PRESS RELEASE October 16, 2001

New PowerBook Line Includes High Speed Graphics & Larger Hard Drives

  • 1-inch thick Titanium metal body weighing just 5.3 pounds*;
  • a stunning 15.2 inch (diagonal) TFT wide-screen active-matrix display;
  • new 550 MHz or 667 MHz PowerPC G4 processors with Velocity Engine™ and 256K of on-chip level 2 cache, running at full processor speed;
  • new 133 MHz system bus in 667 MHz model and 100 MHz system bus in 550 MHz model;
  • 128MB or 256MB SDRAM, expandable to 1GB;
  • slot-loading DVD-ROM drive or new slot-loading CD-RW drive option;
  • new ATI Mobility Radeon graphics with AGP 4X and 16MB DDR video memory;
  • new built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet;
  • new 20GB or 30GB Ultra ATA/66 hard drives standard, with drives up to 48GB optional;
  • up to 5 hours of battery life on one Lithium-ion battery;
  • AirPort® card now pre-installed on 667 MHz model, with antennas and slot for wireless networking on all models;
  • USB, FireWire®, VGA and S-video output;
  • new Mac OS X version 10.1, Apple's next-generation operating system installed, as well as Classic Mac OS 9.2.1; and
  • a new small, lightweight power adapter.

  • 128MB SDRAM, expandable to 1GB;
  • a 20GB Ultra ATA/66 hard drive; and
  • AirPort ready with integrated antennas and card slot.

  • 256MB SDRAM, expandable to 1GB;
  • a 30GB Ultra ATA/66 hard drive; and
  • AirPort enabled with integrated antennas and pre-installed AirPort Card.

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