[X4U] Re: DVDs on legacy PowerBooks?

[Eugene]

On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 12:50:52PM -0500, Michael J. Prevost wrote:
: 
: >Anyone know what's the oldest (legacy) PowerBook that can play a DVD?
: >I'd like to get an older inexpensive PowerBook just for word
: >processing. But I'd be willing to pay a bit more than I had anticipated
: >if it can play DVDs (I've got two kids and we like to take long road
: >trips). I've been looking at portable DVD players but if I can kill two
: >birds with one stone...
: 
: I believe it was the G3 based Wallstreet PB's that first had DVD-ROM 
: capability, but you also needed a PCMCIA card that was used for the 
: MPEG decoding.
: 
: If memory serves....

However, since this is an OS X list, we're talking about PowerBooks that
can play DVDs in OS X.  That means Pismo and newer.  No Wallstreet, no
PDQ, no Lombard.


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Eugene Lee
http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/