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 ...

All Specs Apple showed the 17-inch widescreen–equipped PowerBook G4 ($3,299 direct) this past January, and it has just recently become available in quantities to buyers. Our hands-on testing shows ...

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 ...

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 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.

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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 ...

Newer Technology (NewerTech) today announced price reductions on both its 60-watt-hour and 67-watt-hour PowerBook G4 17″ Aluminum Batteries. The NuPower AL 17 60 Watt-Hour Battery for all Powerbook G4 ...

In my Japanese III class tonight, one of the guys in our class who always brings his Powerbook G4 (17") had a little "incident" at the end of class. Some guys were acting goofy and fucking around and ...

OK, PowerBook fans, here’s a puzzler for you. I recently had a chance to evaluate two Apple Computer Inc. 17-in. PowerBooks. One came from the factory with a 5,400-rpm hard drive and 128MB of video ...

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 ...