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PowerBook G3/250 Facts at a Glance
- Processor: G3, 250MHz
- Bus Speed: 83 MHz
- L2 Cache: 1 MB @ 125MHz
- Installed RAM: 32MB (Max 192)
- RAM Slots: 2, SO-DIMM
- Min RAM Speed: 10 ns
- Installed VRAM: 2MB (Max 4 MB)
- Drive: 2 GB or 4 GB IDE
- CD Drive: 20X (removable)
- Network: On-board 10baseT Ethernet
- Slots: 2 PC - two type II or one type III
- Expansion Bays: 2
- Supported MacOS: 8.0 - 9.x
- Screen: 12.1" color dual-scan passive matrix
(800x600) or 13.3" active matrix (1024x768) or or
a 14.1 active matrix (1024x768)
- Battery Life: Up to 7 hours in dual-battery mode
(2.5 to 3 hours for single battery)
- Weight: 7.2 - 7.8
- Introduced: 5/98
- Discontinued: - 9/98
- Original Price: $3000 - $4,400
Notes:
- S-video out capable
- ADB ports
- Serial port
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Thursday, February 22, 2001
The G3/250 PowerBook was released in the late spring of 1998,
along with a lower-end 233MHz model and Higher-end 292MHz
machine. The 250MHz PowerBook featured the 750 version of
the G3 processor which meant that it could accept a Backside
cache...unlike the low-end 233MHz PowerBook, which was cache-less.
These machines had a sleek new design and came with either
a 12.1" color dual-scan passive matrix screen capable
of 16-bit color at 800x600 resolution, a 13.3" active matrix
screen capable of 24-bit color at 1024x768 resolution or a
14.1 active matrix screen also capable of 24-bit color at
1024x768 resolution. Standard hard drive size was either 2
or 4 GB, and the machines came with 32 MB of RAM installed.
Maximum RAM capacity is 192 MB.
Two expansion bays allow you add additional removable drives
or to utilize a second battery giving your PowerBook a use
range of from 5 - 6.5 hours (a single battery will power the
G3/250 for approximately 2.5 to 3.5 hours).
This PowerBook has 2 PC slots which can accommodate two type
II PC cards or one type III. SCSI and S-video output connectors
are found on the back of the case and the machine has an internal
56K modem.
The PowerBook G3/250 weighs in at a arm stretching 7.2 to
7.8 pounds
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Below you will find the MacBench 5.0 results
for the current processor upgrades available for this machine.
Results marked in blue indicate that benchmark results were
done by us. All other processor card results were provided
by the upgrade manufacturer. The bar graphs below express
results as a percentage of improvement over the base machine,
which receives a score of 100%. Further down the page you
will find a table with the actual MacBench score.
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