Specifications of the P1 or iBook
taken from O'Grady's Powerpage

Feature

P1

Processor

Motorola/Thompson PowerPC G3 or G4
Copper G4s depend on Motorola's ability to ship the processors in quantity

Bus Speed

Bus speed will be less than 100 MHz

Bus Multiplier

TBD

Clock Speed

300 MHz G3s expected, G4s TBD

Architecture

PCI I/O bus

Backside Cache

1 - 2 MB

Cache Bus Speed

TBD, 2:1 - 125 MHz cache bus

Base RAM

32 MB SDRAM standard

Max. RAM

320 MB SDRAM maximum initially via 1 memory slot. Up to 512 MB or more when larger SO-DIMMs are shipping

Hard Drive

4 GB ATA-3 IDE

MOSR: this could be replaced by a 200Mbps Firewire drive on a separate bus from the external one. Because ATA-3 is only 132Mbps, this would offer superior performance for fast drives. An IDE drive is more likely, however -- despite the fact that Firewire controllers are less expensive for Apple, the drive costs would be prohibitive at this price point.

Networking

Standard 10/100baseT Ethernet on-board

Wireless CDPD networking standard (optional version without).

MOSR: range may be wide enough for so-called "Data PCS" services, with average range of 25 miles per transmitter tower. Transmission speed is variable depending on range and signal quality, but speeds of 10Mbps or more are possible at close ranges

Modem

TBD - V.90-compatible 56 Kbps or faster minimum. ISDN/ADSL/cable(?) all possible

Manufacturer and bundled software TBD

PC Card slots

Supports 2 Type II or 1 Type III CardBus 32-bit PC cards

Display

11-12" TFT active matrix (Sharp and Toshiba OEM)

Video RAM

2 MB SGRAM

Video Subsystem

ATI chipset TBD

Display Resolution

1024 x 768 pixels possible, but 832x624 is more likely with the 11" screen
24-bit color

Video Out

No dedicated video-out port. Software should be available to do video-out over P1's Firewire port. Another option is to adapt the S-video out to a standard VGA connector

Expansion Bay

unlikely

CD/DVD-ROM

24x CD-ROM/4x DVD-ROM

Audio in/out

16-bit via 1/8" mini-jack

Speakers

2 built-in

Ports

1 or 2 Universal Serial Bus (USB), 2 200 Mbps IEEE1394 (Firewire) ports, S-video in/out, Stereo audio in/out, IrDA

Battery

1 third generation Lithium Ion design

Trackpad

Standard Apple trackpad

Keyboard

Full size with inverted "T" arrow and function keys

Dimensions, Weight

Almost 1" narrower, 3/4" shorter and about 1/3 thinner than the PowerBook 2400. P1 is expected to weight less than 4 pounds with AC adapter, DVD-ROM and 1 battery

Software

TBD

Price

US$1200 (estimated)

Release date

Q2 1999 (April - June)

A summer introduction at Macworld Boston is likely