Apple PowerBook G4 - All looks and no muscle?

Advantages: OSX is slick, Gorgeous looks, Great Bundled Apps!
Disadvantages: Extremely Expensive, Gets Very Hot!

...On the face of it, the PB G4 is awesome. I mean that in the least "college-kid" sense. It literally inspires awe! The aluminium casing is sheek and smooth. The whole unit is a masterpiece of design. The screen is beautifully bright and the keyboard illluminates with finesse and style. Hang on, isn't it a computer? This is my point. The PowerBook looks so good, it almost diguises the fact it isn't really a very good computer. I have owned mine now for nearly a year, since November 2005. Due to the nature of what I do, a mac is necessary and I was slightly pleased to actually be getting one. Although I'd saved long and hard, I thought it a worthwhile investment to put nearly £2000 on the table. However, I haven't had value for money. There is no denying the PowerBook is a lovely looking machine. It is beautiful. But inside it...

Radical-Machine 12.07.2006 · Read review
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Apple PowerBook G4 12.1" TFT

Advantages: very functional and portable, fantastically made and stylish
Disadvantages: gets hot with long intensive sessions of work

...I have had my 12 inch powerbook G4 for about 5 months now and it is FANTASTIC. it is very attractive looking and is the best made laptop ive ever owned. It is very small and very portable, it is flawlessly engineered with a silver aluminum body and as such is very robust and very light. i bought off ebay and it came with the latest version of the mac operating system, and an upgraded 1.3 GhZ processor. It is very fast and does everything i want it to do. the screen is fantastic and crystal clear, great for watching dvd's and films on aswell as working and surfing the web. The built in speakers are very good and clear, The volume controls run along with the function keys at the top as well as volume control and the F8,9,10,11 and 12 are programmable to help speed up work and switch between windows. It comes with a standard single click...

yelenefeneley 17.11.2008 · Read review
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PowerBook G4: How far can an upgrade go?

Advantages: Fast, Thin, Light, Wireless Internet, Bluetooth, DVI and Analog Outputs
Disadvantages: Short battery life, paint sometimes comes off, runs hot after being on for awhile

...The powerbook line has been around for almost a decade now and each new installment has brought around something better than the last. This new G4 is no different. With a faster processor, more memory, and better graphics, the Powerbook G4 is the new fad in college age kids as well as executives. Lets take a look at the Powerbook G4 under the hood. The Powerbook G4 (PBG4) has great specifications, including: -1.25 ghz G4 processor. This is a top of the line Apple processor, comparable to a 3 ghz P4 or higher. This gives the computer enough speed to do anything from checking your email to making a short film on your computer with no hassles or waiting around. Everything is done in the blink of an eye. -512 mb DDR SDRAM. This RAM directly assists your processor in opening and storing data. This RAM is considered to be one...

HenryHabgood 21.08.2004 · Read review
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I love my Powerbook!!!

Advantages: Great looks, easy to use even for Mac novices!
Disadvantages: Scratches easliy.

...you can sinc with your bluetooth phone and put all your business meetings on hassle-free, iphoto (to arrange all your digital pics) and Safari, Mac's internet explorer which seems to work much faster than Explorer. It looks great-the silver, slimline design exudes class and looks expensive:when I showed my friends they all commented on how nice it looked in comparison to their black, somewhat industrial looking laptops... Another great feature is its reliablility-the annoying crashing of the Windows machines simply doesn't happen here: my laptop must have crashed about 4 times in the entire time I've had it:well over a year now (my PC has probably crashed that many times this week...but thats another story...) There is possiblity for adding RAM etc so you can always upgrade them if you wish. I have a 15" model and recently installed...

elvyelvy 08.04.2004 · Read review
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Where no one has gone G4

Advantages: Graphics, Sound, Storage, Display COOL VALUE
Disadvantages: Battery life, cost

