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As a result, this PowerBook doesn’t have Level 3 cache, support for ADC or DVI monitors, highly expandable RAM slots, or a PC Card slot.

There are always compromises in small laptops, and in fitting the 12-inch PowerBook into its laptop line - between the consumer-focused iBooks and the heavy-duty Titanium and new, 17-inch PowerBooks - Apple had to make some tough decisions. We quickly and easily connected the PowerBook to both a Sony Ericsson T68i cellular phone and a Palm Tungsten T handheld.

The ability to take advantage of Bluetooth wireless technology, which allows you to use the PowerBook to communicate with other devices over short distances, is built in. (In our cursory testing, this PowerBook’s AirPort reception appeared to be better than the Titanium’s but not as good as the iBook’s.)

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To install an AirPort Extreme card, you flip open a small door cleverly hidden in the PowerBook’s battery bay and slide it in.

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With the keyboard now firmly seated, users who want to upgrade this PowerBook’s RAM will need to do so through a rectangular door on the bottom of the PowerBook. The keys also didn’t leave gridlike marks on the display after more than a week of use, a problem with iBook and previous PowerBook models. Unlike those of most recent models, this PowerBook’s keyboard is not designed to flip up when you want to install RAM or an AirPort card - likely as a result, the keyboard feels less spongy when typing, and its keys seem to have a larger range of motion. Like the iBook’s keyboard, this PowerBook’s keyboard spans the computer’s entire width - but it’s a full-sized keyboard of higher quality than the keyboards Apple has been using on laptops lately. It’s also quite light at only 4.6 pounds, it’s easy to carry, open or closed, with one hand - a level of casual portability that only the slightly larger iBook can match among Mac laptops. This PowerBook measures only 1.18 inches thick, 10.90 inches wide, and 8.60 inches deep - it’s the smallest PowerBook ever in terms of volume. We didn’t hear the cooling fan go on very often, but when it did, it was pretty quiet - all told, the 12-inch PowerBook is much quieter than the Titanium. We measured temperatures there as high as 102 degrees (Fahrenheit) - not hot enough to cause damage, but warm enough to notice as we were using the machine. The new aluminum shell also has a slightly raised texture that is a bit more comfortable to hold than the Titanium’s smooth surface.Īluminum is also a good heat conductor - and this PowerBook can get very warm, especially in the underside area to the left of the trackpad.

The material is rigid, too - pressing the back of this PowerBook’s flat-panel display while the PowerBook was open made no visible marks on the display itself, whereas it’s quite easy to make waves by touching the back of the Titanium model’s screen. The result is a laptop that feels quite rugged its case, although it’s far from impervious from scuffs, is certainly more resistant to scratches than the Titanium PowerBook’s coating of metallic paint. This silver PowerBook G4 is sturdily constructed - not out of titanium but out of anodized aluminum.

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