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Model	Basic			Display		Connectivity		Power		Other
Model	Basic Info	Chip / Memory / GPU	Chip Process	Display Specs	Screen Details	Ports	Keyboard / Wireless	Battery / Life	Charging Specs	Size & Weight	Model Numbers	Model ID

Preview

PowerBook G4

(17-inch Double-Layer SD)

Release Date

2005.10

OS Support

Mac OS X 10.4→Mac OS X 10.5

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 7447B (G4)

Graphics:

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

RAM:

256MB2.0GB

Memory type:

PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM (333 MHz)

Storage:

120GB

Process:

130nm

17″

TFT

Resolution:

1680 x 1050

PPI：

116

USB-A：

2 (480Mbps)

FireWire：

1 (400Mb/s / 800Mb/s)

3.5mm analog/optical combo jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size keyboard (78 U.S. or 79 ISO keys, 12 function keys, 4 arrow keys, embedded numeric keypad, with ambient light sensor)

Wi-Fi:

Built-in AirPort Extreme card (802.11b/g)

Bluetooth:

Built-in Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR

Capacity:

58Wh

Battery Life

Battery life：

5.5 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: -

Height: 259mm

Width: 392mm

Thickness: 26mm

Weight: 3.1kg

A1139

PowerBook5,9

Preview

PowerBook G4

(15-inch Double-Layer SD)

Release Date

2005.10

OS Support

Mac OS X 10.4→Mac OS X 10.5

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 7447B (G4)

Graphics:

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

RAM:

Memory type:

PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM (333 MHz)

Storage:

80GB100GB120GB

Process:

130nm

15″

TFT

Resolution:

1440 x 960

USB-A：

2 (480Mbps)

FireWire：

1 (400Mb/s / 800Mb/s)

3.5mm analog/optical combo jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size backlit keyboard (78/79 keys, 12 function keys, 4 arrow keys, embedded numeric keypad, with ambient light sensor)

Wi-Fi:

802.11b/g

Bluetooth:

Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR

Capacity:

50Wh

Battery Life

Battery life：

5.5 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: -

Height: 241mm

Width: 348mm

Thickness: 28mm

Weight: 2.6kg

A1138

PowerBook5,8

Preview

PowerBook G4

(17-inch 1.67GHz)

Release Date

2005.01

OS Support

Mac OS X 10.3→Mac OS X 10.5

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 7447B (G4)

Graphics:

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

RAM:

2.0GB

Memory type:

PC2700 DDR SDRAM (333 MHz)

Storage:

100GB

Process:

130nm

17″

TFT

Resolution:

1440 x 900

PPI：

100

USB-A：

2 (480Mbps)

FireWire：

1 (400Mb/s / 800Mb/s)

3.5mm analog/optical combo jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size backlit keyboard (78/79 keys, 12 function keys, 4 arrow keys, embedded numeric keypad, with ambient light sensor)

Wi-Fi:

802.11b/g

Bluetooth:

Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR

Capacity:

58Wh

Battery Life

Battery life：

4.5 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: -

Height: 259mm

Width: 392mm

Thickness: 26mm

Weight: 3.1kg

A1107

PowerBook5,7

Preview

PowerBook G4

(15-inch 1.67GHz)

Release Date

2005.01

OS Support

Mac OS X 10.3→Mac OS X 10.5

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 7447A or 7447B (G4)

Graphics:

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

RAM:

Memory type:

PC2700 DDR SDRAM (333 MHz)

Storage:

80GB100GB

Process:

130nm

15″

TFT

Resolution:

1280 x 854

USB-A：

2 (480Mbps)

FireWire：

1 (400Mb/s / 800Mb/s)

3.5mm analog/optical combo jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size backlit keyboard (78/79 keys, 12 function keys, 4 arrow keys, embedded numeric keypad, with ambient light sensor)

Wi-Fi:

802.11b/g

Bluetooth:

Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR

Capacity:

50Wh

Battery Life

Battery life：

4.5 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: -

Height: 241mm

Width: 348mm

Thickness: 28mm

Weight: 2.6kg

A1106

PowerBook5,6

Preview

PowerBook G4

(15-inch 1.5GHz)