...WOW, I have just been given one of these babies to play with - through work. THEY ARE AMAZING I'm not going to spend time introducing you to MAC OS (Apple's Windows) - but if you are a PC user it's like this: Its quite similar to windows but more user friendly & powerful! (Get the picture) If you have money to burn then this is the ultimate choice. Its just great for online/offline gaming, it is capable of doing amazing things with sound and graphics. Movie editing, music mixing - this can do it all. Its a weapon of mass perfection! Your better off with an i-book if its just wordporcessing and surfing you are after. Basic specs Processor manufacturer - Processor type - Clock speed PowerPC G4 1 GHz RAM installed 256 MB DDR SDRAM Hard drive size - controller type - hard drive type 60 GB IDE Portable CD / DVD type CD...

snurge2002 09.12.2004 · Read review
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King of its era

Advantages: can compete with persent laptop with excellent graphics
Disadvantages: Out dated...

...Why it is called PowerBook? ****************************** Is there any super power in this laptop? Lets have a deep discuss about this PowerBook and we will explore about it power. Actually it has a power of budget laptop, not a configuration power, because it has low configured budget notebook. If we are planning to go for 17" notebook but in reasonable price than we can consider it. Now I will enter in deep about the available features and its performance strategy. Generally it is out dated notebook and in present aspects it is more or less not suitable with latest applications but as a look and feel we can consider it with cheap priced 17" screen notebook. *** Processign speed ******************** Now I am going to describe its mind I mean processing unit, and it has PowerPC G4 1.67 GHz!! What you think about this...really out...

gemsarchitect 19.11.2008 · Read review
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PowerMac G4, Great Value For Money

Advantages: CHEAP, good quality, OSX machine
Disadvantages: Loud-ish Hard drive, incompatibility issues, bad onboard speakers

...I am extremely impressed with my PowerMac G4 and have completely switched over from Windows to Mac. Overall my experience with this computer has been stressful but has payed off. I got the computer cheaply at £2, i bought it for the sheer hell of it hoping to scavenge parts for other computers, turns out it only needed £30 or so to turn it into a running machine, and a relatively quick one at that. 1GHz Processor and 512MB of RAM. I am impressed by its speed when running OSX Tiger 10.4 and it is quite reliable and quick. i will stop telling a story and carry on with a more in depth review. Speed: The overall speed of this computer is fantastic for me, although i know its not the best of computers, there is minimal lag, and because i am a media student Mac is a big help, meaning no tricky file crossovers between college and home...

RawwBrown 12.10.2009 · Read review
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Powerbook G4 1GHz

Advantages: Fast, user friendly and well made
Disadvantages: having to buy most software

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edinburghmikey 10.05.2004 · Read review
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Apple Power Mac G4 Reveiw

Advantages: Cheap, Runs OS X, Looks nice
Disadvantages: Noisy, Not That Fast

...Apple are the best makers of computers and OS but if like me you dont have much money then the G4 is probably the one to go for, as it has all the greatness of apple mac at a much lower price. I got my G4 off of ebay for a very reasonable price about 5-6 months ago and it was a great change from my old dell PC which was painfuly slow and overloaded. External Issues: The G4 Quicksilver is a very sexy and nice looking tower computer although some people dont like the sliver effect i think it makes it look sleek and proffesional, also some people dont like the fact that it is finished in plastic but i think this mackes it look nice and shiny. The clear handles are another nice effect as they distort any thing on the other side of them. One of the bad things about the G4 is that it is by no means silent and if you keep the original...

KurtMastaK 24.05.2007 · Read review
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G4 are definatly my friends

Advantages: Easy Listening and Familar Songs
Disadvantages: G can't think of any

...I bought this album just before Christmas and I am so glad I did. My partner actual got it for me and had to choose between this one and their previous album. He also advised me that he had bought the one with the two diva's. I wondered who these two diva's could be. It took me quite a while to realise that he actually meant il divo.... Anyway, G4 came to our attention through the XFactor. They reached the final and it was a case of G4 v's Steve. They definatly had my vote. They are a group of four classical trainined singers. The great thing about them is to look at them they all look like four ordinary blokes. Nothing too special. The magic happens when they open their mouths to sing. G4 & friends is the second album and because I have not heard their first I have nothing to compare it with but will almost certainly buy the first...

Caylen 08.01.2006 · Read review
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