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iBook, G4 make a splash in Japan
News Apple was quick to distinguish itself among the 700 companies exhibiting at this week's instalment of World PC Expo, Asia's biggest personal computing show. The company used the event, which runs through Saturday in the Makuhari Messe here, to...
[September 9, 1999, 8:39]
G4 Spin
Downloads The Macsurfshop has also released a new iFlava (screensaver) called the G4 spin. It depicts the Macintosh G4 spinning in the middle of your screen with the words, "The Power to Destroy Everybody Else", written underneath it.
[April 12, 2000, 8:00]
Apple iBook G4: a first look review
Reviews After a long wait, Apple has finally beefed up its aging but venerable iBook notebooks. The company revved the mainstream iBooks by adding the PowerPC G4 processor, its OS X 10.3 operating system (better known as Panther), faster memory, and faster...
[October 23, 2003, 9:40]
G4 may be announced at Seybold
News It's the Steve Jobs show again. This time it's at Seybold San Francisco, a conference dedicated to publishing in the 21st century. At least that's what the brochure touts). So what is Jobs going to talk about this time?
[August 26, 1999, 4:55]
Apple 15in. PowerBook G4 review
Reviews Design Like the Titanium PowerBook before it, the 15in. PowerBook hits a sweet spot in size. It's big enough for a wide-screen display (1,280 by 854) yet small enough to carry with you. The 15.2in.diagonal) screen fits snugly in the PowerBook's...
[November 6, 2003, 15:50]
Apple steps up to G4 Macs
News Apple's new G4 chip will ship in 400, 450 and 500MHz systems. They will include 1MB of Level-2 cache, three times the memory bandwidth and twice the PCI bus throughput of previous models, an AGP 2x bus, Ultra ATA hard drives and built-in FireWire.
[September 1, 1999, 8:44]
Safety scare over G4 batteries
News Apple is recalling 128,000 batteries that were shipped in its PowerBook G4 and iBook G4 laptops over the past eight months, marking the second time since last summer that it has issued such a warning.
[May 23, 2005, 9:15]
Apple iMac 800MHz PowerPC G4 review
Reviews The base is topped with large cooling vents. The power switch and all connection ports sit at the rear. The base sports three USB ports (up from two in the previous model), two FireWire (IEEE 1394) ports, plus Ethernet and modem connections.
[January 13, 2002, 23:00]
Apple Power Macintosh G4 review
Reviews All of the G4s ship with Nvidia's 32MB GeForce2 MX video card. Although nowhere near the top end of Nvidia's line, the GeForce2 MX is a solid performer on all graphics applications and motion/animation-intensive games.
[November 22, 2001, 23:00]
Apple iMac G4 (20in., 1.25GHz) review
Reviews Design Although it retains the same arctic-white, hemispherical design as its predecessors, the 20in.iMac -- at a hefty 18.2kg -- weighs almost twice as much as the 17in.version. That makes it a little less student-friendly than its smaller brother...
[February 11, 2004, 8:05]
Sources: Apple shows off dual-G4 Mac
News Apple offered a private "technology demo" of a dual-processor Power Mac G4 running Mac OS X on Tuesday, but sources said the company stopped short of announcing a multiprocessor Mac. During a keynote presentation at the Apple Worldwide Developers...
[May 17, 2000, 8:56]
Mercury rising: PowerBook to pack G4
News After showing the world that a PowerPC G4 processor can fit comfortably into a convection-cooled, 8-inch cube, Apple is reportedly readying another feat of G4 legerdemain: the first line of portable computers to use Motorola's graphics-savvy CPU.
[July 26, 2000, 8:41]
Apple PowerBook G4 (17in., SuperDrive) review
Reviews There's no denying the aesthetic beauty of the PowerBook G4, which puts many Windows notebooks to shame. Design-wise, the new iteration isn't much different from the last: the 17in. PowerBook G4 weighs 3.1kg, which is lighter than most other 17in...
[March 17, 2005, 9:45]
Apple iBook G4 Graphics Update
Downloads This update is recommended for the 12-inch 1GHz, and 14-inch 1.2GHz iBook G4. It updates the graphics driver to fix a compatibility issue that may exist with applications that use OpenGL. When this update package is downloaded and installed it will...
[May 6, 2004, 8:00]
Apple unveils cube-shaped G4
News Apple Computer Wednesday confirmed speculation by introducing a Macintosh G4 "cube". The new desktop design, unveiled at this week's Macworld Expo in New York City, is 8in by 8in. The lower range version includes a DVD player, 450MHz processor...
[July 19, 2000, 15:28]
Apple PowerBook G4 review
Reviews The PowerBook comes in two standard configurations. The £1828.94 (ex. VAT) entry-level model includes a 667MHz G4 processor, 256MB of RAM, and a 30GB hard drive. At the opposite extreme, the top-of-the-line £2339.57 (ex.
[August 7, 2002, 13:08]
Motorola touts revitalised G4 chip
News Motorola says it's moving full speed ahead with the new PowerPC chip that powers Apple Computer's latest Macintosh desktops. The new chip, called the PowerPC 7450, is the latest offering in Motorola's fourth generation, or G4, of PowerPC processors...
[January 11, 2001, 8:01]
Hands on the G4 PowerBook
News After three years without a major upgrade to its professional notebook line, Apple Computer delivered a bona fide showstopper in the sleek form of the company's long-rumoured G4 PowerBook. Judging from the crowd's reaction at Steve Jobs' Macworld...
[January 10, 2001, 9:13]
Apple offers sneak peek of G4 Macs
News Apple unveiled details of its upcoming PowerPC G4 Macintoshes during a hardware strategy session Tuesday, saying the machines would ship by this time next year. The new G4 chip, developed by Motorola, will contain AltiVec technology designed for...
[May 12, 1999, 7:20]
Apple PowerBook G4 (1GHz, 17in. TFT) review
Reviews Design The 17in. PowerBook G4, which is made of brushed aluminium alloy (like its new 12in.counterpart, rather than the titanium-built models of old), is almost ridiculously large: it's definitely a desktop replacement, and is difficult to tote...
[May 6, 2003, 11:53]
