The titanium PowerBook was announced on January 9, 2001, at the Macworld Expo. It’s the smaller and lighter than any of the G3 PowerBooks that preceded it, measuring just 1″ thick and weighing in at 5.3 pounds. Construction is titanium and carbon fiber, making for a very tough, very light computer.
In the field, its battery yields up to 5 hours of use. The DVD drive is built into the G4, not a drive bay module like recent PowerBooks had.
The PowerBook G4/400 (Titanium) features a 400 MHz PowerPC 7410 (G4) processor with the AltiVec “Velocity Engine” vector processing unit and 1 MB backside level 2 cache, 128 MB of PC100 SDRAM, a 10 GB Ultra ATA/66 hard drive, a slot-loading 6X DVD-ROM drive, and ATI Rage Mobility 128 (2X AGP) graphics with 8 MB of SDRAM in a 1-inch thick Titanium case with a 15.2″ TFT display (1152×768 native resolution). Custom configurations also were available. It also is worth noting that the PowerBook G4/400 (Titanium) is much thinner than the PowerBook G3/400 (Firewire) that it replaced, but lacks swappable drive bays.
| Introduction Date: |
January 9, 2001 |
Discontinued Date: |
October 16, 2001 |
| Processor Speed: |
400 MHz |
Processor Type: |
PowerPC 7410 (G4) |
| Details: |
The PowerPC G4 includes the AltiVec “Velocity Engine” vector processor. |
| Processors: |
1 |
Geekbench: |
272 |
| Processor Upgrade: |
Soldered |
FPU: |
Integrated |
| System Bus Speed: |
100 MHz |
Cache Bus Speed: |
200 MHz (2:1) |
| Details: |
200 MHz dedicated 64-bit backside bus. |
| ROM/Firmware Type: |
Open Firmware |
ROM/Firmware Size: |
1 MB |
| Details: |
The Boot ROM is roughly 1 MB, other instructions are loaded into RAM. |
| L1 Cache: |
64k |
L2/L3 Cache: |
1 MB (backside) |
| Details: |
Includes a 1 MB level 2 cache on a 200 MHz backside bus. |
| RAM Type: |
PC100 SDRAM |
Min. RAM Speed: |
8 ns |
| Standard RAM: |
128 MB |
Maximum RAM: |
1.0 GB |
| Motherboard RAM: |
None |
RAM Slots: |
2 |
| Video Card: |
Rage Mobility 128 |
VRAM Type: |
SDRAM |
| Standard VRAM: |
8 MB |
Maximum VRAM: |
8 MB |
| Details: |
The video cannot be upgraded. |
| Built-in Display: |
15.2″ Widescreen |
Native Resolution: |
1152×768 |
| Details: |
15.2″ color widescreen TFT active-matrix display with a 1152 by 768 native resolution. Apple reports that it also supports “896 by 600, 720 by 480, and 640 by 480 at 3:2 aspect ratio; [and] 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, and 640 by 480 at 4:3 aspect ratio”. |
| 2nd Display Support: |
Dual/Mirroring |
2nd Max. Resolution: |
1280×960 |
| Details: |
The maximum resolution supported on an external VGA display is 1280×960 at millions of colors. |
| Standard Hard Drive: |
10 GB |
Int. HD Interface: |
Ultra ATA/66 (ATA-5) |
| Standard Optical: |
6X DVD-ROM |
Standard Disk: |
None |
| Standard Modem: |
56k v.90 |
Standard Ethernet: |
10/100Base-T |
| Standard AirPort: |
802.11b (Optional) |
Standard Bluetooth: |
N/A |
| USB Ports: |
2 (1.1) |
Firewire Ports: |
1 (400) |
| Expansion Slots: |
Type I/II PC Card |
Expansion Bays: |
None |
| Incl. Keyboard: |
Full-size |
Incl. Input: |
Trackpad |
| Details: |
Apple reports that the integrated keyboard has “77 (US) or 78 (ISO) keys, including 12 function keys, 4 arrow keys (inverted “T” arrangement), and [an] embedded numeric keypad.” The trackpad supports tap, double tap, and drag capabilities. |
| Case Type: |
Notebook |
Form Factor: |
PowerBook G4 |
| Apple Order No: |
M7952LL/A |
Apple Subfamily: |
PowerBook G4 |
| Details: |
The Apple order number should be unique to this system. |
| Apple Model No: |
M5884 (EMC 1854) |
Model ID: |
PowerBook3,2 |
| Battery Type: |
50 W h LiIon |
Battery Life: |
5 Hours |
| Pre-Installed MacOS: |
9.1* |
Maximum MacOS: |
X 10.4.11 |
| MacOS 9 Support: |
Boot/Classic Mode |
Windows Support: |
Emulation Only |
| Dimensions: |
1.0 x 13.4 x 9.5 |
Avg. Weight: |
5.3 lbs (2.4 kg) |
| Details: |
In inches while closed – height by width by depth, (2.6 cm, 34.1 cm, 24.1 cm). |