Apple - PowerBook G4 15"

Fully loaded with a 1.25GHz PowerPC G4, 512K of L2 cache, AirPort Extreme Card, megawide display, Radeon graphics and a slot-loading SuperDrive, the 15-inch PowerBook G4 boasts jaw-dropping features — including its price: all this is now just $2599. And models equipped with the Combo drive start at just $1999.

With processor speeds of up to 1.25GHz, DDR RAM capacity up to 2GB, and weighing just 5.6 pounds, the 15-inch PowerBook gives you the ideal balance between power and portability. Work and play in millions of colors on a stunning 15.2-inch (diagonal) widescreen display with 1280-by-854-pixel resolution that’s ideal for watching movies in their original wide-screen format. Naturally, you can also make movies of your own with the included iMovie software, or get Apple’s Final Cut Pro for more advanced video editing, compositing and special effects. And you even have the option to connect to Apple’s line of all-digital flat-panel displays.

Industrial Design

The sleek exterior is as stunning as ever. The 15-inch PowerBook G4 comes with all the refinements and esthetic touches that make it the most coveted full-featured notebook computer on the planet: 1.1 inch thick, 5.6 pounds, AirPort Extreme, aluminum alloy body, an elegantly engineered slot-loading SuperDrive and a 4.5-hour battery. On the inside, faster PowerPC G4 processors, powerful graphics capabilities, up to 2GB of RAM and the world’s most advanced operating system combine to deliver off-the-charts performance.

Futuristic backlit keyboard with ambient light sensor
The 15-inch PowerBook features a fiber optic backlit keyboard that’s right out of the future. Built-in light sensors automatically adjust the keyboard illumination and your screen’s brightness based on the available ambient light. You’ll appreciate this breakthrough in ease of use when you’re working in a low-light environment like an airplane cabin or a music or video studio.

Speed-optimized architecture
Inside the 15-inch PowerBook G4 is your choice of a screamingly fast 1.25GHz or 1GHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine and 512K on-chip level 2 cache. Advanced processor design and memory architecture are among several core advantages that enable the PowerBook G4 to pack such a tremendous wallop.

AT Mobility Radeon 9000

Sizzling graphics processor
The 15-inch PowerBook G4 comes turbocharged with the ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 graphics processor with 64MB of DDR SDRAM. The Mobility Radeon 9600 features a number of cutting-edge graphics technologies, including programmable pixel and vertex shading for lighting and shadow effects never seen before on a notebook computer. It dramatically enhances all aspects of your visual experience in every application, perfect for photorealistic 3D games and cinematic-quality video.

54Mbps AirPort Extreme — up to 5 times faster
Pop in the new AirPort Extreme Card in your 15-inch PowerBook’s AirPort slot, and you’re ready for 54Mbps wireless networking. And with thousands of wireless-enabled “hot spots” in hotels, airport lounges, coffee shops and bookstores around the world, you can get online from practically anywhere. What’s more, you can use your PowerBook G4, AirPort Extreme and Rendezvous — the technology that recognizes and links computers and digital devices to each other — to create your own secure wireless network.

The Bluetooth connection
Bluetooth, built into the new 15-inch PowerBook G4, connects digital devices wirelessly. Operating within a much shorter range than AirPort, it enables high-speed wireless data transfers between a rapidly growing list of Bluetooth-savvy products. Using iSync, for instance, you can use Bluetooth to synchronize your personal information between your PowerBook, your mobile phone and your Palm OS-based handheld. And Bluetooth lets you take advantage of GPRS connectivity to check your email from anywhere — a benefit that comes in handy on those occasions when an 802.11 wireless hot spot isn’t available.

800Mbps FireWire

Fast FireWire 800 and USB 2.0
The PowerBook G4 features FireWire for connecting external hard drives and DV cameras, and USB for connecting graphics tablets, digital cameras, printers and scanners. With more than 30 times the bandwidth of the popular USB 1.0 peripheral standard, FireWire 400 has become the gold standard for high-speed data transfer. And now Apple has upped the ante yet again, effectively doubling data throughput with FireWire 800. The new 15-inch PowerBook G4 has two FireWire ports — one for the hundreds of FireWire 400 peripherals already available, and the other for the coming generation of FireWire 800 peripherals.

The legendary SuperDrive
Your PowerBook G4 with SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW) comes loaded with iDVD software, and can be used to burn DVDs which can be played in most consumer DVD players. The SuperDrive also lets you use iTunes to burn your own music CDs, and the Disc Burner feature in Mac OS X to burn data CDs. The SuperDrive reads DVD titles at 8x, and writes to 4.7-gigabyte DVD-R discs at 2x.

Serious software
The PowerBook G4 comes with Mac OS X v.10.2 (Jaguar), which features automatic networking to make getting online a snap: Mac OS X senses whether you’re connecting from the office or on the road — and connects you automatically. And with Mac OS X’s Instant On feature, your PowerBook G4 wakes from sleep in less than one second. The ultimate platform for the digital lifestyle, Mac OS X works with today’s most popular peripheral devices.

In addition to Mac OS X, the PowerBook G4 comes loaded with iPhoto, iMovie, iTunes and iDVD (iDVD software works with SuperDrive-equipped models only).

Ready out of the box
The PowerBook G4 includes QuickBooks for Mac New User Edition. You also get a collection of graphics tools including FAXstf, Art Directors Toolkit, Microsoft Office v.X Test Drive, FileMaker Pro Trial, OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner and Graphic Converter.

Versatile video-out capability
Want to present your ideas on a flat-panel display, CRT or VGA monitor, large-screen TV or projection system? The 15-inch PowerBook G4 has built-in video output capabilities that let you do just that. The PowerBook features DVI, VGA, S-video and composite video output options for connecting to CRTs, TVs and projectors. Want to connect a PowerBook G4 to one of Apple’s gorgeous flat-panel displays? All you need is the optional Apple DVI to ADC adapter, and you can connect to the 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display (tripling your desktop workspace), the 20-inch Apple Cinema Display or the 17-inch Apple Studio Display in seconds.

PC Card slot
The PC Card/CardBus slot accepts Type I and Type II PC Cards for downloading images from your digital camera.

Leading the charge
A 46-watt-hour lithium-ion battery with integrated charge indicator LEDs provides up to 4.5 hours of battery life, depending on configuration and use.

Massive storage to go
With mind-boggling hard drive capacities up to 80GB, the PowerBook G4 gives you as much storage space as some desktops — more than enough space for all your files, MP3s, movies and more.

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