The PowerBook G4’s look and weight is identical to its predecessors, but once it’s powered up, you can see the first of Apple’s improvements.

The PowerBook 170 was also 6.8 pounds, which was seen as impressive at the time. The 16-inch MacBook Pro today is 4.8 pounds. The 14-inch MacBook Pro is 3.5 pounds.

Apple Computer kicked the speeds of its Powerbook portable computers up another notch this week. Not only will new models be faster, but they'll also be able to act more like a replacement for a ...

COMMENTARY--When I read about Apple's new PowerBook G4 (PBG4), I was initially nonplussed. It seemed to be a straightforward and unexcitingevolution of its predecessor.

In August of 1995, Apple launched a computer that would change the fate of the world: the PowerBook 5300. This 5.9lb fusion of black polycarbonate and capacitors had a modest debut, but little did ...

With an external keyboard and mouse you can use your Powerbook with the display closed and an external monitor as if it were a desktop computer. Here's how: Make sure the computer is plugged in to ...

15-inch PowerBook G4, Battery models A1078 and A1148. 3K425 - 3K601; 6N530 - 6N551 ending with THTA, THTB, or THTC; 6N601 ending with THTC; MacFixIt reader Edmund Pirali writes: ...

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. [360alaska]… ...

The PowerBook G4 performs as you’d expect a G4 Mac to perform: it’s fast when using applications that take advantage of AltiVec, the G4’s Velocity Engine subprocessor, ...