You can adjust the display brightness from the keyboard or in System Properties. The 12.1-inch display, with a 1,024x768 resolution, opens and closes on a sturdy hinge. Some users have reported that the metal case gets toasty, but we didn't find it to be unusually hot. The anodized-aluminum case feels very solid and seems to resist scratches better than the old titanium cladding. No matter how you look at it, the 12-inch PowerBook strikes an excellent balance between portability and features. The comparison is misleading, however, because the 12-inch PowerBook has an internal media drive, putting it in a similar league as thin-and-lights, which despite the name, are slightly bigger and heavier than ultraportables. It is notably heavier than most Windows-based ultraportables, such as the Dell Latitude X300, the HP Compaq nc4000, and the IBM ThinkPad X31, which also carry 12.1-inch displays. Like most Apple notebooks, the 12-inch PowerBook resists categorization. Bargain hunters will find that the just-announced offers similar portability and features (not to mention longer battery life) for $500 to $700 less, but pound for pound, no other Mac offers as much as the 12-inch PowerBook.
#Macbook g4 12 inch specs update
This update retains everything we like about the design, but it addresses many feature shortcomings by adding a faster processor and graphics, room for more memory, and analog and DVI outputs. But to pare it down to size, Apple cut a few corners from the original. The Apple faithful finally got an ultraportable in fact, the 12-inch PowerBook was (and still is) the smallest notebook ever to come out of Cupertino. The arrival of the 12-inch PowerBook G4 at the beginning of this year was big news.