Terminated, Part 5: The Great Computer Give-Away, Part 2 (Apple PowerBook 12″ G4 867 Mhz) [Updated]
Update: The PowerBook has been given away.
Last time, I gave away a Mac clone from the ’90s. This time, I’m giving away this machine: a 2003-era 12″ PowerBook G4:
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Some specs:
- 867 Mhz PowerPC G4 processor
- 640K RAM (the maximum)
- 1024 * 768 screen resolution
- 40 GB hard drive
- “Combodrive” (Reads and burns CD-ROMs, reads DVDs)
- AirPort Extreme card
Here’s a peek at the ports on its left side:
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The right side has just the CD/DVD slot:
And yes, it can be yours…FREE!
How Can You Get This Machine?
Alas, you can’t anymore; it’s been given away.
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640K? I know the G4s are old, but I think it takes a bit more than that :)
The PowerBook G4 in general is a real trooper of a machine, and in my opinion the form factor is more or less unsurpassed.
Joey, I hope you post some of the best reasons people send in!
Hi Joey, what about giving it to Littlegeeks.org? They give internet and computer access to kids.
http://littlegeeks.org/
Heather
From the everymac link:
*Apple officially reports that the maximum memory capacity of this system is 640 MB with 128 MB of onboard memory and a single 512 MB memory module. However, third-parties have been able to upgrade the RAM to 1152 MB with a single 1.0 GB memory module.