Amaya Toman Tun kafin Apple ya fara zamanin MacBooks, ya ba da layin samfur na kwamfyutocin PowerBook. A farkon rabin Mayu 1999, ta gabatar da ƙarni na uku na PowerBook G3. Sabbin kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka sun yi kasala kashi 20%, kasa da kilogiram daya fiye da na baya-bayan nan kuma sun yi alfahari da sabon madannai mai dauke da tagulla.
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Littattafan bayanin kula sun sami lakabin laƙabi Lombard (bisa ga ƙirar lambar ciki) ko PowerBook G3 Maɓallin Tagulla, kuma sun ji daɗin shahara sosai. PowerBook G3 da farko an sanye shi da na'ura mai sarrafa wutar lantarki mai karfin 333MHz ko 400MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) kuma yana alfahari da inganta rayuwar batir idan aka kwatanta da na baya, wanda ya ba shi damar yin aiki har na tsawon sa'o'i biyar akan caji guda. Bugu da ƙari, masu amfani za su iya haɗa ƙarin baturi zuwa kwamfutar ta hanyar fadadawa, wanda zai iya ninka rayuwar kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka. PowerBook G3 kuma an sanye shi da 64 MB na RAM, rumbun kwamfutarka 4 GB da ATI Rage LT Pro graphics mai 8 MB na SDRAM. Apple ya samar da sabuwar kwamfutarsa tare da launi 14,1-inch TFT Active-Matrix Monitor. Kwamfutar tafi da gidanka ta iya tafiyar da tsarin aiki daga Mac OS version 8.6 har zuwa OS X version 10.3.9.
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A matsayin kayan aikin maɓalli mai jujjuyawa, Apple ya zaɓi filastik mai launin tagulla, bambance-bambancen tare da na'ura mai sarrafa 400 MHz ya haɗa da na'urar DVD, wanda zaɓi ne na zaɓi ga masu samfurin 333 MHz. Tashar jiragen ruwa na USB kuma sun kasance muhimmiyar ƙirƙira ga PowerBook G3, amma a lokaci guda tallafin SCSI ya ci gaba. Daga cikin ainihin ramukan Katin PC guda biyu, ɗayan ya rage, sabon PowerBook shima baya goyon bayan ADB. Tare da zuwan tsararraki na gaba na kwamfyutocin sa, Apple a hankali ya yi bankwana da tallafin SCSI. Shekarar 1999, lokacin da PowerBook G3 ya ga hasken rana, hakika yana da mahimmanci ga Apple. Kamfanin ya sami riba a farkon shekara bayan shekaru na wahala, masu amfani sun yi farin ciki da G3 iMacs masu launi da kuma tsarin aiki na Mac OS 9, kuma farkon harbinger na OS X ya zo har zuwa 3, lokacin da yake maye gurbin da PowerBook G2001 jerin.
