Latch fails PowerBook G4 17" owners are reporting that the latch - which binds the screen to the lower portion of the laptop when closed - stops functioning after only a few months of usage. There are ...

Several users are having problems acquiring extra batteries for the PowerBook G4 17". One reader writes: "They cancelled my order after waiting a week (May 9-16, 2003). The batteries for the 15-inch ...

Apple appears to be censoring discussion of a display manufacturing defect in the PowerBook G4 17-inch and have not acknowledging that the defect even exists. Notebook computers, especially 17s, are ...

The first thing most people seem compelled to say after their first glance at the 17-inch PowerBook G4 is also the most obvious: "Wow, that thing’s big!" It could hardly be otherwise. At a time when ...

The PowerBook G4 was the last notebook by Apple before the introduction of the MacBook and the transition from PowerPC chips to Intel ones. This computer was sold by Apple between 2001 and 2006.

Many of us have old MacBooks and PowerBooks collecting cobwebs and dust bunnies in the back of our closets. It seems an ignominous end to a computer that we not only loved, but probably spent a lot of ...

Hey guys. Well, I have recently decided that I would like a desktop machine instead of this 17" Powerbook, so I was wondering if anyone would be interested in trading their G5 for it. I probably am ...

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Specifically, my sister is jealous of my Edirol MA-20Ds and is looking for a speaker system comparable or better than those for her PowerBook G4 (17" 1.67GHz). One of the systems on the table is the ...

Booq today introduced the FoleeMessenger17, a messenger bag with a fully adjustable, floating laptop compartment for Apple’s new 17″ PowerBook G4. “FoleeMessenger17 incorporates a series of ...

Apple's PowerBook roadmap is very uncertain, according to an AppleInsider source, who states that plans for further revisions are still up in the air. "A dual processor G4 powerbook may see the light ...

Appleinsider provides last minute specs on the rumored iBook and PowerBook releases this week. According to the rumor site, the iBooks will start at 1.0GHz G4's for the 12" model and top out at 1.2GHz ...