Talk:PowerBook G4
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Any objections to merging this with PowerBook#PowerBook G4, and changing this to a redirect? --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 19:51, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Updated.
My gosh. Nobody beat me to it? Um... okay. I didn't change much info, but a few rearrangements seemed warranted.
1. The fact that the 15" and 17" AlBook models are widescreen has been true ever since there've been 15" and 17" AlBook models. In fact, it's been true for the 15" models since the TiBooks, but anyway. So anyway, I moved it out of the paragraph about the latest specs, and up to the 2003 introduction of the 15" AlBook.
2. The nifty-keen new technologies introduced this past February are no longer the latest news, so I moved them to a paragraph above the latest-news one. That paragraph REALLY needs some slimming down. I mean, yeah, the USB trackpads (which, as I also noted, were included in some pre-February 'books, including my own late-2004 17-incher) are nifty, and so's SMS (which sadly isn't in mine), but, well, they're not the latest news any more, and that's a big graf.
3. The latest-news paragraph now talks about the increased screen resolutions, standard superdrives on all models, larger HD capacities, standard Cinema-30 support on the 15-inch, and so on.
I hope all these changes are good, and I've tried to keep the language as good as possible, but if there are minor tweaks that need to be made, I'm not easily offended. ;) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Danbirchall (talk • contribs) 20:27, 19 October 2005 (UTC-7)
[edit] Apple Computer Inc. Name Change
Should the opening sentence be changed from Apple Computer Inc. to Apple Inc. since the companies name has changed? The sentence is technically correct because when Apple made the Powerboo they were Apple Computer Inc.
Input? 68.77.177.23 21:09, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] iBook & 12 Powerbook replacement
A continuing theory among mac users is that a 12inch Macbook Pro is being designed to replace the discontinued 12inch Powerbook. Thus, I feel that the statement that the 13inch Macbook replaced both the iBook and 12inch Powerbook to be incorrect. The Macbook was a compromise between the 12 and 14inch iBooks, and retained the look and overall feel of the iBook as well, and does not convey a continuation of features offered in the 12inch powerbook.
So....I think for the time being, the article should be altered to show that the macbook replaced the iBook, and that the 12inch powerbook was not replaced, just discontinued.
Thoughts? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.176.107.201 (talk • contribs) 11:10, 27 February 2007 (UTC-7)
[edit] identifing PBs
How about including info on how to identify PB by the case marking/model #s:
[edit] Point of View in Discontinuation
under Discontinuation: as time passed by and processor technology advanced, it became clear that the aging G4 processor could not live up to the computational demands of today's applications; This is patently ridiculous to me, as I'm writing this on a G4 Powerbook. This is marketing speak and (at least indirectly) advertising- maybe not for a specific product, but certainly sell a "better" model of computer to people like me. If this is an official position of the Apple (Computer) Corp, it should be identified as such and cited. Cuvtixo 14:40, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
The current paragraph states the G5 chip was too power hungry and heat intensive well then if thats true (and its uncited right now) how is the Intel chip any less power hungry/heat intensive. This is probably not the only reason the PowerBook was retired as well. The transition to Intel chips is not exactly clear cut. And the 12 inch has been eliminated for sometime. This is also not explained. I think this article in general needs to recognize the three different models were quite distinct. .:DavuMaya:. 21:22, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
