PowerBook, Up To 1 GHz Laptop Computers

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The new PowerBook G4 is an absolute powerhouse for digital video. And with its elegantly engineered slot-loading combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW), the PowerBook G4 lets you watch DVDs and burn CDs anywhere. With our 512MB upgrade, you can do even more at once!

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With sleek exterior that is as stunning as ever, the Titanium PowerBook G4 has all the subtle refinements and esthetic touches that have made it the most coveted full-featured notebook computer on the planet: 1-inch thick, 5.4 pounds, 5-hour battery, AirPort, and pure-grade titanium body. It's even more impressive on the inside, as faster PowerPC G4 processors, powerful new graphics capabilities, gobs of RAM, and the world's most advanced operating system combine to deliver off-the-charts performance.

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Making a notebook computer the slimmest or lightest in its category shouldn't have to mean making compromises in performance and functionality. Take the PowerBook G4 in a head-to-head comparison with the Sony Vaio Z505, for instance. Compare the specs and judge for yourself. It's no contest. What makes a supercomputer "super" is its ability to execute at least one billion floating-point operations per second. It's a staggering measure of speed known as a "gigaflop." In addition, the PowerPC G4 can perform four (in some cases eight) 32-bit floating-point calculations in a single cycle - two to four times faster than traditional processors. The PowerPC G4 with Velocity Engine works with the PowerPC architecture to accelerate the data-intensive processing required by next-generation video, voice and graphics applications.Among the G4 key features is a vector permute function capable of rearranging data in the registers - a priceless benefit when converting data from one format to another (often necessary with voice, video and graphics apps, which typically need to save data in a number of different formats). These vector processing acceleration advantages give the G4 microprocessor a significant edge when it comes to fast visualization of large data sets, and intensive math for real-time simulations. Making the PowerPC G4 perfect for everything from digital video, graphics and 3D games to astronomy, the biosciences and predictive modeling.