There’s an issue here.  Apple’s brand has, for the last  few decades, followed a certain style- of preceeding everything with an “i”- hence pundits globally have become accustomed to believing that any new product will, similarly start with that very same letter- after all, it’s about branding.

However, the iTV brand is a very old and recognised brand and given the rumours surrounding the capability of the TV set Apple is currently producing, there may be issues in the future.  The key issue here isn’t the naming of the products, but what any future products would do.  Apple may in effect back itself into a corner in the UK with the Brand name iTV if, in the future it’s considering moving into broadcasting or streaming- as the Brand name’s effectively already taken in that particular sector.

The Shanghai Store. One of 11 stores operated by Apple in China

In talking to Xinhau News Agency, China this Week, Tim Cook, CEO Apple Inc. stated that he believes China will become Apple’s larget market (it’s currently second place, behind the US).

During 2010-2011, Apple’s sales in China almost Doubled and when the iPhone 5 was released last year, more than 2 million handsets were sold in China alone in the first 3 days.

However, Mr Cook failed to mention when he believed that China’s Market would overtake the US’s.

This Guide is relevant to the:

• Powerbook G4 400mHz titanium
• Powerbook G4 500mHz Titanium
• Apple G4 550mHz Powerbook Titanium
• Powerbook 667mHz G4 Gigabit Titanium
• G4 800mHz Titanium Powerbook
• G4/667mHz Titanium DVI Powerbook
• G4 867mHz Powerbook Titanium
• 1.0gHz G4 Titanium PB

Upgrade Guide:

Step 1:  Remove the Power Chord and all external peripherals plugged into the Powerbook.  Turn the Powerbook over and remove the battery.

Step 2: Remove the Torx Screws (T8) from the bottom case of the Powerbook (all visible screws)- Note that 2 x bottom cases were manufactured by Apple for the Titanium Powerbook.  However, access for both is near identical and in both cases, all screws have to be removed.

Step 3:  With your thumbs, push the bottom case away from the rear hinges, sliding it towards what would be the front of the laptop:

Step 4:  Lift the Bottom cover plate clear of the Powerbook to reveal the Motherboard:

Step 5: To install the Airport card, first insert the card into the slot (with Airport logo on the underside of the card) and push firmly into the slot (note the slot/ male port attached to the powerbook swivels 30 degrees, allowing for easy access).  Push the card firmly into the Port so that the pins are recessed inside the Airport card.

Step 6:  Connect the Antenna to the Airport card’s female port (other end of card closest to external face of powerbook).  Push the card down into place in the Powerbook.

Step 7:  Close up the Powerbook, replacing all the screws.  Insert Battery, connect to power and boot up again.  Configure the airport card to connect wirelessly.

This Guide is relevant to the:

• Powerbook G4 400mHz titanium
• Powerbook G4 500mHz Titanium
• Apple G4 550mHz Powerbook Titanium
• Powerbook 667mHz G4 Gigabit Titanium
• G4 800mHz Titanium Powerbook
• G4/667mHz Titanium DVI Powerbook
• G4 867mHz Powerbook Titanium
• 1.0gHz G4 Titanium PB

Hard Drive requirements:

In order to fit inside the Powerbook 2.5″ laptop hard drives have to be no thicker than 12.5mm.  Most IDE hard drives are compatible with The Titanium Powerbook- assuming MacOS X 10.3 and above is to be installed.

Note however that The original Powerbook Titanium models G4 400mHz and G4 500mHz, will not accomodate Big hard drives (larger than 128 gigabytes).  All other titanium Powerbooks (DVI & Gigabit) will support larger drive capacities.  

This Guide is relevant to the:

• Powerbook G4 400mHz titanium
• Powerbook G4 500mHz Titanium
• Apple G4 550mHz Powerbook Titanium
• Powerbook 667mHz G4 Gigabit Titanium
• G4 800mHz Titanium Powerbook
• G4/667mHz Titanium DVI Powerbook
• G4 867mHz Powerbook Titanium
• 1.0gHz G4 Titanium PB

Step 2:  Turn the Powerbook back over, open the screen and locate the locking screw holding the keyboard in place.  Using a small flat blade scredriver, turn the lock to “unlock” the keyboard.  Check that it is unlocked by gently lifting the rear of the keyboard- it should be slightly loose.

Step 3: Locate the left hand lock holding the keyboard in place.  Pull back on the locking tab (towards the palme rest/ front of keyboard) and gently lift from the tab (do not lever up on the keyboard keys).

Step 4:  Repeat the step 3 on the right hand locking mechanism to free the entire keyboard assembly.

Step 5:  Lift the keyboard from the rear face, rotating it about the front face.  Lift it gently clear of the powerbook noting that the ribbon cable is still attaching it to the powerbook itself.

