PowerBook G4 (12”)

Introduced: January 2003
Terminated: September 2003

Description

The PowerBook G4 (12”) was housed in an aluminum casing that was smaller than the compact 12.1” iBook.  It ran at 867Mhz and had 40Gb of hard drive space.  It had a slot loading Combo or SuperDrive and 128Mb of RAM.  The smaller case meant that a new motherboard design was used, so the PowerBook G4 (12”) had internal Bluetooth and supported AirPort Extreme.  It had a 32Mb NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go graphics card, a mini VGA and composite audio/video ports.

History

The PowerBook G4 (12”) brought the compact size of the iBook to Apple’s professional line.  It was very similar to the larger 867Mhz PowerBook G4, but had several upgrades owing to the new motherboard design.  The single configuration was available for $1799.

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Specifications

Processor: PowerPC 7455 v3.3 (G4)
Processor Speed: 867 MHz
Benchmarks: 867 MHz: 434
Cache: 64 KB L1, 256 KB on-chip (1:1) L2
System Bus: 133 MHz
Hard Drive: 40 or 60 GB 4200-rpm
Media: Slot-loading Combo or 1x/8x/8x/4x/24x SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
Weight and Dimensions (US): 4.6 lbs., 1.18” H x 10.9” W x 8.6” D
Weight and Dimensions (Metric): 2.1 kg, 3 cm H x 27.7 cm W x 21.9 cm D
Original Mac OS: Mac OS X 10.2.3 (6G30, 6H28, 6H30)
Later Mac OS:—
Maximum Mac OS: Latest release of Mac OS X
Hardware Test: AHT (PowerBook) 2.0.2, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.5, 2.5.2
Firmware: Open Firmware
Firmware Update: None
Logicboard RAM: 128 MB
Maximum RAM: 1152 MB (Actual) 640 MB (Apple)
Type of RAM Slots: 1 - PC2100 DDR266 200-pin SO-DIMM
Minimum RAM Speed:—
Interleaving Support: No
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go
ATI Card Model:—
Graphics Connection: 4x AGP
Graphics Memory: 32 MB DDR
Built-in Display: 12.1-inch (diagonal) TFT XGA
Resolutions: 1024 x 768 (native), 800 x 600, 640 x 480
Display Modes: Dual display extended and video mirroring
Display Connection: 1 - Mini-VGA (Composite and S-video with adapter)
Expansion Slots: None
Expansion Bays: None
Hard Drive Bus: Ultra ATA/100 (ATA-4)
Motion Sensor: None
Backup Battery: None
Power Adapter: 45 W Apple Power Adapter (M8943**/A)
System Battery: 47 Wh Lithium Ion (M8984G/A)
Battery Life: Up to 5 hours
Max Watts:—
Line Voltage: 100-240V AC
AirPort: Optional AirPort Extreme card (802.11b/g)
Bluetooth: Built-in Bluetooth 1.1
Ethernet: 10/100BASE-T (RJ-45)
Modem: 56k v92
ADB: None
Serial: None
SCSI: None
USB: 2 - 12 MBit/s
FireWire: 1 - 400 MBit/s (7W)
Security Slot: 1 - Kensington cable lock
Audio In: 1 - 3.5-mm analog input jack, Built-in microphone (16-bit 44.1 kHz sample rate)
Audio Out: 1 - 3.5-mm analog output jack, 3 - Built-in speakers (16-bit 44.1 kHz sample rate)

Timeline

Introduced in January 2003, the PowerBook G4 (12”) was discontinued in September 2003.

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