The material is rigid, too - pressing the back of this PowerBook’s flat-panel display while the PowerBook was open made no visible marks on the display itself, whereas it’s quite easy to make waves by touching the back of the Titanium model’s screen. The result is a laptop that feels quite rugged its case, although it’s far from impervious from scuffs, is certainly more resistant to scratches than the Titanium PowerBook’s coating of metallic paint. This silver PowerBook G4 is sturdily constructed - not out of titanium but out of anodized aluminum. At the high end of the line, the popular, very powerful Titanium PowerBook G4 has been the only option for anyone who needs a G4 processor in a computer that weighs less than 21 pounds - but it can be awkward to carry.Įffectively bridging the gap between the PowerBook and iBook lines, the new 12-inch PowerBook G4 - the first Mac to boot only into OS X - is a remarkably diminutive laptop that packs more of a punch than the iBook but not quite as much power as the Titanium. There’s the light and small iBook, which, with its G3 processor, doesn’t come close to the G4 might of its professional-level kin - though it is the lowest-priced Mac laptop.
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Mac users who need a powerful portable computer haven’t exactly had a lot of choices lately.