In a moment of somewhat unexpected nostalgia at its most recent media event, Apple pointed out that it was the 25th anniversary of the PowerBook. (It’s good to know that, 27 years later ...

To determine whether you are a PowerBook fanatic, take the Gore test: If a genie were to grant you three wishes, what would they be? If your first wish would be for a no-compromise Mac portable ...

Nobody is really sure how he did it, as presumably the aliens' computer infrastructure was far different from the Mac OS 7.5.2 operating system of his lowly PowerBook, but at the time we didn't ...

The PowerBook G4 was the last notebook by Apple before the introduction of the MacBook and the transition from PowerPC chips to Intel ones. This computer was sold by Apple between 2001 and 2006.

It seems that new iPods come out every six to nine months while the venerable PowerBook lineup hasn't been refreshed since January and its form factor hasn't changed since 2003. It almost seems ...

Problems installing -- make sure you are using the right adapter Yesterday we reported problems installing the PowerBook G4 Battery Update 1.0 (for 15" Aluminum models) where the updater reports ...

We continue to report on Apple's massive recall of portable batteries manufactured by Sony, and the confusion caused by initially vague serial number ranges. UPDATE: Replacement may take a month ...

detailed how he managed to run generative AI on an old PowerBook G4. While hardware requirements for large language models (LLMs) are typically high, this particular PowerBook G4 model from 2005 ...

The PowerBook 100 was one of the earliest Apple laptops released, coming not long after the breakout Macintosh Portable. Unlike modern hardware, it relied on sealed lead acid batteries.

I have an old PowerBook g4 that I’ve recently been using to pull videos off a FireWire camcorder, which works okay, but basically nothing internet related works on it anymore since the world has ...