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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 22, 2006
Pros: sleek, seamless, transparent, smooth, fast, beautiful display, solid
Cons: too pretty, and a bit pricey.
Summary: I've owned my new 15.2 inch 1.33GHz powerbook for a bit over a month now. While I know it may be too soon to say, and yes, I'm knocking on any wood I can find here, so far, not a single hiccup or glitch. This machine is so transparent, the computer ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 11, 2004
Pros: good looks, fast, great hardware
Cons: easily scraped,
bottom gets got enough to make your legs burn
Summary: slim, lightweight design that isn't bogged down by all those ridiculous media card reader slots and other miscellaneous garbage that PC manufacturers think is necessary. also, the Airport card is controlled via SOFTWARE, not those pointless hardware ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 5, 2004
Pros: Beautiful machine, construction is tight.
Cons: Battery life, a bit warm sometimes.
Summary: Combo drive, 1ghz ram, 60gb HD latest updates. since 11/03 First, I absolutely love my powerbook. The backlighting is incredible. I've always been a windows/dos user. the filing system under os x feels alot different than xp. i've been using this ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 26, 2004
Pros: Elegant design, Excellent performance, Impressive interoperability with Windows environments with OS X.
Cons: I can't think of any
Summary: I bought this computer in the summer of 2003 to support my marketing consulting business. Since I was primarily working on my own - writing, doing marketing strategy, etc., I was free to use pretty much whichever computer I wanted to. Now, I've moved ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 6, 2003
Pros: Stylish, trouble-free, sexy, idiot-proof, international and intuitive
Cons: needs gentleness. not cheap.
Summary: Ok, this powerbook is supposed to be "last years model". Ha! Well, theoretically, it is. There is a reason for this. Once this lawyer managed to convince her family to get it for her combined XMAS-birthday, I could hardly wait. My brother, savvy sh ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 14, 2003
Pros: Blazing speed, huge HD, DVD-R. Good monitor. 1" thick. Wireless internet. A desktop on wheels.
Cons: Expensive. Very expensive. Average battery life. Wide.
Summary: Look, if you can afford it -- and they are getting somewhat cheaper -- the TiBook is the best computer you can buy for your money. It comes with everything you could possibly ask for in either a desktop or a laptop, and it is amazingly light and thin. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 23, 2003
Pros: Fast, elegant, crash-free, intuitive
Cons: Poor wireless reception
Summary: I had the first Apple, then switched to Windows for some ungodly reason, I think mostly because so many games and such were available. I liked all the bells and whistles, all the switches and buttons. But I grew to really hate all my windows ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 20, 2003
Pros: Simply the best laptop out there
Cons: NONE
Summary: Let's go over something. If you own a laptop, you should own a Mac. A lot of people say, "Everyone where I work uses a PC and I need to be compatible." Newsflash...it is. Office for OSX is completey PC compatible and Mac can even network now with ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 2, 2003
Pros: Greatest laptop on the planet
Cons: Watch for screen problems like flickering pixels
Summary: Absolutely one of the best machines I have ever bought. Incredibly sleek, sexy, stylish. Perfect replacement for my PowerBook G3 500 FireWire which I also loved. Just when manufacturers like Toshiba designed machines to copy that PowerBooks' curvy sexy ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 3, 2003
Pros: Sleek, Stylish; Bright, high-resolution 15.2” display; DVD-R, Superb OS, FAST, cheaper (believe it or not!)
Cons: 802.11b range still suffers; I still worry about scratches and dents
Summary: Apple’s Flagship Powerbook G4 has long stood out from its peers and rivals. No one has been able to match its combination of thin design, huge screen, light weight, long battery life, great performance, and functionality. In its latest incarnation, ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 27, 2002
Pros: Oh it is So stable, long battery life, and looks so Sexy!!!
Cons: Expensive... but oh so worth it!!!
Summary: Well to start off, this laptop is not for those looking to save a few bucks. If you are considering this laptop, expect to pay for the quality it brings. 1 Ghz G4 processor (equivilant to 2.2Ghz Pentium 4), 512 MB RAM, 64 MB Radeon 9000 graphics, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 19, 2002
Pros: Huge Display, Superdrive (iDVD), Shiny Silver, Fast
Cons: Awkward sized laptop, one firewire port, battery sleep issues
Summary: So where are my blue tights & red cape? Because it's clear SuperDrive is here. And it'll make you feel like a Superhero with it's speed, strength, stablility and shiny shiny Titanium.
Every since Apple released the PowerBook G4 laptop I have ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 10, 2002
Pros: Impressively fast, sleek, still gets admiring looks. Big improvements over old version
Cons: It's expensive. That's about it.
Summary: Back in 2001, the first PowerBook G4 was introduced to oohs and ahhs of approval. The public responded by making it a major best-seller, and thousands of people, including myself, picked one up.
But technology marches on, and a machine that ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 5, 2002
Pros: -OS X (unix)
-Beautiful design
-Amazing screen
-Super Drive
Cons: -Price $3000
-The envious looks people give you when you whip one out
Summary: First some background on me. But first, I will not go into a long winded emotional explanation as to why I love this machine as much of that is subjective, I will give my reasons for why this machine better than other high end laptops in the $2000 price ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 18, 2002
Pros: Drips elegance from every angle, is the perfect mobile design studio, makes others jealous
Cons: It's BIG (but not heavy), faxing is buggy, makes others jealous
Summary: I bought my 867MHz PowerBook G4 just two weeks ago, and I'm completely in love with it. It's the first computer I've bought NEW since 1986! I'm a film student and a freelance graphic designer, and I was actually planning on getting a Quicksilver or ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 3, 2004
Pros: Sleek Design, Ease of Use, Makes People Drool, Makes People Jealous
Cons: Gets hot REAL quick
Summary: I purchased my 15" powerbook for school/work use. I chose this over the other models because of its performance, decent size screen, and its sleek Titanium design finish. I'm not a mac head or anything but I enjoy using both pc and mac. This ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 5, 2004
Pros: Great screen, light,fast, cool,unsurpassed keyboard
Cons: Pricey, limited software, dated interface
Summary: This is my first Apple and I like most everything about it. I did have white spots on the screen and a week back at the factory apparently took care of it.(Being a Windows guy all these years I'm not used to a voice mail from tech support that says,"Mr. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 25, 2003
Pros: Its an Apple
Cons: Expensive, but you already know that
Summary: First some background on me. But first, I will not go into a long winded emotional explanation as to why I love this machine as much of that is subjective, I will give my reasons for why this machine better than other high end laptops in the $2000 price ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 25, 2002
Pros: Sleek design. Large Screen. Combo DVD-R/CD-RW drive
Cons: Price, hard to connect to a standard projector
Summary: Finally, a 1 Ghz machine from Apple! I couldn't wait to place my order in November. For over a year I had patiently waited to upgrade my 500 MHz PowerBook with at least a 1 Ghz machine. Apple unleashed this machine in early November and I was online ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 15, 2003
Pros: Size, portability
Cons: Ridiculously high price, slow performance, bad paint job
Summary: After many years (literally) of weighing this purchase, I'm fully in the "really wish I hadn't" category. I hadn't owned a Mac since a bad experience with a Performa several years ago, and this Powerbook isn't the machine to bring me back into the Mac wo ... read more
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