Pros: Big screen, looks great, long battery life Cons: its a mac
Well, I’ve gotten into college and now its time to celebrate! I have decided to treat myself to a brand new laptop. I have a couple in mind including ones by Dell, Hp, Micron and Gateway. My friend had just gotten the new G4 Titanium Powerbook and had...
Pros: Light, tough, amazingly huge screen, built-in support for DV, wireless networking, dual-monitor Cons: Smallish HD on $2500 model, no more dual-battery, still uses software DVD decoding.
-sigh- Finally, a capable computer from Apple that won't be called "fruity" or "girly."
The first PowerBook was released in 1991 and ever since then it's been a steady climb out of the land of small screens, wimpy batteries, and teensy hard...
Pros: fast and easy to haul around Cons: scratches easily
My first Computer review. Here goes nothing………
I was never an Apple fan until someone very close to me started a job there. All of a sudden a iMac was within my reach and in my house. I began slowly playing on it until the time...
Pros: Good hardware: Elegant, thin, lightweight design Cons: Bad software: MacOS. Not much software for OS X yet. Pricey.
First off, let me say that I'm a long time PC user, but I have used Apples/Macs in the past. So I should provide an objective review of the PowerBook without the heavy Apple favoritism.
Pros: Stunningly beautiful yet practical, fast and furious, draws compliments everywhere Cons: Puny standard hard drive and memory for standard 400mhz model.
A thing of beauty that's practical too
It's hard to understate the visual appeal of this thing. From the shiny metal to the thinness of the case and brightness of the screen, it feels more like an art object than a computer.
Pros: Sleek styling, power, battery life, OS X....the list goes on and on Cons: Price, heat
With this laptop you get everything, are forced to take the most minimal sacrifices for not being tied to a desk, and have the pleasure of using a machine as well designed as it is engineered and constructed. I'm racking my brains to find good...
Pros: Stylish, beautiful, sleek, fast, powerful. Cons: Temperamental in OS9, loud, runs hot, very fragile
I have a love/hate relationship with my Ti Apple PowerBookG4 over the past 2.5 years. As a graphic designer and electronic musician, I'm a slave to Apple. I've been using Apple Computers since the 2nd grade waay back in the Apple IIe days. People can ...
Pros: Superb screen; blazing performance; small and lightweight; unmatched style Cons: Scratches easily; screen can get dirtied by keyboard
The Price is Right, The Time is Now
With the recent (8/01) price drops on Apple's Titanium Powerbooks, the time has never been better to get your hands on one of these sleek metallic beauties. I've had mine for over four months, and I've...
Well, despite my numerous protests, my girlfriend went and bought a laptot computer. "Don't do that - a desktop is much cheaper ! You'll be able to get more for much less !", I said in vain. When I found out she was not only buying a laptot, but a Mac, I...
Pros: Nice compact screen. Cons: a little on the heavy side
Apple Computer announced last week two new models in its PowerBook laptop line. The one that drew the most attention was the industry's first laptop with a gargantuan 17-inch screen. But the company also announced its smallest laptop ever: a petite...
Pros: Size, Apple, OS X, Final Cut Pro, iMovie Cons: Heat dissipation, limited specialty software, keyboard noise, and... it's fragile
Well, if you are reading this, then I hope I will be able to provide some helpful insight. Especially, if you are considering jumping from an Intel-Windows machine.
First, let me preface this by stating that I do work in both media and law....
Pros: thin, light, stylish, large 15inch screen, DVD Cons: may set off bomb detectors, pricey (especially for mid- to high-end models)
What’s an inch thick, weighs just over 5 pounds, is made of pure titanium, and kicks some serious PC booty? That’s right, the Apple PowerBook Titanium G4.
OK, I admit it, I am a Mac-addict, and I make no apologies for it. Over the years I...
Pros: Beautiful, light, and incredibly quiet Cons: Expensive, scratches easily.
Background
I am a developer who uses Unix (and Windows) by day and Windows at home. I have used most of the major OS'es at one time or another: HP/UX, Solaris, OSX, Windows 95/98, NT, 2000, Linux, and OS/2.
Pros: Clearly its looks! All around great laptop! Cons: None
As a typical college student, I wanted a laptop that I could bring to class and take notes, take to the library and listen to mp3s and write papers when actually checking out the girls. As a typical trendy college student, I wanted a small laptop to be...
Pros: Sexy, fast, quiet, big screen, very long battery, great keyboard Cons: Expensive, hot
Sure, it’s gorgeous, but how does Apple’s PowerBook G4 compare to similarly-priced PCs? Very well, and that’s not even taking into account its devilish good looks.
