaceous black portable case with a 14.1" TFT active-matrix color display.

The "PDQ" PowerBook G3 models are quite similar to the "Wallstreet" PowerBook G3 models before them -- and share a case design, 2D/3D graphics acceleration, "zoomed video" support, dual "hot-swappable" bays which both can hold batteries or expansion modules (the left is a 3.5" bay and the right a 5.25" bay), dual Card Bus compatible PC card slots, and the "fn" key which creates a numerical keyboard for quicker data entry. (less...)

The PowerBook G3/300 (PDQ - Late 1998) -- formally a member of the second "PowerBook G3 Series" as dubbed by Apple, but more commonly referred to by its codename of "PDQ" (Pretty Damn Quick) -- features a 300 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) processor with 1 MB of "backside" level 2 cache, 64 MB of RAM, 4 MB of SGRAM for video, an 8.0 GB hard drive, and a tray (more...)

The PowerBook G3/300 (PDQ - Late 1998) -- formally a member of the second "PowerBook G3 Series" as dubbed by Apple, but more commonly referred to by its codename of "PDQ" (Pretty Damn Quick) -- features a 300 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) processor with 1 MB of "backside" level 2 cache, 64 MB of RAM, 4 MB of SGRAM for video, an 8.0 GB hard drive, and a tray-loading 1X DVD-ROM (M7111LL/A) or 20X CD-ROM (M7310LL/A) drive in a curvaceous black portable case with a 14.1" TFT active-matrix color display.

The "PDQ" PowerBook G3 models are quite similar to the "Wallstreet" PowerBook G3 models before them -- and share a case design, 2D/3D graphics acceleration, "zoomed video" support, dual "hot-swappable" bays which both can hold batteries or expansion modules (the left is a 3.5" bay and the right a 5.25" bay), dual Card Bus compatible PC card slots, and the "fn" key which creates a numerical keyboard for quicker data entry.

However, the "PDQ" PowerBook G3 series was vastly simplified -- cutting the number of display sizes from three (12.1-inch, 13.3-inch, and 14.1-inch) to one (14.1-inch) and standardizing the motherboard design to use a 66 MHz bus (compared to 66 MHz and 83 MHz before) -- in an effort to fix inventory and supply problems in a "Pretty Damn Quick" manner. (less...)

The PowerBook G3/500 (Firewire/Pismo) -- formally a member of the "PowerBook Firewire" series (note the lack of official "G3" designation) as dubbed by Apple, but often referred to by its codename of "Pismo" -- features a 500 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) processor with 1 MB of "backside" level 2 cache, 128 MB of RAM, a 12.0 GB or 20.0 GB hard drive, a tray (more...)

The PowerBook G3/500 (Firewire/Pismo) -- formally a member of the "PowerBook Firewire" series (note the lack of official "G3" designation) as dubbed by Apple, but often referred to by its codename of "Pismo" -- features a 500 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) processor with 1 MB of "backside" level 2 cache, 128 MB of RAM, a 12.0 GB or 20.0 GB hard drive, a tray-loading 6X DVD-ROM drive, and ATI Rage Mobility 128 graphics with 8 MB of SDRAM in a sleek black portable case with a 14.1" TFT active-matrix color display.

Although each shares a case that is quite similar to the "Bronze Keyboard/Lombard" PowerBook G3 models that came before them, the "Firewire/Pismo" systems use a faster logic board design with a faster bus (100 MHz), faster hard drive standard (Ultra ATA/66), faster graphics (Rage Mobility 128), support for optional AirPort (802.11b), and dual Firewire ports (dropping SCSI).

There are two slightly different configurations of this model. It originallly shipped with a 12.0 GB hard drive (M7633LL/A), and on September 13, 2000, this was increased to a 20.0 GB hard drive (M7712LL/A). The price for each configuration was US$3499. (less...)