What is a Pismo?

[gopher]

Here are the models of G3 Powerbooks:

G3/250 - December 1997 Kanga - not upgradable to Mac OS X and based on the Powerbook 3400 architecture. Color Apple logo on back. Only in 12.1"

G3/233, 250, 292 - May 1998 Wallstreet - in 12, 13, and 14" models.

G3/233 with 512k backside, 266, 300 - September 1998 Wallstreet II (a.k.a. PDQ) - in 12, 13, and 14". Last to employ Serial and ADB interfaces. Every model very easily upgradable to Mac OS X once you made sure you had a hard drive of at least 6 GB. Give yourself 3.5 GB of free space to install. If your hard drive is 8 GB or above, partition the first 7.95 GB to install Mac OS X on, or else it won't install. Last to employ separate cardbus and PCMCIA ports.

Now one of these early models was also codenamed Main Street.

G3/333 and G3/400 - May 1999 - Lombard. First to have built-in USB, but still have SCSI. Lots of difficulty upgrading to Mac OS X due to problems with CPU. Smaller drive bays than the earlier models.

G3/400 and G3/500 - April 2000 - Pismo, Powerbook 2000. First to have built-in Firewire. Last to have 2 Firewire ports until the 17" Powerbook. Some 400 Mhz models still had difficulty upgrading to Mac OS X. 500 Mhz should be fine for X.

The Titaniums all had G4s, 1 Firewire port, and no drive bays.

For more specs see: http://www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.html#powerbook

 

[filmcutter]

Originally posted by adamschneids
Hey there. I just upgraded my Pismo 400 to a G3 900MHz through Powerlogix.
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Adam

Thanks for the feedback. I was wondering how they compared.

Have you had any of the battery problems that lots of others have reported? I'm still trying to figure out if it's just an older battery or a true bug.

Thanks again,

Greg

 

[gopher]

Originally posted by filmcutter
Thanks for the feedback. I was wondering how they compared.

Have you had any of the battery problems that lots of others have reported? I'm still trying to figure out if it's just an older battery or a true bug.

Thanks again,

Greg

The battery problem is widely reported for the 10.2.4 update. It is irreversable, and if your machine is under warranty you should be able to get a replacement battery. Upgrading to 10.2.5 or 10.2.6 before installing the replacement battery is recommended. 10.2.5's issues with USB hubs is solved with 10.2.6, and there is a 10.2.6 combo updater which you should install from Apple's website to upgrade to 10.2.6.

 

[filmcutter]

Originally posted by gopher
The battery problem is widely reported for the 10.2.4 update. It is irreversable, and if your machine is under warranty you should be able to get a replacement battery. Upgrading to 10.2.5 or 10.2.6 before installing the replacement battery is recommended. 10.2.5's issues with USB hubs is solved with 10.2.6, and there is a 10.2.6 combo updater which you should install from Apple's website to upgrade to 10.2.6.

That's what I figured. Machine long out of warranty, but if 10.2.6 has fixed the problem then I'm less worried about buying a new battery.

Thanks...

 

[gopher]

Originally posted by filmcutter
That's what I figured. Machine long out of warranty, but if 10.2.6 has fixed the problem then I'm less worried about buying a new battery.

Thanks...

There is no guarantee 10.2.6 has fixed the problem, but check the store carefully, I think the battery itself you buy should have its own warranty. For many 10.2.6 has fixed the problem if they first upgraded to 10.2.6 and then put in the new battery, but not the reverse. Better to make sure when you buy the battery you can get it returned should 10.2.6 not fix the problem.

 

[sparkleytone]

the pismo is...

quite possibly the sexiest laptop ever created.

it pulls off black so well. and those curves. yum.

 

[janey]

Originally posted by ozubahn
Yup, and it is quite a nice beach too. It is famous for its clams (which are sort of similar to PowerBooks), and as a resting ground for migrating monarch butterflies (which are also sort of similar to PowerBooks). The Pismo code name may derive from the Russian, but I think Pismo Beach is a more likely candidate.

i believe that the Pismo was originally named after Pismo Beach...everyone should go there one day it's pretty nice.