In my laptop search, I looked for the best value among high-performance Mac and...
Pros: Bright, beautiful screen, long battery life, lots of horsepower in 5.3 lbs Cons: Durability _may_ be a problem, current lack of software on OS X
OK, let me preface this by saying that I'm a PC advocate. I've only used PC's for the last 10 years, and although I've worked with Macs, I would never actually go out and buy one. Then I started reading about OS X, described as a Mac GUI on top of...
Pros: It handles photo, audio and video manipulation like a dream. Cons: I have very little bad to say about this laptop. Paint's too easy to scratch.
I do media production for a living so the circles I work in are almost exclusively mac based. It is hard for me to address the idea that macs are a niche market since the broad majority of people I interact with regularly are mac users. (I have a...
Pros: Overall design, battery life, screen, OS X, Aqua Interface Cons: Cost, DVD drive protection, heat generation
This is only my second Mac, the first being a color Mac II with A/UX, Apple's first Unix version, which I won in a raffle back in 1985 or so. They have been VERY busy since then.
The PowerBook Titanium G4 (or "TiBook") has delighted me since...
Pros: SEXY! Lightweight, tough, ease-of-use, loaded with great hardware. Cons: Too small? I don't think there are any...
"WOW!"
That's all I could say when I pulled it out of the box for the first time.
"It's so thin and lightweight! So cool looking!"
The external keyboard and mouse actually took up more room in my arms when I was delivering this computer to...
I have owned my G4 Ti Powerbook for about 3 months. It has been an absolute pleasure to use it. I used Macs for years before switching to Windows platform in 1996, then recently went back to Apple for the usual reasons- a truly superior OS (Windows is a...
Pros: Sexy looking, high powered laptop. Price vs. feature winner. Slot loading DVD burner Cons: Bottom cover can be warped if not reinstalled correctly. I don't have one yet!
The Titanium Powerbook aka. the TiBook. This little 5 pound wonder can now do it all. With the recent processor speed upgrades, the addition of the DVD burner, and the up to $500 price drop, it's going to be hard not to want one now. With the first ever...
Pros: Speed, design, wow-factor Cons: older architecture, small harddrive, defects
There is so much hype about TiBook in Macintosh press and I thought I would share my experience with this Powerbook after a month of using it.
Well, first of all, nothing comes close to it in terms of design. It has sleek, metallic body (that is...
Pros: Light, big screen, big "wow-factor" Cons: Somewhat delicate, some kinks in design
The G4 (Titanium laptop) is head-snapper. The wide-aspect ratio screen and strikingly different looks (leave it to Apple) make even PC-diehards give this thing lingering, envious looks. Its ability to hold 512MB of cheap memory (a 256MB SO-DIMM was...
Pros: Fast, light, thin, beautiful. Nothing on the market comes close Cons: Gets pretty hot, practically calls out to thieves
I had been thinking of getting a powerbook for quite a while. I’ve always wanted a Mac, but never had the money for a pc (which I need to use for work compatibility) and a Mac to play with. then, in December of 2000 I got a little money from a relative...
Pros: Sleek design, perfect screen dimensions, light, show stopper Cons: Battery disconnects, needed more ram
After watching Steve Jobs unveil this machine, I knew it was finally time to securely move into the Apple Mac world. Just a month after ordering a supped up laptop from Dell, in which I was completely happy with, I ordered the G4 Powerbook without...
Pros: Light-weight, thin, wide-screen, fairly fast, well-designed. Cons: No CDRW/DVD combo drive, expensive, not super upgradeable.
With my last Macintosh serving me faithfully for 5 years before kicking the bucket from massive customizations (upgrades, ATX casing, etc.), I decided it was time for something new. Additionally, my desk filled with equipment, three monitors and...
How much do you want this notebook? Just _look_ at it. I was smitten at first glance. Being a notorious early adopter, I had my order in the day after it was introduced at MacWorld SF. Managed to hunt one down about a month later at a CompUSA when it...
Pros: Sharp,Clean lines, Sturdy, Performs as well as it looks. Cons: Usual Mac costs, tad heavy, Mac savvy marketing
I am a college student majoring in graphic design, and all my school uses is Macintosh for this department. I have comfortable floated in using both Mac and PC for years. My recent educational needs required something portable and I was already set up...
Pros: Performance, looks, widescreen 15.2" TFT display, great set of I/O ports, DVD, much more. Cons: Software bundle could be better, a little pricey, susceptible to scratching.
The Titanium PowerBook G4 is everything you can ask for in a laptop. 1" thick, 15.2" widescreen display, DVD-ROM drive (so you can watch movies on those long flights), large hard drive, PC card slot, FireWire, USB, and a full complement of other ports,...
