Mac PowerBook 1400 G3 Upgrade! (Patreon)

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2022-07-19 00:30:20

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2024-01

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Usually when people need a faster laptop, they just buy a new one. But in the late 90s, some Apple PowerBook owners took a different approach.

Thank you to viewer Hrushka (https://www.instagram.com/hrushcollects) for sending these upgrades to show off!

Sources:
"PowerBook 1400/117," Macworld, January 1997.
"Apple's Next-Generation Systems," Macworld, January 1998.
Nupowr G3 1400 eBay photos: https://www.ebay.com/itm/284881211952?hash=item42543e5230:g:LcsAAOSwcXthZHRF
"G3 Upgrades for PowerBooks," Macworld, March 1999.
Performa 6400 photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Performa_6400.jpg
"X Arrives," Macworld, November 2000.
"Vimage Drops Mac Upgrade Business," Macworld, November 1999.
MacsOnly's report on Interware bankruptcy: https://web.archive.org/web/20010624110958/http://macsonly.com/arch1200.html
Blog with some history on Interware/Vimage and ultimate bankruptcy: https://web.archive.org/web/20080322031236/http://www.zone6400.com/VIMAGE.html
"What's Hot," Macworld, May 2001.
"Newer Technology rises from the ashes," MacCentral: https://web.archive.org/web/20020803065308/https://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0205/14.newer.php "Interex enters bankruptcy," Wichita Business Journal: https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2000/01/31/story2.html
"OWC acquires CPU upgrade maker PowerLogix's assets," Macworld: https://www.macworld.com/article/179112/powerlogix-28.html

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Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).

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Mac PowerBook 1400 G3 Upgrade!

Usually when people need a faster laptop, they just buy a new one. But in the late 90s, some Apple PowerBook owners took a different approach. Thank you to viewer Hrushka (https://www.instagram.com/hrushcollects) for sending these upgrades to show off! Sources: "PowerBook 1400/117," Macworld, January 1997. "Apple's Next-Generation Systems," Macworld, January 1998. Nupowr G3 1400 eBay photos: https://www.ebay.com/itm/284881211952?hash=item42543e5230:g:LcsAAOSwcXthZHRF "G3 Upgrades for PowerBooks," Macworld, March 1999. Performa 6400 photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Performa_6400.jpg "X Arrives," Macworld, November 2000. "Vimage Drops Mac Upgrade Business," Macworld, November 1999. MacsOnly's report on Interware bankruptcy: https://web.archive.org/web/20010624110958/http://macsonly.com/arch1200.html Blog with some history on Interware/Vimage and ultimate bankruptcy: https://web.archive.org/web/20080322031236/http://www.zone6400.com/VIMAGE.html "What's Hot," Macworld, May 2001. "Newer Technology rises from the ashes," MacCentral: https://web.archive.org/web/20020803065308/https://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0205/14.newer.php "Interex enters bankruptcy," Wichita Business Journal: https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2000/01/31/story2.html "OWC acquires CPU upgrade maker PowerLogix's assets," Macworld: https://www.macworld.com/article/179112/powerlogix-28.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! @thisdoesnotcomp ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com). Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).