Technical information

AirPort

PowerBook (FireWire)

Basics

Features

PowerBook (FireWire) features include:

• PowerPC G3 microprocessor running at clock speeds of 400 or 500

MHz

• backside L2 cache of up to 1 MB of fast static RAM

• two standard SO-DIMM expansion slots for SDRAM modules and a

minimum of 64 MB of SDRAM installed, expandable to 512 MB total

• 14.1-inch TFT (thin-film transistor) display with XGA resolution

(1024 x 768 pixels)

• standard VGA video connector for external video monitor with XGA

resolution, and S-video connector that supports PAL and NTSC video

monitors

• 8 MB of video SDRAM

• Ultra ATA hard drive of up to 18 GB

• DVD-ROM with DVD-RAM readability supported

• integrated wireless communication with AirPort Card upgrade

• two hot-swappable expansion bays for two batteries or one battery and

one DVD-ROM drive

• one manual-eject CardBus slot that accepts one Type II CardBus card or

PCMCIA Card

• built-in 56 Kbps modem

• two FireWire ports with support for FireWire Disk Mode

• built-in Ethernet port with RJ-45 connector for 10Base-T and

100Base-T operation

• two USB ports for external keyboard, mouse, and other USB devices

• built-in microphone and speakers as well as a line-level stereo input

jack and a stereo headphone jack

• keyboard with embedded numeric keypad and inverted-T arrow keys.

Some function keys control the display and speakers

• trackpad with tap/double tap and drag features

• 2D and 3D graphics via ATI Rage Mobility M3 with AGP

• infrared link for up to 4 Mbit-per-second IrDA data transfer