Apple Powerbook Laptop M8591LL/A (667-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB hard drive)

by Apple

Product Details

Product Manual [4.19mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 13.4 x 1 inches ; 5.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000067DN8
• Item model number: M8591LL/A
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 3, 2002

Product Description

Apple Computer POWERBOOK G4-667 MHZ 30GB 256MB 15.2 WIDE CDRW/DVD GB ENET FIREWIRE

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New Powerbook Ti 667 DVI is Desktop Replacement, May 20, 2002

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Pete Knudsen (Santa Ana, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Apple Powerbook Laptop M8591LL/A (667-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)

This Powerbook is my 7th Apple Laptop. My wife and I currently own three. I needed to replace my Powerbook G3 FireWire (Pismo) but didn't like all the specs on the Ti G4, which was first introduced in January of 2001. This generation added everything I had complained about. 1. Mic in port. 2. Higher Res Screen. 3. More VRAM (32mb from 16mb). and 4. the ability to drive an external monitor from a digital output. This machine is fast and an absolute pleasure to use.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great desktop replacement, August 1, 2002

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G. Ware (Colorado USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apple Powerbook Laptop M8591LL/A (667-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)

I just picked up my first Apple computer after 20 years of working on PC's. I decided on the Powerbook after studying notebooks based on Windows as well as OS X. I kept coming back to the Apple's due to the quality and features.

After my first day on my Powerbook I'm not disapointed. The screen is beautiful and the quality of the notebook is top notch. Compared to the quality of PC notebooks the Apple's stand above the rest. I'm still getting use to where everything is located but over time I'm sure it will be as comfortable as working on my Windows machine.

I also purchased the Airport wireless so I could surf the internet from anywhere in the house. If you are setting up the Airport via dialup or broadband the setup is straight forward. If you are trying to setup on your home network it is not quite so easy. I had to make 2 calls to Apple support to finally get it connected to the ethernet lan. Now that it is up and running I love it.

All in all I give high praise to Apple for the job they did on the Powerbook and OS X. The only negatives so far are the battery time and heat output . The battery seems to drain faily quickly when you have the airport card and a cd running. The laptop does generate a good bit of heat. Not sure if its the case material that is transfering the heat more than a typical laptop but after a medium amount of use the laptop gets pretty warm.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the cleanest laptop, August 13, 2002

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allyne (bay area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Apple Powerbook Laptop M8591LL/A (667-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)

This is an awesome laptop. My company bought me the powerbook and my coworker a HP P4 1.6 ghz- both with 512 mbs of memomry. He prefers the HP only because the applications that he uses (mis guy)is more available on windows (plus he's always been a pc guy). I've also have always been a PC user (and still am). I've compared using photoshop, quark, flash, microsoft office on both systems. Even when rasterizing eps files, i didn't really notice the speed difference. Both systems had plenty of memory and I haven't had any problems with it freezing up. The screen on the apple is so much nicer (and wider) than the HP. It is also so much easier and more reliable to burn cd's (both music and data) on the apple than the hp. Both systems hooked up to the network pretty easy- however the apple had a built in wireless (airport) while the hp needed a seperate card. The apple is also alot lighter and slimmer than the hp and you can tell the design is so much better. the apple is made of titanium and carbon fibre i believe and everything is designed so clean. Another nice thing about the apple over the hp was that all the included software was usefull and good (itunes, imovies, etc) while the hp was loaded with alot annoying junk software (including all the internet junk).

The only complaint about apple is that other than the essential softwares and even components - programs are harder to comeby and usually really expensive.