Release Date

2005.01

OS Support

Mac OS X 10.3→Mac OS X 10.5

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 7447A or 7447B (G4)

Graphics:

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

RAM:

Memory type:

PC2700 DDR SDRAM (333 MHz)

Storage:

80GB100GB

Process:

130nm

15″

TFT

Resolution:

1280 x 854

USB-A：

2 (480Mbps)

FireWire：

1 (400Mb/s / 800Mb/s)

3.5mm analog/optical combo jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size backlit keyboard (78/79 keys, 12 function keys, 4 arrow keys, embedded numeric keypad, with ambient light sensor)

Wi-Fi:

802.11b/g

Bluetooth:

Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR

Capacity:

50Wh

Battery Life

Battery life：

4.5 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: -

Height: 241mm

Width: 348mm

Thickness: 28mm

Weight: 2.6kg

A1106

PowerBook5,6

Preview

PowerBook G4

(12-inch 1.5GHz)

Release Date

2005.01.31

OS Support

Mac OS X 10.3→Mac OS X 10.5

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 7447A G4

Graphics:

NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200

RAM:

512MB

Memory type:

PC2700 DDR SDRAM (333 MHz)

Storage:

60GB80GB100GB

Process:

130nm

12.1″

TFT

Resolution:

1024 x 768

PPI：

100

Mini-DVI：

USB-A：

2 (480Mbps)

FireWire：

1 (400Mb/s)

3.5mm analog input jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size keyboard

Wi-Fi:

802.11b/g

Bluetooth:

Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR

Capacity:

50Wh

Battery Life

Battery life：

5 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: 45W Max

Height: 219mm

Width: 277mm

Thickness: 30mm

Weight: 2.1kg

A1104

PowerBook6,8

Preview

PowerBook G4

(17-inch 1.5GHz)

Release Date

2004.04

OS Support

Mac OS X 10.3→Mac OS X 10.5

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 7447A G4

Graphics:

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

RAM:

2.0GB

Memory type:

PC2700 DDR SDRAM (333 MHz)

Storage:

80GB

Process:

130nm

17″

TFT

Resolution:

1440 x 900

PPI：

100

DVI：

USB-A：

2 (480Mbps)

FireWire：

2 (400Mb/s / 800Mb/s)

3.5mm analog input jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size backlit keyboard

Wi-Fi:

802.11b/g

Bluetooth:

Bluetooth 1.1

Capacity:

58Wh

Battery Life

Battery life：

4.5 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: 65W Max

Height: 259mm

Width: 392mm

Thickness: 26mm

Weight: 3.1kg

A1085

PowerBook5,5

Preview

PowerBook G4

(15-inch 1.5GHz/1.33GHz)

Release Date

2004.04

OS Support

Mac OS X 10.3→Mac OS X 10.5

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 7447A G4

Graphics:

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

RAM:

2.0GB

Memory type:

PC2700 DDR SDRAM (333 MHz)

Storage:

60GB80GB

Process:

130nm

15.2″

TFT

Resolution:

1280 x 854

PPI：

DVI：

USB-A：

2 (480Mbps)

FireWire：

1 (400Mb/s / 800Mb/s)

3.5mm analog input jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size backlit keyboard

Wi-Fi:

802.11b/g

Bluetooth:

Capacity:

Battery Life

Battery life：

4.5 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: 45W

Height: 241mm

Width: 348mm

Thickness: 28mm

Weight: 2.6kg

A1095

PowerBook5,4

Preview

PowerBook G4

(12-inch 1.33GHz)

Release Date

April 2004

OS Support

Mac OS X 10.3→Mac OS X 10.5

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 7447A G4

Graphics:

NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200

RAM:

256MB1.25GB

Memory type:

PC2700 DDR SDRAM (333 MHz)

Storage:

60GB80GB

Process:

130nm

12.1″

TFT

Resolution:

1024 x 768

PPI：

101

Mini-DVI：

USB-A：

2 (480Mbps)

FireWire：

1 (400Mb/s)

Ethernet：

1 (10/100BASE-T)

modem：

1 (56k v92)

3.5mm analog input jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size keyboard

Wi-Fi:

AirPort Extreme

Bluetooth:

