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To: Marc who wrote (3377)	5/11/1999 12:18:00 AM
From: MD Bryant	Respond to of 5927

Monday May 10 11:22 PM ET Apple's new chapter for PowerBook G3 By Matthew Rothenberg and Philip Dyer, ZDNet Apple remained decidedly mum about its consumer notebook during the Monday kick-off of its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., but interim CEO Steve Jobs used his keynote address to unveil some significant enhancements to the company's professional PowerBook G3 line. Jobs said the 400- and 333-MHz PowerBook G3 models, due to ship May 20 for $3,499 and $2,499, respectively, are 20 percent thinner and 2 pounds lighter than Apple's (Nasdaq:AAPL - news) current models. He praised the new devices' 5-hour battery life, up from 3.5 hours with the current PowerBook G3, and characterized the models as the fastest, lightest and longest-running notebooks in their class. After the keynote address, Apple engineers said the new models, all of which will include copper-process versions of the G3 processor, feature MPEG built into the logic board, eliminating the need for a separate card. In addition, they said, new video-acceleration hardware brings the laptops' video-playback capabilities close to desktop performance. The engineers credited the new systems' 5.9-pound weight on lighter plastics used throughout the systems' chassis. However, they cautioned that the new design includes variant die sizes that will prevent current PowerBook G3 owners from using their older batteries, drive modules and other hardware add-ons within the new notebooks. Apple announced that a 10-Gbyte hard drive, a DVD-ROM upgrade and third-party features such as Zip and SuperDisk expansion-bay modules from VST Technologies will be available as build-to-order options via the Apple Store. Other enhancements include the ability to run an external monitor with the PowerBook lid closed and activity-tracking capabilities built into firmware that allow the processor to rest between keystrokes and power down without needing to wait for instructions from the OS. The back of the new PowerBooks includes a pair of Universal Serial Bus ports, a SCSI interface, a port for the internal 56-Kbps modem, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet, and VGA and S-Video ports. For FireWire connectivity, Apple recommends using Newer Technology Inc.'s newly announced FireWire To Go PC Card. Both new models will ship standard with 14.1-inch active-matrix TFT displays and 64 Mbytes of RAM, which can be expanded to 384 Mbytes. Each includes an ATI Rage LT Pro video controller and 8 Mbytes of video RAM. The 400-MHz model will include 1 Mbyte of Level 2 cache, a 6-Gbyte hard drive and a 2x DVD-ROM drive. The 333-MHz configuration will come with 512 Kbytes of Level 2 cache, a 4-Gbyte hard drive and a 24x CD-ROM drive.