>I have a good friend who received a PB 3400 as part of a school program.
>They're now upgrading to Dells (ick) and he asked me if I wanted the 3400
>since the school is letting them keep them.
>
>Having never used one I'm wondering how they compare to the 2400's and
>1400's.
>Anyone own a 3400 that can share their experience?
The 3400 is the Powerbook most closely related to the 2400. In fact the
2400 Hardware develper's guide basically says, "See the 3400 manual".
http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/hardware/Developer_Notes/Macintosh_CPUs
-PPC_Portable/PowerBook_2400c.pdf
Enclosed is the page from the HDG showing the differences between the
3400 and 2400. It's messy, but if you read it carefully it is in three
columns: Feature, PowerBook 3400, PowerBook 2400c
Feature PowerBook 3400 PowerBook 2400c
Size 11.5 by 9.4 by 2.4 inches 10.5 by 8.4 by 1.9 inches
Weight 6.7 pounds including battery 4.4 pounds including battery
CPU clock speed 180, 200, or 240 MHz 180 MHz
RAM expansion RAM expansion card; 144 MB maximum RAM SO DIMM; 48 MB
maximum RAM
Display 12.1-inch TFT, color, SVGA 10.4-inch TFT, color, SVGA
Battery type lithium ion or nickel metal hydride battery 6-cell lithium
ion battery
PC Card eject Nitinol wire actuated Motor driven
Keyboard size Keys on 19-mm pitch Keys on 16.5-mm pitch
Keyboard layout US and ISO standard versions Versions for the US and Japan
Hard disk size 1.3, 2.0, or 3.0 GB 1.3 GB
Internal I/O expansion Expansion bay for internal FDD, CD-ROM, or hard
disk drive; internal PCI slot No expansion bay or PCI slot; ports for
external floppy disk drive and external SCSI devices
Floppy disk drive Expansion bay accepts an internal
floppy disk drive
Port for connecting an external
floppy disk drive
IR interface Dual lens system Single lens system
Microphone jack Accepts Apple PlainTalk microphone Accepts only Omni
microphone
Speakers Two speakers in bezel and two speakers behind display One
speaker, in bezel
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