Capacity:

50-watt-hour

Battery Life

Battery life：

5 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: 45W

Height: 219mm

Width: 277mm

Thickness: 30mm

Weight: 2.1kg

A1010

PowerBook6,4

Preview

PowerBook G4

(17-inch 1.33GHz)

Release Date

September 2003

OS Support

Mac OS X 10.2→Mac OS X 10.5

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 7447 G4

Graphics:

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600

RAM:

512MB2.0GB

Memory type:

PC2700 DDR SDRAM (333 MHz)

Storage:

80GB

Process:

130nm

17″

TFT

Resolution:

1440 x 900

PPI：

100

DVI：

1 (24-bit 2048 by 1536 non-mirror)

USB-A：

2 (480Mbps)

FireWire：

2 (400Mb/s / 800Mb/s)

Ethernet：

1 (10/100/1000BASE-T)

modem：

1 (56k v92)

CardBus：

3.5mm analog input jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size backlit keyboard

Wi-Fi:

AirPort Extreme

Bluetooth:

Capacity:

58-watt-hour

Battery Life

Battery life：

4.5 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: 65W

Height: 259mm

Width: 392mm

Thickness: 26mm

Weight: 3.1kg

A1052

PowerBook5,3

Preview

PowerBook G4

(15-inch FW800)

Release Date

September 2003

OS Support

Mac OS X 10.2→Mac OS X 10.5

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 7447 G4

Graphics:

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600

RAM:

256MB512MB2.0GB

Memory type:

PC2700 DDR SDRAM (333 MHz)

Storage:

60GB80GB

Process:

130nm

15″

TFT

Resolution:

1280 x 854

PPI：

101

DVI：

USB-A：

2 (480Mbps)

FireWire：

1 (400Mb/s / 800Mb/s)

Ethernet：

1 (10/100/1000BASE-T)

modem：

1 (56k v92)

CardBus：

3.5mm analog input jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size backlit keyboard

Wi-Fi:

AirPort Extreme

Bluetooth:

1.1

Capacity:

46-watt-hour

Battery Life

Battery life：

4.5 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: 65W

Height: 241mm

Width: 348mm

Thickness: 28mm

Weight: 2.5kg

A1046

PowerBook5,2

Preview

PowerBook G4

(12-inch DVI)

Release Date

September 2003

OS Support

Mac OS X 10.2→Mac OS X 10.5

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 7447 G4

Graphics:

NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200

RAM:

256MB1.25GB

Memory type:

PC2100 DDR SDRAM (266 MHz)

Storage:

40GB

Process:

130nm

12.1″

TFT XGA

Resolution:

1024 x 768

PPI：

101

Mini-DVI：

USB-A：

2 (480Mbps)

FireWire：

1 (400Mb/s)

Ethernet：

1 (10/100BASE-T)

modem：

1 (56k v92)

3.5mm analog input jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size keyboard

Wi-Fi:

AirPort Extreme

Bluetooth:

1.1

Capacity:

47-watt-hour

Battery Life

Battery life：

5 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: 45W

Height: 219mm

Width: 277mm

Thickness: 30mm

Weight: 2.1kg

A1010

PowerBook6,2

Preview

PowerBook G4

(17-inch, Early 2003)

Release Date

January 2003

OS Support

Mac OS X 10.2→Mac OS X 10.5

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 7455 v3.3 G4

Graphics:

NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go

RAM:

512MB2.0GB

Memory type:

PC2700 DDR SDRAM (333 MHz)

Storage:

60GB

Process:

180nm

17″

TFT

Resolution:

1440 x 900

PPI：

100

DVI：

USB-A：

2 (12Mb/s)

FireWire：

1 (400Mb/s / 800Mb/s)

Ethernet：

1 (10/100/1000BASE-T)

modem：

1 (56k v92)

CardBus：

3.5mm analog input jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size backlit keyboard

Wi-Fi:

AirPort Extreme

Bluetooth:

1.1

Capacity:

55-watt-hour

Battery Life

Battery life：

4.5 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: 65W

Height: 259mm

Width: 392mm

Thickness: 26mm

Weight: 3.1kg

A1013

PowerBook5,1

Preview

PowerBook G4

(12-inch, Early 2003)

