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A farkon rabin Mayu 1999, Apple ya gabatar da ƙarni na uku na kwamfyutocin layin samfurin Powerbook. PowerBook G3 ya ragu da kashi 29% mai daraja, ya zubar da nauyin kilogiram biyu, kuma ya fito da sabon madannai wanda a ƙarshe ya zama ɗaya daga cikin alamominsa.

Kodayake sunan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka shine PowerBook G3, magoya baya kuma suna laƙabi da shi ko dai Lombard bisa ga sunan ciki na Apple, ko PowerBook G3 Bronze Keyboard. Kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka mai sauƙi mai sauƙi a cikin launuka masu duhu kuma tare da madannai na tagulla cikin sauri ya sami shahara sosai a lokacinsa.

PowerBook G3 an sanye shi da na'ura mai sarrafawa ta Apple PowerPC 750 (G3), amma kuma yana da ɗan raguwar girman ma'aunin L2, wanda ke nufin cewa littafin rubutu wani lokaci yana ɗan ɗan hankali. Amma abin da PowerBook G3 ya inganta sosai idan aka kwatanta da waɗanda suka gabace shi shine rayuwar batir. PowerBook G3 Lombard ya dauki tsawon awanni biyar akan caji daya. Bugu da kari, masu shi na iya ƙara baturi na biyu, wanda zai ninka rayuwar batir ɗin kwamfutar akan caja ɗaya zuwa awanni 10 mai ban mamaki.

Allon madannai mai jujjuyawa wanda ya baiwa kwamfutar sunansa na gama gari an yi shi da filastik kalar tagulla, ba karfe ba. An ba da faifan DVD azaman zaɓi akan ƙirar 333 MHz ko azaman daidaitaccen kayan aiki akan duk nau'ikan 400 MHz. Amma wannan ba duka ba ne. Tare da zuwan samfurin Lombard, PowerBooks kuma ya sami tashoshin USB. Godiya ga waɗannan canje-canje, Lombard ya zama kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na gaske na juyin juya hali. Ana kuma kallon PowerBook G3 a matsayin kwamfutar da ta tabbatar da komawar Apple zuwa manyan sunayen masana'antar fasaha. Ko da yake kadan daga baya sabon iBook ya shigo cikin Haske, PowerBook G3 Lombard tabbas bai yi takaici ba, kuma akan farashin dala 2499, sigoginsa sun zarce tayin masu fafatawa a lokacin.

PowerBook G3 Lombard kuma ya ba da 64 MB RAM, rumbun kwamfutar 4 GB, zane-zane na ATI Rage LT Pro tare da 8 MB SDRAM, da nunin TFT mai launi 14,1. Yana buƙatar Mac OS 8.6 ko kuma daga baya, amma yana iya gudanar da kowane tsarin aiki na Apple har zuwa OS X 10.3.9.

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