>I must very respectfully agree with Beverly. Part of the reason I never
>bought a 1400 was that there was still MAJOR compromises with the Powerbook.
>It still only had one speaker, smaller HD, slow CD-ROM, smaller screen,
>slower processor, but most important of all, the limitation of 64 megs of
>The 1400 (w/ 64 megs) can't run complex architectural CAD, and 3D
>renderings. It could barely play games that was written for the 603-604
>family. The 1400, even when new, was little more than a web browser,
>expensive word processor. The 3400 (w/144 megs) blew away the 1400 in all
>applications it ran. There was no applications the 3400 couldn't run for its
>day. I've never owned or saw a Powerbook that could perform at that level,
>until the G3's were introduced.
Yes, ditto. The 1400/G3 upgrades are great, but that 64MB RAM limit puts
a ceiling on the G3's massive potential. USB is possible too, which
extends the 1400's functionality considerably. The PCI architecture
provides a great speed boost, supports DMA (and thus larger, faster HDs)
and, importantly, SCSI Manager 4.3 for fast CD burning or data transfers.
Batteries (NiMH at any rate) are more plentiful, as are replacement
floppies (from the 5300 or 190), as are internal Zip drives. The screens
are better (think iBook 1999-2000), graphics performance superior (the
1400 was v. sluggish). Still runs Office 98/2001 well.
For a comparison between the 1400 & 3400, I may as well plug my own
product ;-) and send you to:
<http:/macpowerbook.com/pb1400v3400.html>
I'm helping someone obtain a 3400 now, and they're trying to do an
inexpensive upgrade from a 1400c/166. Mainly because so many USB
printers are available and it's a generally faster PB. In Australia, the
price diff between a 1400/166 and a 3400/180 is about $US100. (all
Australian 3400/180s came with the modem/ethernet). 200s seem to be the
most common though.
Cheers,
RD
Remy Davison
Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac <http://www.insanely-great.com>
mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
RD's PowerBook page: <http://www.macpowerbook.com>
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