Step 6:  Lay the Keyboard upside down on the palm rest/ trackpad area.  It does not require full removal to replace the RAM.  Note:  Simply turn the keyboard over, rotating it about the edge nearest to you.  DO NOT TWIST THE RIBBON CABLE.

Step 7:  The RAM modules are located on the Titanium Motherboard near the trackpad.  To remove the memory modules, open out the retaining tabs (left and right of each module).  The modules are mounted one on top of the other so you need to remove the top one to access the bottom one.

Step 8:  The memory module will pop up and can be lifted clear (pull gently up and toward the screen).  Repeat the process for the now exposed lower memory module.

Step 9:  Once all memory modules have been removed, add your first module to the lower slot, noting the orientation of the notch to the module:

Step 10:  Push the first module into the slot at an angle of 45 degrees, ensuring that the gold pins are sunk into the slot on the Powerbook:

Step 11:  Push down on the rear edge of the memory module until it clicks into place, engaging the locking tabs.

Step 12:  Repeat the process for the upper memory slot.  Replace the keyboard, following the above guide in reverse, add the battery and power chord and check to ensure the Powerbook powers on.  Note that if it fails to power on, your memory may not have been seated correctly or is the wrong type for the Powerbook.

• Powerbook G3 233mHz 12.1 inch M4753
• Powerbook G3 250mHz 14 inch M4753 (M6477LL/A- 12.1 inch, M6481LL/A- 13.3 inch, M6484LL/A- 14 inch)
• Powerbook G3 292mHz 14 inch M4753 (M6541LL/A)

Specs:

The Sonnet Crescendo/WS G3 500 features a 500 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) processor with 1 MB of backside cache.

Installation:

The Crescendo/WS 500 incorporated a Daughtercard onto which the Processor was directly soldered.  Memory modules were also accomodated on the Daughtercard, meaning that the user had to dis-assemble the Powerbook, remove the existing Daughtercard, swap the existing memory onto the new card and re-assemble the Powerbook.  See:  Upgrading the Processor in the Powerbook G3 Wallstreet.

Performance gains:

Performance gains of the Processor itself have been found to be 2.0 times that of the original stock G3 233mHz CPU.  However, overall gains are not so significant due to the bus speed of the system, hard drive performance and video performane.  Overall gains have been equated to 1.5 that of the original base system.

Full Specs:

• Powerbook G3 233mHz 12.1 inch M4753
• Powerbook G3 250mHz 14 inch M4753 (M6477LL/A- 12.1 inch, M6481LL/A- 13.3 inch, M6484LL/A- 14 inch)
• Powerbook G3 292mHz 14 inch M4753 (M6541LL/A)

Specs:

The PowerLogix Blue Chip G3 500 features a 500 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) processor with 1 MB of backside cache on a 250 MHz backside bus.

Installation:

The Processor upgrade incorporated a Daughtercard onto which the Processor was directly soldered.  Memory modules were also accomodated on the Daughtercard, meaning that the user had to dis-assemble the Powerbook, remove the existing Daughtercard, swap the existing memory onto the new card and re-assemble the Powerbook.  See:  Upgrading the Processor in the Powerbook G3 Wallstreet.

Performance gains:

Performance gains of the Processor itself have been found to be 1.5-3.8 times that of the original stock G3 CPU.  However, overall gains are not so significant due to the bus speed of the system, hard drive performance and video performane.  Overall gains have been equated to 1.5-1.9x that of the original base system.

Full Specs:

• Powerbook G3 233mHz 12.1 inch M4753
• Powerbook G3 250mHz 14 inch M4753 (M6477LL/A- 12.1 inch, M6481LL/A- 13.3 inch, M6484LL/A- 14 inch)
• Powerbook G3 292mHz 14 inch M4753 (M6541LL/A)

Specs:

The Blue Chip G4 WS 500mHz features a 500 MHz PowerPC 7410 (G4) processor with 1 MB of backside cache on a 250 MHz backside bus.

Installation:

The Processor upgrade incorporated a Daughtercard onto which the Processor was directly soldered.  Memory modules were also accomodated on the Daughtercard, meaning that the user had to dis-assemble the Powerbook, remove the existing Daughtercard, swap the existing memory onto the new card and re-assemble the Powerbook.  See:  Upgrading the Processor in the Powerbook G3 Wallstreet.

Full Specs:

• Powerbook G3 233mHz 12.1 inch M4753
• Powerbook G3 250mHz 14 inch M4753 (M6477LL/A- 12.1 inch, M6481LL/A- 13.3 inch, M6484LL/A- 14 inch)
• Powerbook G3 292mHz 14 inch M4753 (M6541LL/A)

All three models incoporated a Processor affixed direct to a Daughtercard that could be quite easily removed and replaced with a faster CPU.  This meant swapping out the entire daughtercard as the Processor was soldered directly to it.  Memory also had to be swapped over onto the new card.

