12" vs. 2400c pics

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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I don't know if anyone of you've seen these, but I found them interesting.....<a href="http://home.catv.ne.jp/ff/lord/12inchvs2400c/compare.html"; target="_blank">pics</a>

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  • Reply 1 of 12
    Cute.
  • Reply 2 of 12
    Yeah Cute.

    Although the 2400c is a little on the (shall we say) big size, for its time it was truely quite a piece of equipment.



    LOL! I remember absolutly craving a PB100 back in Grade 5 (9 years ago)
  • Reply 3 of 12
    zozo Posts: 3,117member
    uuuhhhhhh.... screenshot on 2400 or major modding???



  • Reply 4 of 12
    escherescher Posts: 1,811member
    [quote]Originally posted by ZO:

    <strong>uuuhhhhhh.... screenshot on 2400 or major modding???</strong><hr></blockquote>



    ZO: It's the latter. If you have the G3/320 or G3/400 upgrade for the 2400, you can install OS X with the XPostFacto utility (or however else they spell it ). I decided that selling my 2400 to buy an iBook/500 was a safer bet.



    Regarding the 2400 to 12-inch PowerBook comparison pictures, it makes it obvious that the 12-inch is a worthy successor and has taken over the portability throne from the 2400. I'm looking forward to buying a 12-inch of my own later this year.



    Escher
  • Reply 5 of 12
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    There's also a G3/240 upgrade. I believe that's actually the most common.



    However, a friend of mine said he saw those pics at an eBay auction and he said that the auction actually made no mention of a G3 upgrade. Meaning it's possible that he actually installed OS X on the stock 603e processor. Hey, it's possible, just unbelievably slow. I ran OS X on a PowerMac 7500 with a 200 MHz 604e with no L2 cache in it once.
  • Reply 6 of 12
    overhopeoverhope Posts: 1,123member
    I'd hate to think just how slow X is on one of those...
  • Reply 7 of 12
    paispais Posts: 34member
    [quote]Originally posted by Luca Rescigno:

    <strong>Meaning it's possible that he actually installed OS X on the stock 603e processor. Hey, it's possible, just unbelievably slow. I ran OS X on a PowerMac 7500 with a 200 MHz 604e with no L2 cache in it once.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    If you look really closely at the screenshot, it looks like the 2400c says "xxx MHz PowerPC G3". According to the XPostFacto docs, you can install OS X 10.0 or 10.1 on 603s and 604s, but 10.2 limits compatibility with the older chipsets. Sounds painful.
  • Reply 8 of 12
    rodukroduk Posts: 706member
    Could <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3402158425&category=46 06" target="_blank">this</a> be it, with a 320MHz G3. It shows a similar photo, but doesn't say the machine for sale is the same machine as in the photo. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />



    [ 02-19-2003: Message edited by: RodUK ]</p>
  • Reply 9 of 12
    stoostoo Posts: 1,490member
    You can run Mac OS X versions before Jaguar on 603 and 604 PCI machines, but not 601s. It's a shame that my Performa 6400's G3 upgrade isn't usable with Mac OS X .
  • Reply 10 of 12
    stunnedstunned Posts: 1,096member
    The 12" PB looks so cute!
  • Reply 11 of 12
    [quote]Originally posted by Escher:

    <strong>

    Regarding the 2400 to 12-inch PowerBook comparison pictures, it makes it obvious that the 12-inch is a worthy successor and has taken over the portability throne from the 2400. I'm looking forward to buying a 12-inch of my own later this year.



    Escher</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I agree with Escher. I bought a PowerBook 2400c when they first shipped, and mine still sits on my desk today. I've been waiting for a worthy replacement to it for a while, and seeing those pictures really makes me tempted.



    Actually, it makes me want to put OS X on my 2400c...
  • Reply 12 of 12
    escherescher Posts: 1,811member
    [quote]Originally posted by M3D Jack:

    <strong>I bought a PowerBook 2400c when they first shipped, and mine still sits on my desk today.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    M3D Jack: You're lucky you were able to keep your 2400c. I had to sell my beloved Comet to raise funds for the iBook/500. It had the nice YuPlan green translucent keyboard, upgraded HDD, and was CardBus enabled by MCE. I used it with a Lucent WaveLAN WiFi card and FireWire and USB PC Cards. All I have left of my 2400 are <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/escher/PhotoAlbum6.html"; target="_blank">some pictures</a>. Boohoohoo.



    <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/escher/PhotoAlbum6.html"; target="_blank"></a>



    Escher



    [ 02-20-2003: Message edited by: Escher ]</p>
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