I was amazed at the quality of the graphics display: it was much better than that of my screen at home, and much better than that of my TV. On the other hand, every once in a while there would be a few "jumps" on the DVD, and it would take it a while...
Pros: light, very fast, big screen, turns heads like a supermodel Cons: only one firewire port, gets hot, small HD
first of all i don't want to get into the whole Mac v. PC argument. ive used both for over 10 years and there are pros and cons for each side. that being said lets get on to the review.
Pros: Beautiful, light, fast
Cons: Expensive. Quircky shortcommings like old ATI 8mb graphics, no CD-RW, small keyboard
The Mac Titanium G4 is at once both heroic and tragic. It is heroic in its high-tech, light weight case, the speed of it's G4 500mhz processor and its gorgeous 15.2" widescreen TFT display. It is tragic in its quircky short commings. Things like the...
Pros: sleek, fast, sexy, huge screen Cons: 1st generation of any new technology has bugs to be worked out. patience, people.
We can't be the only family that doesn't buy the first generation of a new product. We always wait till the work out the inevitable problems the first set of users discover, and that's always worked for us.
Pros: Edits video better than my 750 Mhz P-III PC laptop. Cons: No floppy drive.
This review is especially for those would be video buffs out there. My history goes back to the days of editing weddings in VHS, so I am quite pleased with my PB and it's editing software. But first let me give the specs of my laptop.
Pros: Great screen, very light and slim, beautiful design, fast, long battery life Cons: Trackpad is somewhat jumpy, keys touch screen when lid is closed
My Titanium 400mhz was mostly an impulse buy. I had been using an older Powerbook for a few months, and loved the mobility. We needed a new desktop Mac at work, and as I was considering what to buy, I made a spur of the moment decision to go totally...
Pros: Small form factor, light weight, incredible screen Cons: Poor sound through built-in speakers, not grounded
A fantastic computer, as one would expect from Apple. 1 inch thick, and only 5.3 pounds, I found myself bringing it with me everywhere I go. I don't fumble with IMAP on multiple computers or bother with a Palm Pilot, because I always have my computer...
Pros: It's a Mac. The screen is HUGE. People *will* stare. Cons: CD/DVD read-only drive of limited value to me.
I bought the G4 Titanium laptop so I could take my graphics-intensive job on the road if I had to (or wanted to), moving from office office to home office to hotel room and back again with minimum effort or inconvenience.
Pros: Great display, speedy, beautiful, Combo Drive, lightweight, decent battery life, and obviously the Mac OS. Cons: Buggy trackpad, expensive, un-ergonomic, kinda flimsy feeling design
I have owned a PB G3 Wallstreet for 4 years. I finally upgraded to the G4 Powerbook.
Sometimes I don't know how I did without, and sometimes I miss my G3 Powerbook.
Most of the apps I use are not OSX compatible, so I reformatted the...
I've had many laptops over the years, and this by far has been my favorite. Many think it sounds expensive, but you are getting your money's worth.
Dubbed the "Titanium PowerBook" or "TiBook" for short, it lives up to its name. With it's titanium...
Pros: Very Fast,Sleek,Great OS, Beautiful as a machine could be... Cons: None that I can see except for price. For what you get its a deal..
Well I have been an Apple user for many years now. I do own PC's as well. I bought an iBook 600 G3 when this Powerbook was new. I didnt have $2400 to spend on a laptop so all I could do was wish. LOL! I found this at a pawn shop and the price was right ...
Pros: Powerful, lightweight, huge screen, looks great Cons: Very poor customer service -- especially concerning that screen
I use my TiBook as my primary computer at home and as my secondary machine at work. It was plenty powerful enough to let me take some of my work on the road (I'm a graphic designer), and I figured it would be a great way to make client presentations,...
Pros: Simply the fastest laptop on the market! Cons: It can't carry-on a conversation very well.
The Titanium Powerbook G4 is screamingly fast. Not to mention the absolutely cool looking 99.5% commercially pure titanium casing. At 667mhz the G4 chip inside the new powerbook with a 133mhz bus can squash even a 1.3ghz pentium.
Pros: Elegant looks and feel, good screen Cons: trackpad is not user friendly, base model not fast on OSX
We recently purchased a powerbook G4 400 as a gift for our new college grad and have some thoughts. First the young lady that received the computer thought it was wonderful. She liked the sleek looks and light (about 5 pounds) weight. The screen display...
Pros: beautiful, slim Cons: tempermental, VERY fragile
I've owned my titanium powerbook for 3 months.
