powerbook G3 lombard

The third generation of powerbook G3 lombard was much slimmer and lighter than its predecessor and was the first new world rom powerbook. The keyboard was also improved and now featured translucent bronze-tinted plastics, which is the origin of the "bronze keyboard" nickname. A dvd drive was optional on the 333 mhz model and standard on the 400 mhz version. 

The 400 mhz model included a hardware mpeg-2 decoder for dvd playback, while the 333 mhz model was left without (except for the pc-card one used by wallstreet). This model introduced usb ports to the powerbook line while retaining scsi support and eliminating adb entirely (although the keyboard and touchpad still used an adb interface internally). Graphics were provided by a rage lt pro chipset on the pci-bus, to drive its 14.1-inch lcd at a maximum resolution of 1024×768.

OS 8.6–10.3.9 are supported by apple, but 10.4 is not, although OS X will not install (except for 10.0) if both RAM slots are not occupied with identical size RAM. The use of XPostFacto 4 allows users to upgrade to tiger, and it runs quite well for an unsupported machine. More RAM (up to 512 MB), a greater hard drive (up to 128 GB), and CPU upgrades (up to a 433 MHz G4) are available for these powerbooks.