wahwahman89 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I've now got a MacBook Pro but my girlfriend wants a portable Mac now! With not enough cash for a MBP, are the PowerBook G4s worth buying if they're in good condition? Anyone know the battery life on them when the battery is new (whatever she buys, will probably need a new battery cos of age I guess). Cheers! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/102634-apple-powerbook-g4-12/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
thespottedelf Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 to be honest... (i'm a mac fanboy btw) i don't see how a 12" powerbook could last more the 2 years at the very most, (and that is pushing it) so really they aren't worth it, although they are nice.. they won't last long because of ppc is on the way out Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/102634-apple-powerbook-g4-12/#findComment-731524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-rick Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 12" powerbook is great. I don't quite get the previous comment. Maybe he's referring to the fact that support for PPC and for the PB's in general is going to disappear in two years time.. however right now you'll have a great machine. It is nowhere near as fast as a C2D, but if you're not doing any haevy computing you'll be fine.. very fine. dvd's, divx, music, surfing etc. is no problem for my 1.33ghz PB. Battery life 2 to 3 hours, depending on usage. On the other hand... the EEE pc is also girlfriend material.. cheap and you can borrow it now and then.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/102634-apple-powerbook-g4-12/#findComment-731750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuukka H Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I have the latest 12 pb model which has 1.5 ghz cpu and max memory. This is maybe the best laptop that apple have ever made. Just because the fact that this is portable and beautiful I bought this at the beginning year 2005 and going to use as long as Apple finally comes with as small and build in superdrive intel machine. My battery loading cycles are 396 and it still has 89 % life which gives me about 2 and half hour. Only negative things are display resolution (1024x768) and fan which starts too often. If a web page contain flash animation my GPU is about 60 celcius and fan start yelling! Also one thing is that you cant use windows. There are always few apps that are windows only and virtual pc 7 with windows 2000 is too "sensored" slow. Here in Finland used one is maybe 550 euros and thats not much. So I really would recommend you to buy one. Nobody knows when ppc finally drops out and I think that you dont have to use the latest osx version "lion" to get your work done. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/102634-apple-powerbook-g4-12/#findComment-732095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
westwaerts Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 i have one too and its still a good machine. ( 1,5 GHZ) you cant expect a turbo render station, but for every day jobs, its regarding the size, very good. monitor could be better ( resolution and colours) but its better than the glossy ones in macbooks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/102634-apple-powerbook-g4-12/#findComment-732563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahwahman89 Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 Cheers guys. Just got her one thanks to you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/102634-apple-powerbook-g4-12/#findComment-745759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 It would last for me because there is still one application I run that is only for OS 9 and will never ever ever ever go to OS X. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/102634-apple-powerbook-g4-12/#findComment-745826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thespottedelf Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 It would last for me because there is still one application I run that is only for OS 9 and will never ever ever ever go to OS X. and that would be... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/102634-apple-powerbook-g4-12/#findComment-745970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocluejimbo Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Hey guys, is there an 11/12" PC laptop currently produced that would make a good replacement for the 12" PBG4? I think that a Core 2 Duo and 100+ GB of HD space are necessary, as is at least a CDRW/DVD-ROM drive. I would love to install OSX86 with Tiger or Leopard on such a laptop. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/102634-apple-powerbook-g4-12/#findComment-756974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 There are, but you will pay quite a lot for them. I would say a Dell Latitude D430, or Lenovo 3000 V100 A cheaper but still very nice 13" laptop is the Dell XPS M1330, or the Apple Macbook. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/102634-apple-powerbook-g4-12/#findComment-757411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocluejimbo Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 The Lenovo (updated model, V200) is cool, but has a tray loading drive, which is a huge no-go for me. The Dell would be sweet if it had a quicker processor. The best looking/spec'ed model I've seen is the Asus Lamborghini model, but god, is that ever expensive. Do any OSX86 users have a 11.1"/12.1" ultraportable? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/102634-apple-powerbook-g4-12/#findComment-760704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Check out the Thinkpad X61 (insanelymac.com thread for x61 + tablet) notebookreview.com is a good resource, if you wanna research possible laptops. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/102634-apple-powerbook-g4-12/#findComment-760742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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