On October 21, 1991, Apple launched the PowerBook and every other laptop and notebook computer from that day forward to today's MacBook Pro was changed because of it. Steve Jobs was not responsible, ...

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] ...

Yesterday, Apple released a refreshed line of their Titanium PowerBook G4 and popular consumer portable, the iBook. The portables received a speed boost, increased storage capacity, more RAM and a ...

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.

When I entered the Lab that fateful day last week to retrieve the PowerBook G4, I didn’t realize we were culturing viruses as well as testing Macs. But once the proper gestation period had passed, the ...

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 projects ...

Latch fails PowerBook G4 17" owners are reporting that the latch - which binds the screen to the lower portion of the laptop when closed - stops functioning after only a few months of usage. There are ...

OK, PowerBook fans, here’s a puzzler for you. I recently had a chance to evaluate two Apple Computer Inc. 17-in. PowerBooks. One came from the factory with a 5,400-rpm hard drive and 128MB of video ...

Apple's virtual "Unleashed" event coincides with two major Apple product anniversaries this week, including the 20th anniversary of the original iPod being announced and the 30th anniversary of the ...

They had been rumored since January, were finally announced in September and are now slowly making their way into the hands of buyers. (Isn’t this often the case for Apple Computer Inc.’s most ...

Yesterday we noted that we've been receiving sporadic reports of "screen spot" issues with computers other than the new 15" PowerBook G4, citing the new G4 iBook 14". We've received a number of other ...