Cards available included:

• Powerlogix Blue Chip G4 500mHz Wallstreet
• Powerlogix Blue Chip G3 500mHz Wallstreet
• Sonnet Technologies Crescendo WS G3 500mHz

The Upgrade:

Step 1: Power down the Powerbook, remove all external power sources and disconnect any external peripherals.  Remove the main battery from the laptop.

Step 2:  Place your index fingers inside the left and right expansion bays (battery bay and optical drive bay) and locate the ridged, plastic tab on the roof of each expansion bay that locks the keyboard in place. Pull the tabs toward you to release the bottom of the keyboard.  Lift the keyboard and pull it towards you to release it from it’s m,etal tabs.  Fold the keyboard about the front edge, resting it upside down on the palm rest/ trackpad.  Avoid damaging the ribbon cable that connects it to the Powerbook.

Step 3: The Processor is mounted to the Daughtercard directly underneath the Heat shield.  Use a small Philips screw to unlock the steel shield and lift it clear of the Powerbook:

Step 4:  To remove the Daughtercard, remove the screw (A) holding the Hard Drive assembly in place (located near bottom right of Processor card/ Daughtercard).  Pull up on the left side of the Hard Drive enclosure to free it and lift the assembly out of the Powerbook.

Step 6: To remove the Daughtercard, use a creit/ debit card to lever up on the right hand side of the card itself, freeing it from the motherboard.  Lift the Daughtercard clear of the Powerbook.  To the underside of the Daughtercard is a second RAM slot.  Note that this slot can accomodate memory modules no larger than 1.5 inches high.

Step 6: To remove the memory modules from the old Daughtercard, pull the retaining clips appart and the RAM module will pop out.  Put the RAM module in the new Daughtercard by inserting them into the RAM the slot at 45 degrees until the gold pins are recessed inside the slot and push the memory modules down until the retaining clips engage with it’s edges

Step 7:  Re-build Powerbook in reverse order (with the new Daughtercard installed) following the steps outlined above.  Note that the Processor Daughtercard has to be firmly re-seated into the slot in order to function.

• Powerbook G3 233mHz 12.1 inch M4753
• Powerbook G3 250mHz 14 inch M4753 (M6477LL/A- 12.1 inch, M6481LL/A- 13.3 inch, M6484LL/A- 14 inch)
• Powerbook G3 292mHz 14 inch M4753 (M6541LL/A)

All three models accept 12.5mm high ATA5 Hard Disk Drives.  Do not try to add an ATA6 or faster hard drive to the Powerbook as it will probably not work.  Hard Drive capacities must be less than 128 Gigabytes in size.  The Powerbook Wallstreet takes 2.5 inch ATA/IDE laptop drives.

The Upgrade:

Step 1: Power down the Powerbook, remove all external power sources and disconnect any external peripherals.  Remove the main battery from the laptop.

Step 2:  Place your index fingers inside the left and right expansion bays (battery bay and optical drive bay) and locate the ridged, plastic tab on the roof of each expansion bay that locks the keyboard in place. Pull the tabs toward you to release the bottom of the keyboard.  Lift the keyboard and pull it towards you to release it from it’s m,etal tabs.  Fold the keyboard about the front edge, resting it upside down on the palm rest/ trackpad.  Avoid damaging the ribbon cable that connects it to the Powerbook.

Step 3: To access the Hard Drive assembly, you first need to remove the heat shield from the Daughtercard.  Use a small Philips screw to unlock the steel shield and lift it clear of the Powerbook:

Step 4:   To access the Hard Drive, remove the screw (A) holding the Hard Drive assembly in place (located near bottom right of Processor card/ Daughtercard.  Pull up on the left side of the Hard Drive enclosure to free it and lift the assembly out of the Powerbook.

Step 6: Having removed the Hard Drive assembly, remove the 6 x T 8 (Torx ) screws (2 x to the green circuit board and 4 x to the top of the Drive assembly.

Step 7:  Using a plastic shim, seperate the hard drive from the plastic connector, being careful not to put too much force on the connector itself.  Do not pull the green connector itself.  Now insert the new hard drive into the caddy, attach with the 4 x bottom screws, slot on the Drive connector board and it’s assoicated screws.

Step 8: Re-build the Powerbook following the above steps in reverse order to complete.  Note that the Hard Drive will require formatting before an operating system can be installed or your old drive mirrored onto it.

See Also:  Upgrading the Processor in the Powerbook G3 Wallstreet