- PowerPC G4 processor, add a wide-screen display, and enclose it all in a lightweight titanium case
- Creative design, education, or business, the PowerBook G4 is ready to provide it wherever you go.
- Making a notebook computer the slimmest and lightest in its category shouldn't have to mean making compromises in performance and functionality
- PowerPC G4 can perform four 32-bit floating-point calculations in a single cycle - two to four times faster
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In the world of highly portable, business-oriented notebooks, Apple's PowerBook notebook is a true standout. Included in its 5.3-pound, 1-inch-high case is a PowerPC G4 chip clocked at 550 MHz, 256 MB of RAM (expandable to 1,024 MB), and a 20 GB hard disk. This notebook also boasts a 6x DVD-ROM drive, a 56K modem, a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet NIC, and a 15.2-inch, active-matrix LCD with 1,152 x 768 resolution. The system comes with both the classic Mac OS 9 and the slick new Mac OS X operating systems installed.
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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Oh my god! I almost bought the iBook!,
This review is from: Apple PowerBook Laptop M8362LL/A (550-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)
What a mistake that would have been! First off this computer is absolutly beautiful and completely functional in its design. I don't feel confined to a desk in the least. My PowerBook fits comfortly in my lap, the keyboard is large and the keys have a solid springy resistantance. The display is amazing! It doesn't look like anything else I have seen out there. Widesceen, clear, sharp and easy on the eyes. I don't feel any eyestrain in the least. OS X (10) is so fluid, beautiful, sparklely and truely easy to use. iTunes and iMovie 2 do not disappoint. Voice control that will make you want to name your computer Hal. The new lower price and the free double RAM really makes this hard to pass up. Did I mention the DVD player? Apple has out done themselves with this machine. I cannot recomend this notebook highly enough.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Thing Since the Internet.,
By handofdoom "handofdoom" (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Apple PowerBook Laptop M8362LL/A (550-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)
I've had my Powerbook since mid March. It wasn't a few days ago that I realized that I made the switch from a PC user to Apple user when booted up my PC for the first time in a couple of weeks for the purpose of moving all my personal files from big clunky PC to the Powerbook.I'm not even going to get into how cool this thing looks, you can see in the picture that this an extremely handsome piece of hardware ... I'll delve right into the reason why you'd should buy this thing. Lets face it, these things cost an awful lot of money and it would be quite foolish to buy this thing on its good looks alone. As a lot of you know, Apple has completely redone the operating system that they ship with this thing (OS X). To cut to the point, its a flavor of the BSD operating system with a Mac GUI called Aqua running on top of it. What does that mean you ask? Its running on a flavor of the UNIX operating system which will rarely crash, if ever. So if you're into tinkering around with GNU/Linux or the like, you'll love this thing. If you always hear about all the cool things that computer hacker types can do with computers but have no idea in where to start with these things you'll love this thing too. Apple has a GUI called that runs on top of it that has all the cool stuff that can take hours setting up yourself as simple as (literally) clicking on a button that says start. For instance, if you have a connection to the internet (dialup, cable modem, dsl, etc.) you can set this laptop up to be a full fledged Unix server that can host your web pages and that you can telnet into in a matter of seconds (go into System Preferences and click start). So you won't have to spend hours trying to set this up if its not your thing. If it is your thing, you can still get into the guts of the computer and do it at the command prompt as you would in Linux. The one thing that I was very weary about in buying this thing was can you find software for this thing and will the stuff I use on Windows work on this. To quickly answer it, yes Microsoft Office, Photoshop files, mp3s, etc. all work perfectly fine once you transfer them over. If your into that sort of thing, there's just as many Peer to Peer sharing programs for Apple as there are for Windows, the Mac ones might even be better. As for the downsides of this thing ... there are a few but none that should stop anyone from thinking of checking out the Powerbook from not buying it. The battery life is not as good as advertised - if you plan on using this for extended amounts of time before recharging it (over three hours) you should strongly consider getting the extra battery. Also rumor has it that since its so thin that the dust and grease from your fingers that get on the keys can damage the LCD when its closed (that hasn't happened to me but I believe it ... putting a piece of paper between the keyboard on LCD when you store it solves this problem). Software wise my only complaint is dialup connections are painfully slow. A 52K connection seems like it may as well be a 14.4 connection. If you have any type of a high speed internet access this will not effect you one bit. That's my take on this machine. I think its the greatest thing in computing since the Internet explosion and I just wanted to put in my two cents on it. Dan
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Deal for an Excellent Computer,
By Javier (Celaya, Mexico) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Apple PowerBook Laptop M8362LL/A (550-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)
Apple has updated its already sucessful potable line. This is the new revision for the Powerbook G4, or TiBook as the mac fans call it. Let's see what this baby got for us:A very speed 550 mhz G4 processor, which let's you take advantage of MacOs X ( already preinstalled) the best Operative System in the world. Also, if you use graphic or video editing software like adobe Photoshop or Final Cut, this computer will allow you to work on the road as good and fast as you would work on a regular desktop. 128 Mb SRAM. To be perfectly honest it would be better if it would have been 256 mb of RAM on this model. The Radeon Mobility chip its a nice upgrade on this model, with 16mb video memory allows gamers to experience great and fluid graphics on 3D and also helps when watching DVD, which by the way is AMAZING in this computer because of the 15.2 inch Display. In conclusion, this machine is as stunning in performance as it is in looks and now it has a FANTASTIC price which has made it more atractive than ever. This is a laptop for connoisseurs, dont worry if you are not you can always get a Dell or some other toy like that.
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