re mac portable vs powerbook answers regarding the post for information about the mac portable and the powerbook here are a couple of the answers does the mac portable support appletalk yes what cpu is in the mac portable a low power version of the running at mhz does the mac portable run system yes although it does use up a lot of memory is memory still availabe for the portable there are several vendors that still make ram for the portable there are two options some vendors sell memory that plugs into the ram slot inside the portable others sell memory that plugs into the processor direct slot either way the most memory you can address is either or megabytes depending on whether the portable is backlit or not king memory and peripherials in irvine california is the cheapest place i know of for portable memory mb mb and mb i still see several ads in macuser that are selling mb modules for wide variety in pricing here what is the internal hd its a conner cp mb hd with an average access time of about ms is the screen better that the pb heavens yes the pb is a backlit passive matrix screen which means it fades out on you if you move your head a few degrees left or right the portable has a backlit or non backlit active matrix screen which i think is a joy to read other things to consider where to get the portable and how much to pay for it a good supplier has been selectterm in mass they were willing to sell a mb non backlit portable with an internal bps modem for about or a mb backlit portable with an internal bps modem for about the answer is call around for a good while or you ll pay too much i m still looking for an internal fax modem for the portable anybody got one they want to sell good luck gene wright gene theporch raider net gene wright theporch raider net the macinteresteds of nashville
