While all the second-hand “TiBooks” I see on eBay look like they’ve been through a war-since their silver color was just easily-chipped paint-the aluminum just wears its scars with pride. Breaks your heart, doesn’t it? We don’t mind too much if a machine gets a bit knocked up after it’s lived with us for a few years, but for those first few weeks most of us cosset and coo over it like it’s a newborn baby, and are just about as upset if any harm befalls it.Īnd actually, this new material, aluminum, was much more resilient than the titanium shell of the previous PowerBook G4.
MACBOOK G4 12 INCH MAC OS X
It has an 867 MHz CPU, requires Mac OS X 10.2.4 or later, and includes 256 MB of RAM (128 MB on the logic board, and expandable to 640 MB according to Apple - or 1.125 GB based on field reports) and a 40 GB hard drive. I know you’ll join me in an empathetic gasp of horror when I tell you that just a few days later he pulled it from his bag only to discover that the big three-pronged UK plug had gouged a big thick track in the pristine lid. The first 12' PowerBook G4 was introduced in January 2003 at US1,799 with a Combo drive (a SuperDrive was available at extra cost). If I remember correctly, on the first day they were in the shops, he went down, slapped his credit card on the counter, and walked out with possibly the most desirable Mac that Apple had ever made-I was so jealous that he could do that. What are the differences between the 12-Inch, '1.65/1.5' or 'Sudden Motion Sensor/Bluetooth 2.0+EDR' 15-Inch, and 17-Inch PowerBook G4 models introduced on JanuWhat are the differences between the 12-Inch PowerBook G4 models To purchase or upgrade a PowerPC Mac - as well as newer Macs - see site sponsor Operator Headgap Systems. PowerBook G4 12' at Apple (archived ) Introduction to 12-inch PowerBook G4 Developer Note.
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The PowerBook G4 also had built-in wireless (Bluetooth and optional AirPort Extreme), as well as a full set of ports, including USB, FireWire 400, Ethernet, modem and a Type I PC Card slot. I had just started working at MacUser magazine in London when they finally shipped, much later in 2003, and my colleague and friend Kenny Hemphill succumbed. The 12-inch PowerBook G4 was introduced by Apple Computer in January 2003 alongside the 17-inch version. It looked stunning, and was just so tremendously powerful.