Release Date

2003.01

OS Support

Mac OS X 10.2→Mac OS X 10.5

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 7455 v3.3 (G4)

Graphics:

NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go

RAM:

256MB

Memory type:

PC2100 DDR SDRAM (266 MHz)

Storage:

40GB60GB

Process:

180nm

12.1″

TFT

Resolution:

1024 x 768

PPI：

101

Mini-VGA：

USB-A：

2 (12Mb/s)

FireWire：

1 (400Mb/s)

Composite video：

3.5mm audio input / output：

Keyboard:

Full-size keyboard (78 U.S. / 79 ISO keys, 12 function keys, 4 arrow keys, embedded keys)

Wi-Fi:

AirPort Extreme

Bluetooth:

Built-in

Capacity:

Battery Life

Battery life：

5 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: -

Height: 218mm

Width: 277mm

Thickness: 30mm

Weight: 2.1kg

A1010

PowerBook6,1

Preview

PowerBook G4

(1GHz/867MHz)

Release Date

November 2002

OS Support

Mac OS X 10.2→Mac OS X 10.5

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 7455 v3.2 (G4)

Graphics:

ATI Mobility Radeon 9000

RAM:

256MB512MB

Memory type:

PC133 SDRAM

Storage:

40GB60GB

Process:

180nm

15.2″

TFT

Resolution:

1280 x 854

PPI：

DVI：

USB-A：

2 (12Mb/s)

FireWire：

1 (400Mb/s)

3.5mm headphone output jack (input via built-in microphone)：

Keyboard:

Full-size keyboard

Wi-Fi:

802.11b

Bluetooth:

Capacity:

Battery Life

Battery life：

5 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: -

Height: 241mm

Width: 341mm

Thickness: 26mm

Weight: 2.4kg

A1025

PowerBook3,5

Preview

PowerBook G4

(DVI)

Release Date

April 2002

OS Support

Mac OS 9.2→Mac OS X 10.4

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 7455 G4

Graphics:

ATI Mobility Radeon 7500

RAM:

1.0GB

Memory type:

PC133 SDRAM

Storage:

30GB40GB60GB

Process:

180nm

15.2″

TFT

Resolution:

1280 x 854

PPI：

DVI：

USB-A：

2 (12Mb/s)

FireWire：

1 (400Mb/s)

S-video：

3.5mm headphone output jack (input via built-in microphone)：

Keyboard:

Full-size keyboard

Wi-Fi:

802.11b

Bluetooth:

Capacity:

55.3-watt-hour

Battery Life

Battery life：

5 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: 45W

Height: 241mm

Width: 341mm

Thickness: 26mm

Weight: 2.4kg

A1001

PowerBook3,4

Preview

PowerBook G4

(Gigabit Ethernet)

Release Date

October 2001

OS Support

Mac OS 9.2→Mac OS X 10.4

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 7450 G4

Graphics:

ATI Mobility Radeon

RAM:

1.0GB

Memory type:

PC133 SDRAM

Storage:

20GB30GB48GB

Process:

180nm

15.2″

TFT

Resolution:

1152 x 768

PPI：

VGA：

USB-A：

2 (12Mb/s)

FireWire：

1 (400Mb/s)

S-video：

3.5mm analog output jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size keyboard

Wi-Fi:

802.11b

Bluetooth:

Capacity:

55.3-watt-hour

Battery Life

Battery life：

5 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: 45W

Height: 241mm

Width: 341mm

Thickness: 26mm

Weight: 2.4kg

M8407

PowerBook3,3

Preview

PowerBook G4

(Early 2001)

Release Date

January 2001

OS Support

Mac OS 9.1→Mac OS X 10.4

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 7410 G4

Graphics:

ATI Rage Mobility 128

RAM:

1.0GB

Memory type:

PC100 SDRAM

Storage:

10GB20GB30GB

Process:

180nm

15.2″

TFT

Resolution:

1152 x 768

PPI：

VGA：

USB-A：

2 (12Mb/s)

FireWire：

1 (400Mb/s)

S-video：

3.5mm analog output jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size keyboard

Wi-Fi:

