Regarding the continuing saga of Mac OS X problems with "Lombard" PowerBook G3 models (see item from last time), Sean Peisert writes: "I had the problem and did everything I possibly could to try ...

The CPU inside these laptops — save for the high-end Japan-only Powerbook 550c — was the 68LC040. The ‘ LC ‘ designation inside the part name says this CPU doesn’t have a floating point ...

The CPU inside these laptops — save for the high-end Japan-only Powerbook 550c — was the 68LC040. The ‘ LC ‘ designation inside the part name says this CPU doesn’t have a floating point ...

The Japanese may love to consume as much as Americans, but they're not as keen on disposing obsolete models. They love their Macs, and some people just keep upgrading old ones. Really old ones.

The new upgrades replace the PowerBook’s existing CPU with a faster Freescale-manufactured PowerPC 7447a or 7447b CPU, with a clock speed of 1.92GHz or 2.0GHz depending on the speed of the ...

1999 doesn't seem all that long ago, but it was -- it really was. Here we see a PowerBook 550c (1995/1996) getting frisky with an NTT Personal PALDiO (1999) Japanese flip phone in its PCMCIA slot.