The PowerBook 1400/117 was the low-end of the 1400 line which
included 133MHz and 166MHz models as well. Unlike its more
powerful siblings the 1400/117 was hobbled by the lack of
a level two cache. The 11.3" inch screen was available
as either dual-scan or active matrix. The resolution was bumped
up from the 640x480 of older PowerBooks to 800x600. Many faulted
the video as being too slow, and that with 1MB VRAM, video
was limited to 16 bit.
All of the 1400's offered the cool option of adding a custom
back and companies like BookWares.com
were quick to supply them.
Level 2 cache can be added to this machine which will help
on the performance front. But there is no internal modem or
on-board Ethernet, so networking the 1400 requires you to
use add on PC Cards
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Although the 1400s were lackluster machines, they were the
first competent PowerBooks to come from Apple after the fallow
period that followed the disastrous 5300s
The 1400/117 came with either 12 or 16MB of RAM, 8MB of which
was soldered to the motherboard. Hard drive size was either
750MB or 1GB. There is one expansion bay for a CD-ROM drive,
second battery or another drive (removable or standard).
Below you will find the MacBench 4.0 results for the current
processor upgrades available for this machine. Results marked
in blue indicate that benchmark results were done by us. All
other processor card results were provided by the upgrade
manufacturer. The bar graphs below express results as a percentage
of improvement over the base machine, which receives a score
of 100%. Further down the page you will find a table with
the actual MacBench score
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