Power Mac G4 FireWire 800 (Early 2003)

The January 2003 Power Mac G4 was the first to require OS X, and is the first which cannot natively boot into Mac OS 9. It was also the first with FireWire 800 ports. This Early ’03 model was also the first Power Mac with a Bluetooth socket and support for 802.11g AirPort Extreme. Apple […]

Who’s Taking a Beating, Apple or Quark?

2003: Mac OS X is rapidly gaining ground, and Apple is cracking the whip by more or less eliminating Mac OS 9 booting in their latest machines. Software developers are hopping on the OS X party wagon and releasing software for OS X like there’s no tomorrow. So where’s Quark in this?

Risk and Safety at Macworld Expo

2003: If you’ve been paying attention, you already know that Apple released a number of upgrades and applications yesterday. While I’m certain that some people were disappointed, I suspect that Apple hit just the right balance between risk and safety.

17″ PowerBook G4 (Early 2003)

Just two months after Apple boosted the 15″ Titanium PowerBook to 1 GHz, they surprised a lot of people by rolling out both the largest and the smallest PowerBooks ever, including this 17-incher. The 17″ PowerBook G4 is Apple’s first portable with a 17″ display. It’s also the first PowerBook with a fiber optic LED-backlit […]