The New 17" PowerBook G4

I was in Funan IT Mall yesterday surveying the Notebooks. The one that caught my eye is the 17 inch PowerBook G4. It's simply gorgeous and undoubtably the supermodel of notebooks. Miraculously engineered, the ultralight PowerBook G4 is just 1-inch thin and 3.13 kgs, making it the thinnest and lightest notebook with a 17-inch display on the market today.


PowerBook G4 17"

Would I buy one? To be honest, I would not. Simply because the price is too high, or rather the price/performance ratio is not good enough. For the $5,288 price tag I can also buy two state-of-the-art Intel Centrino based notebooks, which might not look as good, nor have a 17 inch widescreen monitor, but will still get the job done. That does not mean I would not want to own one, it is just that in my opinion it is overpriced.

To quote from Seong Swee "Price good, wallet loose ... sure go!"
Here are the specs:

PowerBook G4 (17" 1.5 Ghz)
Processor: 1.5 Ghz PowerPC G4, 512K SRAM on-chip L2 cache.
Memory: 512MB DDR333 SDRAM - 1 SO-DIMM.
Display: 1440 x 900 resolutions TFT XGA widescreen.
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with 64 MB of DDR SDRAM.
Hard Disk: 80 GB Ultra ATA/100 drive @ 4200 RPM.
Slots: 1 PC Card (Type I or II).
Optical Drive: Super Drive DVD-R/CD-RW.
Ethernet:10/100/1000 Base-T (Gigabit).
USB: 2 2.0
FireWire: 400 and 800.
Wireless Communications: Built-in 54Mbps AirPort Extreme wireless networking(based on 802.11g standard); Built-in Bluetooth 1.1
Modem: Built-in 56K V.92 modem.
Keyboard: Full size illuminated fibre optic backlit keyboard with ambient light sensor
System Software: Mac OS X v 10.3 "Panther"
Video Accessories: S-Video to composite adapter, DVI to VGA adapter.
Audio: Two built-in stereo speakers.
Weight: 3.1 kgs with battery and optical drive installed.
Dimensions: Height 1"(2.6 cm) x Width 15.4"(39.2 cm) x Depth 10.2"(25.9 cm).