802.11b

Bluetooth:

Capacity:

50-watt-hour

Battery Life

Battery life：

5 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: -

Height: 241mm

Width: 341mm

Thickness: 26mm

Weight: 2.4kg

M5884

PowerBook3,2

Preview

PowerBook G3

(FireWire)

Release Date

February 2000

OS Support

Mac OS 9.0→Mac OS X 10.4

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 750 G3

Graphics:

ATI Rage Mobility 128

RAM:

1.0GB

Memory type:

PC100 SDRAM

Storage:

6GB10GB12GB20GB

Process:

250nm

14.1″

TFT

Resolution:

1024 x 768

PPI：

VGA：

USB-A：

2 (12Mb/s)

FireWire：

2 (400Mb/s)

S-video：

3.5mm analog input jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size keyboard

Wi-Fi:

802.11b

Bluetooth:

Capacity:

50-watt-hour

Battery Life

Single battery：

5 hours

Dual battery：

100 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: 45W

Height: 264mm

Width: 323mm

Thickness: 43mm

Weight: 2.8kg

M7572

PowerBook3,1

Preview

PowerBook G3

(Bronze Keyboard)

Release Date

May 1999

OS Support

Mac OS 8.6→Mac OS X 10.3

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 750 G3

Graphics:

ATI Rage LT Pro

RAM:

512MB (Actual) / 384MB (Apple)

Memory type:

SDRAM

Storage:

4GB10GB

Process:

250nm

14.1″

TFT

Resolution:

1024 x 768

PPI：

VGA：

USB-A：

2 (12Mb/s)

SCSI：

S-video：

3.5mm analog input jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size keyboard (Bronze)

Bluetooth:

Capacity:

50-watt-hour

Battery Life

Single battery：

5 hours

Dual battery：

100 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: 45W

Height: 264mm

Width: 323mm

Thickness: 41mm

Weight: 2.7kg

M5343

PowerBook1,1

Preview

PowerBook G3

(September 1998)

Release Date

September 1998

OS Support

Mac OS 8.1→Mac OS X 10.2

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 750 G3

Graphics:

ATI Rage Pro LT

RAM:

512MB (Actual) / 192MB (Apple)

Memory type:

SDRAM

Storage:

2.0GB4.0GB8.0GB

Process:

250nm

12.1″

SVGA

Resolution:

800 x 600

PPI：

VGA：

SCSI：

S-video：

Serial：

3.5mm analog input jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size keyboard

Bluetooth:

Capacity:

49-watt-hour

Battery Life

Single battery：

3.5 hours

Dual battery：

70 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: 45W

Height: 264mm

Width: 323mm

Thickness: 51mm

Weight: 3.3kg

M4753

312

Preview

PowerBook G3

(May 1998)

Release Date

May 1998

OS Support

Mac OS 8.0→Mac OS X 10.2

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 740/750 G3

Graphics:

ATI Rage LT

RAM:

512MB (Actual) / 192MB (Apple)

Memory type:

SDRAM

Storage:

2.0GB

Process:

250nm

12.1″

STN

Resolution:

800 x 600

PPI：

VGA：

SCSI：

Serial：

3.5mm analog input jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size keyboard

Bluetooth:

Capacity:

49-watt-hour

Battery Life

Single battery：

3.5 hours

Dual battery：

70 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: 45W

Height: 264mm

Width: 323mm

Thickness: 51mm

Weight: 3.3kg

M4753

314

Preview

PowerBook G3

(1997)

Release Date

November 1997

OS Support

Mac OS 8.0→Mac OS 9.1

Color

1-Core PowerPC

PowerPC 750 G3

RAM:

160MB

Memory type:

32 MB onboard

Storage:

5.0GB

Process:

250nm

12.1″

LCD

Resolution:

800 x 600

PPI：

HDI-15：

SCSI：

Serial：

3.5mm analog input jack：

Keyboard:

Full-size keyboard

Bluetooth:

Capacity:

47-watt-hour

Battery Life

Single battery：

2-4 hours

Charging Port:

Charging Speed: 45W

Height: 241mm

Width: 292mm

Thickness: 61mm

Weight: 3.4kg

M3553

313