Monday, March 5, 2001		Article

Apple unveils PowerBook G4

APPLE has launched a Titanium Powerbook G4 featuring PowerPC G4 processors with velocity engine running up to 500 MHz, a 15.2-inch (diagonal) mega-wide display, slot-loading DVD drive and 5 hour battery — all in one-inch thick Titanium enclosure weighing 5.3 pounds.

With the G4 processors it would be easier to do video-editing using Apple’s iMovie 2, a digital video-editing software and Final Cut Pro, a video editing, effects and composing software.

The Powerbook would be available in India through reseller network. The product is "Airport ready" with a built-in slot for Airport cards and two built-in antennae for communicating with the airport base station. Airport is the company’s wireless networking solution that provides the Net access up to 11 mbps.

"The Powerbook G4 outperforms Pentium III-based notebook systems by up to 30 per cent," the company’s release says.

— TNS