THE M3 IS FASTER THAN ALL POWERBOOKS IN EXISTENCE

Some people in the media production business choose to use Apple Macintosh computers and some of these folks have been using Macs since the late 80s. Many still cling to the fiction that the G5 is the 'fastest personal computer in the world.' By now, everyone should know that this is just not the case - our computers outperform the fastest G5. Apple themselves have proven this by their recent decision to abandon the G5 chip and cross the floor to Intel Pentium chips. Welcome to the real world Apple.

The Professional M3 carries on our tradition of letting our specs speak for themselves. The Apple web site dubs their 17' Powerbook as "The Ultimate Portable Desktop." We choose not to make any comments yea or nay to that. Instead we will ask you to read the specs below and judge for yourself.

 
Powerbook G4
Professional M3
Processor
PowerPC G4
Intel® Pentium® M
Speed
1.5 GHz
1.73 GHz
Cache
 
512KB
2MB
Front Side Bus
 
167 MHz
533 MHz
RAM TYPE
 
DDR 333
DDR2 533
RAM SIZE
512 MB
1GB
RAM MAX
2 GB
2 GB
Chassis
Aluminum
 
Alloy
Optical Drive
 
DVD-R/CD-RW
DVD+/-RW/CD-RW
Write Speed
 
24x16x8x4
24x24x8x8
Hard Drive 1
Ultra ATA 100
 
Ultra ATA100
HD Speed
4200 rpm
 
5400 rpm
HD Size
80 GB
100 GB
Total Drive Bays
1
1
USB 2.0 ports
 
2
3
FireWire 800 ports
1
 
none
FireWire 400 ports
1
4
Dual VGA output
Yes
Yes
Video In
 
none
Composite
S-Video out   Yes
Yes
TV out
 
Yes
Yes
AGP Speed
4X
8X
Video RAM
64 MB [optional 128MB]
DVMT, up to 128 MB
Max Analog resolution
1440x900
1200 x 800
Max Digital resolution
2048x1536
 
1600 x 1200
Ethernet/LAN
Gigabit 10/100/1000 BASE-T
Gigabit 10/100/1000 BASE-T
PC Card slot
 
1
1
Built-in Microphone
 
Yes
 
Yes
Headphone Out
Yes
Yes
Stereo In/Out
Yes
Yes
Length
 
259 mm [10.2"]
 
265 mm [10.4"]
Width
392 mm [15.4"]
 
360 mm [14.2"]
Height
 
26 mm [1.0"]
 
33 mm [1.3"]
Net Weight
3.1 Kg [6.9 lbs]
2.9 Kg [6.5 lbs]
Power Supply
45W
90W
Operating System
 
Mac OS X v 10.3 "Panther"
Microsoft Windows XP® Pro
Retail price
 
$2,799.00 USD
$1,899.00 USD
Recovery System
 
none
Yes, Host protected HD area
Free Telephone Support   90 days
2 years
Mouse buttons   1
2
Mouse Wheel
 
No
Yes (with included optical mouse)

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