May 10, 1999: The third-generation PowerBook G3 comes in 20% slimmer and 2 pounds lighter than its predecessor, but most people remember the laptop for its glowing Apple logo and the “bronze” keyboard ...

Apple is voluntarily recalling certain AC adapters that were sold for use with PowerBook G3 systems shipped from May 1998 until March 2000. Apple has initiated an exchange program and will provide you ...

An inescapable truth in a technological world is that in order to keep up, one must trade up. Who, for example, would have imagined that the massively expansive 2GB hard drive in 1998’s PowerBook G3 ...

generation of the black PowerBooks, but also features a low-power design that extends battery life and runs cooler than competitive offerings. The MAChSpeed G4 Pismo is factory installed and tested by ...

I’ve had a pretty good relationship with my PowerBook G3/333MHz over the years. Since I got it in 1999 it’s traveled everywhere with me, on road trips, to countless trade shows, even on vacation. I’m ...

TORONTO, July 6 - Apple Computer is recalling about 570,000 AC adapters worldwide that were sold with PowerBook G3s shipped from May 1998 until March 2000. The recall is being done in co-operation ...

Sunday marked the 20th anniversary of the first portable Macintosh computer, the aptly-named Macintosh Portable. While it was indeed portable, it was anything but svelte. Apple’s first non-desktop Mac ...

We continue to receive reports from users on their experiences with the PowerBook power adapter recall (see previous one and two). Here is the latest: No email confirmations as of Monday Pete Rock ...

February 16, 2000: Apple introduces the “Pismo” PowerBook, the finest of its G3 laptops. In the view of many, it’s one of the best Apple laptops ever. The Pismo PowerBook is the first model without ...

(Bronze/Lombard) 333MHz machines that do not have built-in DVD decoder hardware. The Xcar=E9t Pro DVD/CDRW Combo Drive writes to CD-R media at 4x, to CD-RW media at 4x, reads DVD’s at 6x, and reads CD ...

Ok, I am currently running OS X 10.1.3, I want to install OS 9.2.1 but every time I try to boot off the restore cd or the 9.2.1 and 9.1 install cd it freezes before the happy mac icon, but if I start ...