Supports resolution scaling for 800 x 600 and 640 x 480. Video out: mini-DVI (supports DVI and VGA with adapters).RAM: 512 MB, expandable to 1.25 using PC2700 DDR SDRAM memory (256 MB onboard plus one expansion slot).ROM: 4 MB, NewWorld ROM in RAM architecture.
requires Mac OS X 10.3 Panther through 10.5 Leopard.Combo model discontinued, SuperDrive model reduced to US$1,499 on 2005.10.19. Our Leopard Group is for those using Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6.Our Tiger Group is for those using Mac OS X 10.4.Our Panther Group is for those using Mac OS X 10.3.Our Mac OS 9 Group is for those using Mac OS 9, either natively or in Classic Mode.Got a PowerBook G4? Join the Titanium G4 email list.Got a G4 PowerBook or iBook? Join our G4 ‘Books Group or PowerBooks and iBooks Forum.It had the lowest total volume of any Mac ‘Book until the MacBook Air was introduced in 2008. The 12″ PowerBook G4 had the third-smallest footprint of any Apple notebook to date at 93.74 square inches, beat out by the PowerBook 2400c (89.25 square inches) and barely edged out by the PowerBook 100 (93.50 square inches). Scrolling with the trackpad requires the use of two fingers, and motion sensing is meant to protect the hard drive if the PowerBook is dropped. All this at $100 less than the retail price of the previous model.īluetooth 2.0 (up to 3x faster than the old standard) and 802.11g AirPort Extreme are now standard features on all PowerBooks, and the 2005 models add two new technologies: a scrolling trackpad and motion sensing.
Standard memory has been raised to 512 MB, graphics now uses the Nvidia GeForce FX Go5200 processor, and the SuperDrive can burn DVDs at up to 8x. After nine months at 1.33 GHz, Apple bumped the little AlBook from 1.33 GHz to 1.5 GHz, a 13% increase.