Crisp new displays that expand your view. Longer battery life to fuel your work (or play) as you fly cross-country. A DVD-burning SuperDrive on every system. The PowerBook G4 packs loads of pro features in a slim enclosure with a slim new price. Choose from the exquisite 12-inch model, the versatile 15-inch powerhouse or the ultimate 17-inch stunner. Systems start at $1499.

12-inch

A crisp, clear XGA display provides exquisite detail and high saturation for rich, vivid colors.

15-inch

Enjoy 1.3 million pixels at a resolution of 1440 by 960 — that’s 26% more pixels than the previous generation.

17-inch

With over 1.7 million pixels, this 1680-by-1050-pixel display is 36% more spacious and 46% brighter than its predecessor.

The Future is Bright

With millions more pixels than previous models, each new 15-inch and 17-inch PowerBook gives you a brilliant workspace that rivals many desktop monitors. Spread out your tools, palettes, and timelines. Bounce from one productivity application to another. View your work from the top or side — easily share your work with clients or team members. Now you have a whole new reason to love your PowerBook.

Going the Extra Mile

The PowerBook G4 is ready to work whenever you are. The new 15-inch and 17-inch models boast a healthy 5.5 hours of battery life — an additional hour over the previous generation. Learn about ways to extend battery life.

DVD Burning Across the Line

It’s easy to warm up to the SuperDrive-equipped PowerBook G4 computers. With fast DVD burning on every system — and double-layer burning on the new 15- and 17-inch models — you’ll quickly discover new ways to package your data and your media. Extremely versatile, the slot-loading SuperDrive works hand-in-hand with Mac OS X, so you can burn data CDs, music CDs and DVDs — right from the desktop.

Drive in the Fast Lane

With more files — and bigger files — you need a hard drive that can handle the load. Not a problem. The PowerBook G4 offers 5400-rpm drives standard across the line: 80GB on 12- and 15-inch models and 120GB on 17-inch models.⁽¹⁾ Need to get at those files fast? Through the Apple Store, you can configure your new 15- or 17-inch PowerBook with a 100GB 7200-rpm internal hard drive that gives you room for huge files — and speedy access too.

Hearing Is Believing

Connect your new 15- or 17-inch PowerBook to decks, receivers, digital instruments and 5.1 surround sound systems. Built-in optical digital audio input and output enable you to enjoy true noise-free, pristine sound — without ground loop interference caused by copper wiring. Of course, all PowerBook systems have built-in stereo speakers for easy listening and an integrated microphone, handy for making calls using iChat AV. A standard minijack provides audio line-input for plugging in a powered microphone, and with a headphone-out port, you can plug in headphones and listen to music, watch a movie, play games or compose a new song in complete privacy.

Portable Performance

Thanks to the PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine, every PowerBook packs a tremendous punch for doing everything from numerical computations to editing video and designing show-stopping presentations. The 15-inch and 17-inch models boast processor speeds of 1.67GHz, and the 12-inch model crunches away at 1.5GHz.

Working with multiple RAM-hungry applications? All PowerBook G4 systems ship standard with 512MB of fast DDR memory. If you’re feeling expansive, you can quadruple that to 2GB on both the 15- and 17-inch models. Even the 12-inch PowerBook allows you to pack in up to 1.25GB of RAM, more than enough to store an entire graphics project in main memory for fast image manipulations.

Featherweight Champ

Light enough to carry around all day, the PowerBook G4 starts at just 4.6 pounds. Housed in a lightweight aluminum alloy enclosure, these sleek notebooks resist stains and scratches. They’re also perfectly smooth on all surfaces, with no doors, protruding latches or levers to break, and no sharp edges to catch on your clothing. Start carrying one today.

1. 1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.