It's beauty is apparent in pictures, but you have to own and use it for awhile
to learn of its problems.
-fragile (titanium is strong but this machine's shell is paper-thin and even...
Pros: LARGE screen, lightweight in relation to size, powerful Cons: Keys get very hot, CD player sounds like it is going to explode
As a longtime Mac user, I've found the Titanium to be a nice improvement to the Apple laptop series. The widescreen is very easy on the eyes. The computer is powerful, yet relatively small. Installing and replacing RAM is a breeze
Pros: Big screen and long battery life Cons: Expensive
The Titanium Powerbook G4 is definitely a great-looking product, with a healthy list of power-house specs behind those looks. When the screen backlight kicks in you are in heaven, suddenly the display looks even bigger. Apple's New G4 Titanium PowerBook...
Pros: Great COmputer, excellent look, easy to use and works with a more reliable system Cons: n/a
This computer is a beauty. I treat it with the utmost care and respect, basically you could call it my friend. It is fast, silent, stylish, easy to use, clear amongst many other things. It is a great computer with reliable software and hardware. Its easy...
Pros: DV package for consumers is unrivaled Cons: HD space limited for storage
Most folks here have already talked about how sexy and sleek the Titanium PowerBook G4 is (and boy is it) so I'd like to talk about the consumer digital video aspects.
[When I say DV package I mean the whole picture including digital...
Pros: Lighweight, great speed, CD Drive, lots of ports. Cons: Hotspot in screen.
Apple has wowed the investors and the people since the invention of the imac. Than the idea was copied and then put into other computer like the "compaqe Presario 5000T" The colors make all the difference to the comsumer.
Apple Titanium PowerBook G4 is cool. I don't own one personally but one of my friend just bought one. I checked it up and what could I say? It is cool.
A lot of people had told my friend that G4 only went up to 500 MHz. Does that really...
Pros: Wide screen viewable from any angle, fast, quiet, great for DVD's Cons: Scratches easily, occasional dead pixels, Airport reception could be better, no CDRW drive, keyboard design
I have never been so in love with a computer before! I bought my 500Mhz Apple Titanium laptop in March 2001. Mine was manufactured on March 3rd and has been going strong every day since I bought it. I've owned previous Apple and PC laptops (Apple...
Pros: Fast boot, Thin and sexy, Opens Photoshop quicklike, S-video out for DVD Cons: Nothing fun included, keyboard loose and small, Speakers suck, titanium gets hot!
To begin I must introduce myself as an avid PC user up until six months ago when I began a new job where the small network was all-Mac, all the time. I worked the best angle I could and managed to convince the higher-ups that I needed a G4 Titanium....
Pros: Fast, Beautiful Looking, Great Screen, Awesome Networking, 1GHz Powerhouse Cons: You have to treat it with care
This is my first mac I have owned. I have always held out on buying a PowerBook because of the reviews saying that the hinges are bad, the paint flakes off, etc. I fooled around with a friend's iBook for a while and was going to buy an iBook as they are...
Pros: Sexy, light, 16:9, thin, firewire, MacOS, VGA Cons: Fragile, Hot, no DVI
I personally use this machine professionally. I design on it, plug it into a VGA monitor and use both screens. I contract quite a bit so I take it everywhere. It is fragile though... I've cracked the housing but it hasn't affected it in any way. I...
I got this bad boy for work and I'm enjoying quite a bit, thank you.
This is one cool-looking, well-designed machine. It is great for dvd's and generally is an eye-catcher. It is very fast for my low-tech computing needs. It runs very fast and...
Pros: It looks cool Cons: No CD-RW, no Floppy drive, Horrible Quality and even worse tech support and Customer Relations
I had been a diehard Mac user (actually Power Computing - a MAC clone) since 1994, but my ordeal with this computer has finally driven me as far away from Apple as I can get. My PowerBook G4 worked for only one day, then the screen began to flicker out....
Pros: Fully as fast and powerful as desktop, quiet, reliable, large screen, beautiful modern design. Cons: No sound in jack, small speakers have limited sound quality.
I've used only Macs since 1984. This is my first portable, and, though it would have been nice to have earlier models, I'm glad I waited for this one. It's by far the best looking one. And it's the most powerful with the largest screen ever.
Pros: An absolutely amazing computer, runs smoothly, is lightweight, and very portable Cons: It is rather expensive at 2,500, but I suppose it is worth it.
Well, the moment I received this piece of work, I knew it was for me. When I opened the box, everything was in place and ready, the cables, pre-loaded software, easy-to-read manuals, ect. The laptop worked perfectly right out of the box and a nice, easy...
