Archive No. 71
PowerBook G4 Titanium
Titanium (DVI)
Historical Context
The PowerBook G4 Titanium (DVI) showed Apple refining one of its most influential notebook designs into a more mature professional tool, pairing the iconic titanium enclosure with a sharper widescreen display, faster G4 processors, integrated Gigabit Ethernet, and one of the first built-in DVI ports in a notebook. Released in April 2002, it sits at an important point in Apple laptop history: still firmly part of the original Titanium PowerBook era, but already pointing toward the display-focused, desktop-replacement role that Apple’s later pro notebooks would embrace even more fully.
Specifications
Technical Blueprint
Ref: A1001
Processor
PowerPC G4 667Mhz
Memory
1GB PC133 SDRAM SO-DIMM
Storage
64GB IDE SSG (Dogfish), CD-RW
Graphics
ATI RageM7 32MB
Operating System
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5.9 Sorbet Leopard, Mac OS 9.2.2
Hardware Notes
Wi-Fi enabled
Gallery
Detailed Observations
The Story
Swapped internal 40GB IDE drive for SSD, upgraded to 1GB RAM, and added Airport Express