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 ...

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

A software developer has proven it is possible to run a modern LLM on old hardware like a 2005 PowerBook G4, albeit nowhere near the speeds expected by consumers. Most artificial intelligence ...

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 ...

12-inch PowerBook G4 If my first encounter with Apple’s current generation of hardware had been with the 12-inch PowerBook G4 notebook, I would not have switched client platforms. The 12-inch ...

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.