What PowerBook do I want? — #19

Post #19 by Strimkind

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Hardware
Post Date	Tue, 17 Feb 2009 - 21:04
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/what-powerbook-do-i-want.16608/

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What about a lombard?

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Rocking a Lombard G3 right now - lovely machine. It copes very well with everything short of Youtube - and I'm hoping a CPU upgrade will help a little with that. Mine's the 14" LCD model, and currently at 333MHz, and either a CPU swap or overclocking will get it to 400MHz. I got it off freecycle (0$) and spent AU$10+80+50 (about US$90) on a DVD-R, 80GB HD and 512MB RAM. If you want to watch DVDs on it, plump the extra few bucks for a 400MHz model - they have an onboard DVD decoder chip - otherwise, like me, you're looking at a logic board transplant later on, or a PCMCIA decoder.

Lucky you for getting it for free. I paid $50 for mine for the 192mb/10gb 400mhz with the decoder but with a small pixel line that goes 2/3rds up the side the screen. Annoying but that is about it. Did you have any problem finding a HD to put into it? I heard the ATA controller was a little picky.