<s>
The	O
PowerBook	B-Device
3400c	I-Device
is	O
a	O
laptop	B-Device
computer	I-Device
in	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
line	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
from	O
February	O
to	O
November	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
briefly	O
the	O
fastest	O
laptop	B-Device
in	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
the	O
PowerPC	O
603e	O
processor	O
running	O
at	O
speeds	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
240MHz	O
,	O
this	O
PowerBook	B-Device
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
feature	O
a	O
PCI	B-Protocol
architecture	O
,	O
EDO	O
memory	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
64-bit	O
wide	O
,	O
40MHz	O
internal	B-General_Concept
bus	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
PowerBook	B-Device
to	O
feature	O
a	O
PC	B-Architecture
card	I-Architecture
slot	O
capable	O
of	O
being	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
zoomed	B-Architecture
video	I-Architecture
port	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
all	O
Apple	O
laptops	B-Device
since	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
500	I-Device
series	I-Device
,	O
it	O
featured	O
a	O
built-in	O
trackpad	B-Device
as	O
the	O
pointing	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PowerBook	B-Device
3400c	I-Device
series	O
was	O
issued	O
in	O
three	O
different	O
models	O
,	O
distinguished	O
primarily	O
by	O
their	O
processor	O
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3400c/180	O
model	O
was	O
usually	O
sold	O
with	O
only	O
a	O
built-in	O
modem	O
and	O
a	O
floppy	O
drive	O
;	O
all	O
3400c/200	O
and	O
3400c/240	O
machines	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
built-in	O
modem/Ethernet	O
combination	O
port	O
and	O
hot-swappable	B-Device
1.4	O
MB	O
floppy	O
disk	O
and	O
CD	B-Device
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
3400c	I-Device
series	O
,	O
the	O
names	O
of	O
PowerBooks	B-Device
reflected	O
(	O
among	O
other	O
things	O
)	O
the	O
type	O
of	O
screen	O
they	O
had	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
1400cs	O
had	O
a	O
passive	B-Device
matrix	I-Device
screen	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
1400c	O
an	O
active	B-General_Concept
matrix	I-General_Concept
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
all	O
PowerBook	B-Device
3400c	I-Device
computers	O
came	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
16-bit	O
color	O
,	O
active	B-General_Concept
matrix	I-General_Concept
screen	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
c	O
"	O
designation	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
3400c	I-Device
name	O
was	O
somewhat	O
superfluous	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
often	O
dropped	O
,	O
even	O
by	O
Apple	O
itself	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
in	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
manual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
internal	O
code	O
name	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
3400c	I-Device
during	O
development	O
was	O
"	O
Hooper	O
"	O
,	O
named	O
so	O
after	O
the	O
dog	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
design	O
engineers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
terms	O
of	O
industrial	O
design	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
3400c	I-Device
owed	O
much	O
to	O
the	O
earlier	O
PowerBook	B-Device
5300	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
some	O
key	O
changes	O
made	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
larger	O
LCD	B-Device
screen	I-Device
;	O
a	O
wider	O
removable	O
drive	B-Device
bay	I-Device
allowing	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
CD	B-Device
readers	O
;	O
and	O
a	O
curved	O
display	O
housing	O
that	O
allowed	O
for	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
a	O
second	O
set	O
of	O
loudspeakers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	B-Device
generation	I-Device
of	I-Device
G3	I-Device
PowerBooks	I-Device
retained	O
the	O
same	O
external	O
appearance	O
as	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
3400c	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
PowerBook	B-Device
5300	I-Device
series	O
,	O
the	O
3400s	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
pair	O
of	O
PC	B-Architecture
card	I-Architecture
slots	O
,	O
but	O
whereas	O
those	O
on	O
the	O
5300s	O
were	O
strictly	O
16-bit	O
device	O
compatible	O
,	O
those	O
on	O
the	O
3400s	O
were	O
,	O
at	O
least	O
in	O
theory	O
,	O
compatible	O
with	O
32-bit	O
CardBus	O
cards	O
being	O
based	O
around	O
the	O
32-bit	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
PCI1130	O
PC	B-Architecture
card	I-Architecture
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
reality	O
,	O
the	O
PC	B-Architecture
card	I-Architecture
slots	O
were	O
designed	O
to	O
physically	O
accept	O
only	O
16-bit	O
cards	O
,	O
though	O
many	O
users	O
have	O
managed	O
to	O
get	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
CardBus	O
cards	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
CardBus	O
cards	O
allows	O
3400	O
Series	O
PowerBooks	B-Device
to	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
USB	O
devices	O
like	O
printers	O
and	O
FireWire	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
iPods	B-Device
.	O
</s>
