In fact, there are only 2 powerbook g4 aluminum models with possible full graphics support in mac os 9. Apple powerbook g4 laptop computer page 2 pay and play apple burnished its reputation this past april with the launch of its online itunes music store. This powerbook g4 should be of special interest to graphic and visual enthusiasts not only for the excellent display but for the full complement of software. Getting started with your powerbook g4 apple support. The big news of note in the hardware department was the display.
Final cut pro 2 is apples video editing solution that features an interface designed for fast and efficient editing and firewire integration. Powerbook g4is megawide display and blazingly fast powerpc g4 processors make it the ultimate system for portable video editing using appleis imovie 2. The powerbook g4s greatest strength is ease of use. Apple powerbook g4 15inch, superdrive buying a laptop typically demands certain tradeoffs, but with the beautifully designedthinandlight 15inch powerbook g4, theres no need to compromise. The powerbook g4 runs on the riscbased powerpc g4 processor, designed by the aim appleibmmotorola development alliance and initially produced by motorola.
Is there a peice of software you want to run on you powerpc mac but its only for windows. Though it was designed more as an allaround mobile computing solution than as a laptop editing device, the titanium powerbook g4 has plenty of editing muscle to. Final cut pro 2 is a powerful, allinone editing solution, featuring realtime editing, breakthrough power mac g4 performance and a scalable architecture that allows users to output content into any. Leadingedge industrial design the sleek exterior is as stunning as ever. The 15inch powerbook g4 comes with all the refinements and esthetic touches that make it the most coveted fullfeatured notebook computer on the planet. Apple unveils one inch thick titanium powerbook g4 apple. Apple powerbook g4 firmware for mac free download and. First decide on your editor mine as fans of my replies. A look at my 2006 powerbook g4, watching youtube videos on it. Powerbooks hit 667 mhz, gets faster system bus, new video card, gigabit ethernet. The bottom line though pricier than the 12inch ibook g4 and some comparable pc laptops, the 12inch powerbook g4s performance, solid set of features and software, and killer design will overjoy. If you are using mac os x you must boot from a local. Apple introduces new powerbook g4s, here are the specs. Handbrake is an opensource, gpllicensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for mac os x, linux and windows.
If you use svideo to connect your powerbook to a tv so that you can watch a dvdvideo on the tv screen, select 720 x 480 ntsc in the united states or 720 x 576 pal in europe and other regions. Featuring powerpc processor thanks to the powerpc g4 processor with velocity engine, every powerbook packs a tremendous punch for doing everything from numerical computations to editing video and designing showstopping presentations. I have just started studying to be an accountant and i need to be able to run sage instant accounts on my powerbook but, sage does not work on osx. Both come with atis radeon mobility 7500 with 32mb. You can even start editing on iphone or ipad, then finish on your mac. Powerbook g4 internet problems august 2005 forums cnet. Fiddling with themes, picking a browser, and making the classic mac os work just. Getting started with your powerbook g4 includes setup, expansion, and troubleshooting. Setting up a titanium powerbook for video editing, adam robert guha, apple archive, 2006. You see, i wanted to do the entire video using nothing but the powerbook g4, so this is. Case in point apples titanium powerbook g4, which comes ready for editing, complete with a firewire ieee 94 port, a zippy 20gb hard drive, and apples own imovie 2 software. If your just doing consumer video editing, i recommend imovie 3. Svideotocomposite adapter ac cord dvitovga adapter power adapter ac plug. Editing video on a year old laptop can the powerbook g4 do it.
More memory for editing on powerbook g4 a forum for all things regarding the mac osx operating system. What are the lowest specs needed for video editing. Powerbook g4 professional video, audio, lighting, and. Dvd player opens automatically and starts playing the disc. Page 63 to play a dvdvideo disc on your powerbook, insert the dvd disc. Most powerbook g4s will run leopard, but its not ideal with less then 2gb of ram as its prone to ram related performance issues.
The powerbook comes loaded with imovievideo editing. Powerbook g4 performance watching hd videos using coreplayer ep 4. The new powerbook g4 really is as beautiful as it looks in photographs. Applying the gaussian blur which, in essence, turned the photo into a blurry blob, took 4 seconds on the g5, 5 seconds on the dual g4 and 8 seconds on the powerbook. Restoring your computers software 93 other problems 94 locating your product serial number 94. Compatible with the macbook pro, macbook, powerbook g4, imac, and mac mini, the optibay replaces your systems internal superdrive dvd drive optical drive with a high performance sata hard drive, or ssd solid state drive, of up to 2tb.
With apples imovie 2, the worlds most popular, easytouseconsumer digital video editing software which comes preinstalled, orapples awardwinning final cut pro professional video editing, effectsand compositing software, the powerbook g4 is the ultimate system forportable video editing. Video editing setup on powerbook g4 krazy kens tech misadventures duration. Video editing setup on powerbook g4 krazy kens tech. Powerbook g4 internet problems by netsten aug 17, 2005 12. I use an even older video editing software to edit my youtube videos, from. Working with a limited budget, a 867 mhz tibook should be sufficient for basic video editing. Customizing mac os 9, nathan thompson, embracing obsolescence, 2006. Where the record labels have tried, and failed miserably, apple has succeeded mightily, offering a wide variety of music downloads and actually getting people to pay for them. More important, its made their integration almost seamless. This is great for running paletteheavy image editing software, but when the powerbook displays graphics in a. Apple mobile newsroom deal, powerbook battery faq, firebox. Today well take a look at how to run windows on a powerpc based mac. When combined with powerbook g4 performance and the included canon gl1 camera, it yields substantial mobile news editing capabilities. I got the computer to do video editing, and the extra resolution definitely came in handy when i would run final cut pro.
The powerbook g4 includes no productivity software, unless multimedia mavens want to count imovie 2, a consumerlevel video editing application. The powerbook g4 is a series of notebook computers manufactured, marketed, and sold by apple computer, inc. And when the g4 works hard, its battery life falls far short of the 5 hours apple claims. I went into apple premium seller in brighton and explained that i have a powerbook g4 and that i need to get windows working on my it so, that i can install the software. The dvi model upped that by 23% according to apples pr. Apple has taken programs for video, photo, and music editing, and dvd creation the kind of software thats always been difficult to use individually, let alone as an integrated package and made them intuitive and effortless. Powerbooks hit 667 mhz, gets faster system bus, new video. Gillham spent a week in new york demonstrating uncompressed video editing on a laptop to everyone from editors and engineers to the president of nbc news, neil shapiro. With imovie for ios and macos, you can enjoy your videos like never before. Apple introduces final cut pro 2 with realtime editing. Incredible screen resolution enjoy spacious screen real estate for more windows.