Friday afternoon we got our first look at a new 800 MHz PowerBook G4 and spoke briefly with the machine's happy owner. According to the owner, AirPort performance is much better. Although speculation ...

If you already use an aluminum PowerBook—any 12- or 17-inch model, or a 15-inch unit that’s less than 18 months old—you’re probably not going to get very excited about the latest updates to Apple’s ...

Many Mac users would like the PowerBook G4 to be a portable version of a desktop Power Mac, but buying a PowerBook has always meant trading some performance (and adding cost) for portability. But that ...

July 18, 1994: Apple ships its PowerBook 150 laptop, the company’s first truly affordable PowerBook — and the last to feature the original case design, which included a built-in trackball mouse. While ...

Michael Allured notes that the second Titanium PowerBook he received came with a newer version of the Software Install CD. The first PowerBook had CD version 1.1, whereas the second came with version ...

Back in February, soon after Apple Computer Inc. released its first-generation 12-in. PowerBook, I bought one. It tended to run hot but otherwise had none of the first-run issues other owners reported ...

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 ...