The Apple Titanium Laptop is excellent. It comes preinstalled with the new OS X as well as system 9. This laptop really flies. Out of the box it is ready for the internet via ethernet or modem. It has two USB ports, as well as two firewire ports....
Pros: Light, Good-looking, Powerful, Fast & its a Mac! Cons: none
The Mac TiBook is an awesome system for a decent price. It is well-built, durable and powerful. Even the first 400mhz G4 thrashes a much higher rated Pentium. Out of the box it comes with battery, power adapter and everything you need to get up and...
Pros: Big screen and keyboard. Very thin and light. Very sleek and sophisticated. Cons: Some problems with using OS X and OS 9.1 at the same time.
I bought my Macintosh PowerBook G4 two weeks ago to use at college. So far I really enjoy working on it. It has a large screen and the keyboard is bigger and easier to use than many other laptops. There are many applications that come with it and it is...
Pros: Looks good, Efficient Industrial Design, Beautiful Monitor, Easy to use Keyboard Cons: Heat Generated is in SUE or TORT proportions to McDonalds Coffee
Much of many peoples lives revolve around style. Style this is and style you will pay for. I bought one of these fantastic units. Yes as a self dignified slave to technology fashion I got it the month it came out.
Pros: Very Thin, great Looks, nice features Cons: Does not have windows, and a bit expensive
I recently purchased the new Apple Titanium PowerBook G4, and all I can say is that I love it. I tried it at my friend's house, and she convinced me into buying it. At first I was extremely hesitant because I flat out do not like Mac computers. When I...
Pros: Lightweight, sleek, cool looking, huge screen, tons of power Cons: Gets very hot.
I have owned my powerbook now for six months. It is the fourth apple I have owned and I am still hooked. Apple has out done themselves with the Ti G4. Its screen is huge, the keyboard full sized, and the battery long-lived (but not long enough to...
It is thin, fast, well-appointed. The infrared port makes hotsyncing with a Palm-powered PDA a simple and quick task. Airport capability allows use anywhere within range of the Airport device, and...
Pros: Big screen, looks cool, OS X Cons: Dumb sales reps at the store, too expensive
Am I a Mac person? Well I used to be. Back in the day, I had a Power Mac 6100 running at 60mhZ, this was 1994 you see. I thought I was king of the hill at that time with my Mac, but 8 years later I decided I needed a new computer. So I said hey, I...
What a shame. I've been waiting 2 1/2 years to upgrade my powerbook G3 and I was thrilled when the G4 powerbook was promised. Then I was knocked out when the laptop made its sexy appearance on TV. I was ready to jump on it! But before dialing up the...
Pros: Ergonomically perfect; beautiful; flawless operation; good keyboard feel; wonderful screen; fast; seamless wireless integration
Cons: Battery life is more like 2.5 hours per charge
This machine is an elegant balance of form and function. Form-wise, it is peerlessly beautiful, from the big items like the fantastic screen to the smallest items, like the magnetic latch. Every detail has been thoughtfully engineered. The keyboard,...
Pros: Fast, Beatutiful, well integrated; get gawks and stares from passerby Cons: cdrw models are prohibitively expensive
I spent all of my computing formative years on PC's, occaissionally brushing up mith macs during college. Back in those days of experimentation, i was less than impressed. . . untill now. This laptop's stunning good looks, PC standard (USB, FIREWIRE)...
When purchasing a computer, caveat emptor (let the buyer beware): many computer services and/or software are only available for WINDOWS PCs not apple macs:
* NO free Dialpad (www.dialpad.com)software for free local + long distance telephone...
Pros: Screen Size, looks, portability Cons: Software, Quality Control, OS
I bought this laptop, my first in a while, without being a Mac user.
Price for performance seemed in line with a good Dell, and it seemed to offer interesting design, a remarkable screen, an interesting new UNIX-based OS.
Pros: Not Windows; Fast as he!!; light and thin; expandable Cons: Limited software; expensive
Generally I think I could say that Macs are more powerful than PCs (as in Windows computers). This laptop is no exception. Virtually as powerful and fast as the desktop version, the PowerMac is worth the money if you have it. If you're not someone...
Pros: Very wide! Compact, Tough, & Stylish Cons: Too atractive to would be thieves.
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1 - Exceptionally easy to use. No prolongued setup is necessary.
Pros: Slim-light design, 500 MHz, 15-inch wide-aspects display, 6x/24x DvD drive Cons: No internal floppy drive, No Analog microphone input, small cursor keys
I think this laptop is best suited for a commuter or road warrior. This laptop has a FireWire port, S-video output,the battery has a charge indicator on the case, accepts wireless networking card($100). I think the only reason not to buy this laptop is...
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