A better battery: Apple increased battery life by a full hour from a stated 4.5 hour capacity to 5.5 hours.The Radeon 9700 128 MB GPU, which was previously a build-to-order option with some 15″ and 17″ 1.5 GHz PowerBooks and Early 2005 1.67 GHz PowerBooks came standard on the October 2005 1.67 GHz Hi-Res PowerBooks.Forget about today’s value and the long term value for a minute and consider what was offered in October 2005 compared to what the “Low-res” 1.67 GHz PowerBooks provided just 9 months earlier…īesides the major obvious difference of a significantly higher resolution screen, consider this list of differences as well and the fact that Apple didn’t charge a premium price for the Hi-Res PowerBooks (they were still just $1,999 – a real bargain for what you got) – truly highlighting the value these final PowerBooks provided: The value and capabilities of the Hi-Res PowerBooks seem to be well known to those who covet them. Even today, at seven years old, they command a nice premium on eBay. $30 to own this incredible machine for nearly two years? You can’t beat that. It was resold on eBay at the end of December 2010, and the final auction price with shipping was $470. Mine was a corporate off-lease unit that was in mint condition, purchased from a technology reseller on eBay for $500 shipped in April 2009. I had the privilege of owning a 15″ Hi-Res PowerBook for nearly two years, and the cost of ownership for these PowerBooks is second to none. Apple went all out with these final PowerBooks, and the only missing feature was the IR (infrared) port that was used with the Apple Remote on the first MacBook Pro units primarily for Front Row (third party USB solutions exist), but nonetheless they were amazing pieces of hardware. The biggest thing I remember about them is how they flew in a bit under the radar, since the impending Intel machines were right around the corner and had a lot of hype behind them. These 15″ and 17″ notebooks were the last Macs that would don the PowerBook moniker. This site (apple-store.in) is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple Inc.A little over seven years ago, on October 19, 2005, Apple introduced the Hi-Res PowerBook G4. IPad®, iPod®, iPhone® and the Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple, Apple Inc. © 2023 AppleStore Locator - Apple Stores in Europe Apple Stores in Groveport, Franklin 43199Įnter ZIP code to Find Apple Stores in your area. ![]()
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