Apple PowerBook Laptop M8623LL/A (667-MHz PowerPC G4, 512 MB RAM, 30 GB hard drive)

by Apple

Product Details

Product Manual [7.25mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 9.9 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005UX3J
• Item model number: M8623LL/A
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,638 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 18, 2001

Product Description

Apple Computer POWERBOOK G4-667MHZ 30GB 512MB 15.2 WIDE CDRW/DVD AIRPORT INCLUDED

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What a great computer, January 25, 2002

By 

Sandro Munoz (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Apple PowerBook Laptop M8623LL/A (667-MHz PowerPC G4, 512 MB RAM, 30 GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)

This is one heck of a computer. It's got style, power, and sex appeal. Starting with it's sleek titanium body, down to its fast processor and built-in wireless airport card, this computer doesn't disapoint. It has a gorgeous 15.2 inch wide screen that is a joy to work and play with. OS X is easily a match for anything Microsoft can put out and rivals Windows XP in ease of use. My model has a combo drive with DVD-ROM/CD-RW which is killer.

As a PC user for work and a Mac user for fun, it's taking me a bit of getting used to. OS X works differently than Windows.

The only reason I gave it four starts instead of five is because of the battery life. I can't seem to get more than about 2 hours of battery live while apple claims the battery can provide up to 5 hours. Maybe it's five hours of sitting idle, but if I'm actually working (not watching a DVD or heavily using the DVD/CD-RW) it just guzzles power. If you're going to get this computer, i totally recommend that you spend the extra money and get an airport station. You'll love taking the computer from room to room and still having internet access. In my case, I can sit in front of the fire downstairs and have my airport station upstairs. It makes the laptop truly portable.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Met all of my needs without a flaw., February 22, 2002

By 

cain (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Apple PowerBook Laptop M8623LL/A (667-MHz PowerPC G4, 512 MB RAM, 30 GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)

After owning this machine for a few months I am convinced I will never buy desktop machine again. This is the powerbook I have been waiting for. While not as powerful as some of its desktop brothers it easily breezes through most of the main apps I use (mainly DTP apps). My wife loves to edit on my machine using FCP 3 and her Canon GL1 (she also loves the dual display support which is flawless). I can't wait till all apps are OS X native. But finding unix apps ported for X has been easy, and running apps in classic has been smooth sailing so far. For most users this will be an excellent desktop computer replacement as well as a moblie computer.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Machine!, January 18, 2002

By 

ganarce "ganar" (Caracas, Venezuela) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Apple PowerBook Laptop M8623LL/A (667-MHz PowerPC G4, 512 MB RAM, 30 GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)

I've just bought one of these (the one without de CDRW) and am VERY happy with it . You just can't imagine how fast this thing is ( I have a G4 Cube 450Mhz). Great investment, great WOW factor in meetings. A little bit heavy... but that's about the only negative thing I can say about it . It also came with OS X 10.1 wich is awesome! it just doesn't crash!