In August of 1995, Apple launched a computer that would change the fate of the world: the PowerBook 5300. This 5.9lb fusion of black polycarbonate and capacitors had a modest debut, but little did ...

With an external keyboard and mouse you can use your Powerbook with the display closed and an external monitor as if it were a desktop computer. Here's how: Make sure the computer is plugged in to an ...

On October 21, 1991, Apple launched the PowerBook and every other laptop and notebook computer from that day forward to today's MacBook Pro was changed because of it. Steve Jobs was not responsible, ...

For Apple Computer, releasing a G5 PowerBook continues to be a weighty issue. Apple customers have been waiting for the company to deliver a PowerBook driven by the G5 chip for some time. The more ...

I'm a little afraid that Apple may be putting all their eggs in the iPod basket. It seems that new iPods come out every six to nine months while the venerable PowerBook lineup hasn't been refreshed ...

One of the most popular questions about the new MacBook Pro is about its temperature. Users of previous PowerBook G4s (especially the 12-inch model) are very conscious of the ambient heat generated by ...

Greg Joswiak, Apple Portable Products senior director The Titanium PowerBook G4 notebook--the long-anticipated successor to the PowerBook G3--more than any of the products introduced at this week's ...

Now that Apple has released a 14-inch iBook, some folks are predicting the big screen consumer portable will encroach on sales of Apple’s high-end PowerBook line. To help determine which portable is ...

To determine whether you are a PowerBook fanatic, take the Gore test: If a genie were to grant you three wishes, what would they be? If your first wish would be for a no-compromise Mac portable big on ...