Laga soo bilaabo taariikhda Apple: PowerBook G3 oo leh kiiboodhka naxaasta ah ayaa imanaya

Xitaa ka hor inta Apple uusan bilaabin waagii MacBooks-keeda, waxay soo bandhigtay khad wax soo saar oo ah laptops PowerBook. Qaybtii hore ee May 1999, waxay soo bandhigtay jiilka saddexaad ee PowerBook G3. Laptop-yada cusub ayaa 20% ka khafiifsanaa, wax ka yar hal kiilogaram ayaa ka fudud kuwii ka horreeyay, waxayna ku faaneen keyboard cusub oo naxaas ah.

Buugaagta xusuus-qorku waxay kasbadeen naanaysta Lombard (sida ku cad qeexidda code gudaha) ama PowerBook G3 Keyboard Bronze, oo waxay ku raaxaysanayeen caan weyn. PowerBook G3 waxaa markii hore ku qalabaysnaa 333Mhz ama 400MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) Processor wuxuuna ku faanay in nolosha batteriga kor loo qaaday marka loo eego moodooyinkii hore, taas oo u oggolaanaysa inuu ku shaqeeyo ilaa shan saacadood hal lacag. Intaa waxaa dheer, isticmaalayaashu waxay ku xidhi karaan batari dheeraad ah kombuyuutarka iyada oo loo marayo booska ballaarinta, kaas oo labanlaabmi kara nolosha laptop-ka. PowerBook G3 waxaa sidoo kale lagu qalabeeyay 64 MB RAM, 4 GB oo Hard Drive ah iyo Sawirada ATI Rage LT Pro oo wata 8 MB ee SDRAM. Apple waxay ku qalabaysay kumbuyuutarkeeda cusub midabkiisu yahay 14,1-inch TFT Active-Matrix Monitor. Laptop-ku waxa uu awooday in uu nidaamka hawlgalka ka wado Mac OS nooca 8.6 ilaa OS X version 10.3.9.

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PowerBook G3 "Lombard" (Keyboard Bronze) (1999) (1)

Apple's Upside Down Downside Up Logo (PowerBook G3 (Lombard) ee Damian_Ward, iyada oo loo marayo Flickr)

Apple PowerBook G3 500 Pismo

Apple PowerBook G3 500 Pismo

Sida walxaha loogu talagalay kiiboodhka hufan, Apple waxay dooratay caag midab-maxaas ah, kala duwanaanshiyaha leh processor-ka 400 MHz waxaa ku jira darawal DVD ah, kaas oo ikhtiyaar ikhtiyaar u ah mulkiilayaasha moodeelka 333 MHz. Dekadaha USB sidoo kale waxay hal-abuur muhiim ah u ahaayeen PowerBook G3, laakiin isla markaas taageerada SCSI waa la sii haystey. Labada boos ee kaadhka PC ee asalka ah, hal kaliya ayaa hadhay, PowerBook-ka cusub sidoo kale ma sii taageerayo ADB. Imaatinka jiilalka soo socda ee laptop-yada, Apple ayaa si tartiib tartiib ah u macsalaameeyay taageerada SCSI. Sannadkii 1999, markii PowerBook G3 uu arkay iftiinka maalinta, runtii aad buu muhiim ugu ahaa Apple. Shirkaddu waxay ahayd mid faa'iido leh sannadkii ugu horreeyay ka dib sannado badan oo dhib ah, isticmaalayaashu waxay ku farxeen midabada dhalaalaya ee G3 iMacs iyo nidaamka hawlgalka Mac OS 9, iyo kii ugu horreeyay ee OS X ayaa sidoo kale yimid. Apple waxay soo saartay PowerBook G3 ilaa 2001, markaas oo ay ahayd oo lagu beddelay taxanaha PowerBook G4.