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==PowerBook G3 FireWire (Pismo)==
The fourth generation of PowerBook G3 (Pismo), was introduced in February 2000. It was code named "Pismo" after the City of [[Pismo Beach, California]]. For this generation Apple dropped "G3" from the name.

The original Pismo was rumored to be a latchless design, akin to the [[iBook]], which is similar in specification. Apple settled on fitting the Pismo board into the form factor of the previous Lombard G3 PowerBook, but with many improvements. The Pismo was available at CPU speeds of 400&nbsp;MHz or 500&nbsp;MHz, with a [[front side bus]] speed of 100&nbsp;MHz (one-third swifter than the Lombard's front side bus); it also implemented a unified motherboard architecture, and replaced [[SCSI]] with the newer [[FireWire]] interface (IEEE-1394). The [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]] graphics used on the Lombard were updated to an [[Accelerated Graphics Port|AGP]]-connected ATi Rage Mobility 128, though the video memory was kept at 8&nbsp;MB, and could not be upgraded, and the screen's resolution was the same as well. A 6× DVD-ROM drive became standard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lowendmac.com/2000/pismo-powerbook-2000-firewire/ |title=Pismo PowerBook |work=Low End Mac|date=February 9, 2000 }}</ref> It was also the first PowerBook with [[AirPort|AirPort networking]] as an official option (although it could be added to the earlier models via various third-party [[PC card#CardBus|CardBus]] cards). The Pismo can be upgraded with additional RAM (officially 512&nbsp;MB with then-available RAM, but it accepts 1 [[gigabyte]]) and a larger hard drive (up to 128&nbsp;GB). Brighter screens and replacement batteries were also available.

The left expansion bay, like the Lombard, could take only a battery, but the right bay was able to accommodate a tray-loading or slot-loading [[Combo Drive]] or [[SuperDrive]], a [[Zip drive|Zip]] 100 drive, a Zip 250 drive, an LS-120 [[SuperDisk]] drive, a VST [[floppy disk]] drive, a second hard drive (with adapter, which was tough to find), or a second battery. Lombard and Pismo accept the same expansion bay devices.

Versions of Mac OS from 9.0.2 through 10.4.11 are officially supported. For some time, G3 (750FX) CPU upgrades at speeds of up to 900&nbsp;MHz and G4 (7410LE) upgrades up to 550&nbsp;MHz were available. These upgrades are now out of production and must be purchased secondhand.

The Pismo PowerBook was the last of the G3 line. It was succeeded by the [[PowerBook G4]] Titanium models.