I had one of these, my first Mac. I started using it to run ProTools and then I switched to Logic Pro. This notebook was awesome. Mine cost me $3499, really $ especially back then. I knew for sure that a newer model would come out at some time, but a NEW one came out about 2 months after I got mine. The new one was more powerful, and was $1200 less. TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS LESS. I basically lost my friggin' mind.
Wow that’s history right there. I was just born when this was announced haha. I find so much insight in watching Steve Jobs introduce the products Apple released at the time.
I own a titanium powerbook 550mhz I bought in 2001 and you know what? It is a goddamn champion. The design was so fluckin spot on and ahead of it's time. I almost cried when I unpacked it 9 years ago.
@@krazyyyduniyaIt’s rare to find a still working 2001 PowerBook G4 because Titanium is bad at heat dissipation and causes overheating. The working ones usually have cracks in the Titanium body or flaked paint. Apple is relearning the lesson they forgot with the iPhone 15.
@@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive But they seemed to have fixed the overheating issues on 15 Pros with latest iOS 17.0.3. They said software issues were causing the overheating. Whats your take on this ?
The most excitement I've ever heard concentrated in one place was when Steve Jobs announced that the Apple logo on the PowerBook G4 Titanium was flipped.
@@RudhinMenon Steve wanted the logo to face the user when the lid was closed. Just after getting some reports that the users are confused where is the fringe that he agreed to switch it.
This is one of the things I loved about Steve. This was like a free-for-all!! Just some big party, with people shouting out and Steve playing around!! Such a showman he was.
@GeekTechMac I know I do. Such a pretty shade of blue...it's like a reward every time I see it! The fact that I see it every two hours on a Winblows machine only adds to the beauty.
It's expensive as hell. Also, the design was flawed. The hinges snapped like twigs on many, many Ti PBs. But for its time it was a work of art, and oddly it's the closest that Apple ever got to an edge-to-edge display. Now they all have bezels the width of highways.
@drygnfyre I certainly agree with that point. I just thought it was interesting to point out there was a certain resemblance (again, from a color scheme standpoint) between the current Macbook Pro line and the Powerbook in this video.
@usedbookstore well, i mean, the color theme is much more akin to today's macbook pro line, with a silver case and chassis paired with a black keyboard. I only say so because the aluminum powerbook G4s and the earlier macbook pros had an all silver color scheme, and the powerbook lombard and earlier models had a relatively black color scheme.
valid points although how often do you use a disk drive ? I myself never use it anymore and if I really need to 20 dollars or euros and you'll have one. The battery life of the MBA lasts long in my experience and in the meantime it is very thin so I guess they are pointing in the right direction with their product philosophy
My theory is the high cost for the materials for it, it would be so cool if they would done the MacBooks from Titanium though, those would sure challange ToughBooks and Thinkpads. Titanium being durable and nearly industructable.
lol, alothough u have a point, i was just pointing out that they have a very close color scheme, for other macbook pros/powerbooks have been all aluminum or Black. It's not all good though, the dell inspirons in a similar time had the same black on silver theme, and people even mock the new MBP for looking like a dell just a fellow geek with his 2 cnets :D
i surprized. i had a 400 mhz tibook with only 512 megs ram and it ran like a dream. i even had leopard on it with the help of some1 on craigslist. and at 400mhz and 512 it was still a fast little thing. maybe you had a bad one or you just had to turn down your graphics or something.
I think it's never too late to rectify this: digitals wants & needs aren't the same as >10 years ago. And given the pace technological advancement is at these days, this isn't likely to change anytime soon.
@MajorTechFan because apple had to paint the titanium and it would scratch and peel off easily so they went with aluminum so they could color it without paint
Sure, 2001 was a different time. I remember watching this at the web agency where I worked back then. But even in 2001, fonts like these triggered the ol' gag reflex.
@miniroll32 it was a time when computer screens had a gross looking 4:3 ratio, when screens were squareish. back in the 70's they even had vertical screens! eventually they turned into squares, and then the familiar rectangles we see today.
now macbooks pro 15 and 17 inch have: intel quadcore i7 1 gb graphics card... 1080p hd screens .. hd 720 p isight camera...multi-touch trackpad...7 hours of battery life... i mean i want to se a direct comparison! As Apple does, i also miss you steve! rip steve
@Shawshank00 Well that's as maybe, but you have to remember that technology is always evolving all the time, the technology evolution isn't going to ever stop any time soon, so yes you're right about modern smartphones being more powerful than this PowerBook G4, but a modern notebook computer, particularly a high-end notebook like a Dell Studio or MacBook Pro is going to be far more powerful than your average smartphone.
@drexwlwlwlwlwlw Because they're both made out of metal. Beyond that, they're really quite different, from the placement of the ports and SuperDrive to how they're actually made, too. This was certainly the landmark product of its day but the unibody aluminum models are better in virtually every way. The biggest problem with the G4 Titanium was that it wasn't anodized and thus had a nasty habit of tarnishing and losing its paint job.
Can you even imagine, a 10 gig drive....lol. I just don't see how in 10 yrs, we will look at a TB hdd like we look at a 10gig one now. I guess the future is 1TB and up SSD.
I just can't make a full switch to Mac (To many applications I use on Windows that I can't substitute on Mac). I would love to get a Macbook Pro and install Windows XP and 7 on it (Keeping Snow leopard, too ofcourse ;P).I wonder if you can even do that (Legally)?
The MacBook Pro's today have up to 7-8 hours of battery life, built in, and can last 5 years. They chose aluminum because it was environmentally friendly.
