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Monday, May 24, 2004

Apple notebook alert: PowerBook G4s: The Whole Line Sports Faster CPUs; AirPort Extreme Now Standard

Macworld: "2004 is shaping up as a year of incremental improvements, at least judging by the first round of PowerBook updates. Instead of new designs or breakthrough technologies, Apple has delivered modest improvements in performance, made AirPort Extreme standard in all configurations, and trimmed prices at the upper end of the line. And it appears -- knock on wood -- that the company has resolved the quality problems (with screens and latches) that marred many of last year's mobile Macs ... The biggest changes are in the smallest and newest member of the PowerBook G4 family, the model with a 12-inch display ... For the larger PowerBooks, the latest update brings fewer enhancements, such as faster processors ... Our favorite PowerBook is the 12-inch Combo-drive model, because it packs so much power into such a compact and elegant design. Among the new PowerBook models, the performance differences are now insignificant, and relatively few users, we think, have a real need for the advanced features the 12-inch model lacks. That makes the trade-offs pretty straightforward: screen real estate versus size, weight, and cost. If you don't mind bearing such burdens, go for a 15- or 17-inch configuration."

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