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 ...

We continue to receive complaints from readers that various PowerBook G4 models get too hot on the underside, and as a result, generate too much fan activity. We previously reported using a cooling ...

Apple's most portable PowerBook has the same size and resolution display as the 12-inch iBook G4, but it's lighter, and it features better components: a 1.5GHz PowerPC G4 processor; an 80GB, 5,400rpm ...

The most hyped new product of the year is Apple’s PowerBook G4, a thin-and-wide laptop sheathed in a silver titanium case. Titanium, a strong, light metal used for jet engines and jewelry, enabled ...

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 big on ...

Apple’s Year of the Notebook started quite impressively, with the release of the 12-inch PowerBook, a compact laptop that combined extreme portability with the performance of the G4 processor.

If you are like me and enjoy a good clean fight, check out these benchmarks at Geek Patrol using their own pre-production software: Geekbench, a multi-platform benchmarking utility. These numbers ...

It’s a nagging question for which there is seemingly no correct answer, akin to the “paper or plastic” query at the grocery store: PowerBook or iBook? Aluminum or polycarbonate? Twelve-inch or 14-inch ...

I have a confession to make. I’ve been involved with computers for a couple of decades now, and for all that time was firmly in the "PC" camp. It’s not that I didn’t like Macs — just that they really ...