DISCONTINUED MODELS
Professional C3
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.
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|
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) |
• means better |
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