Tagged: powerbook

October 4, 2011

Lexicon Branding Power Named BlackBerry, PowerBook : The New Yorker

Lexicon Branding Power Named BlackBerry, PowerBook : The New Yorker. Interesting that Apple went outside for this. I guess that was because they had more engineer types at the time like Google has now. I have found the most productive companies have a balance of logical and creative people.

April 24, 2011

My First Laptop – StumbleUpon

My First Laptop – StumbleUpon. He spent almost $3,600 on one. I spent $3k on one a PowerBook a few years later. It was fantastic.

April 4, 2011

Powerbook G4 Resurrected (via Notes En Route)

It is a great value how long these powerbooks have lasted. I would have loved to get one myself but I was not in that financial place when these came out. Oh well, I enjoy the several year old MacBook I have now. Even an older mac can be great fun can’t it?

I am not really one to be attached to things, especially gadgets. I consider my passport as my most important possession, the first thing I’m going to grab if I’m inside a burning building. That is until six days ago, I spilled a venti-sized drip coffee in Starbucks on my Powerbook G4. I never talk about technology much. I like my cellphone because I can call and send text messages, and take the occasional grainy photo you see on this blog (li … Read More

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February 25, 2010

Awesome: A Snowboard Made Out Of Two Apple PowerBooks

This has a great video and demonstration of them using it. It seems to work!

January 7, 2010

January 7, 2003: PowerBook Goes Huge

The 17″ laptop was an amazing creature wasn’t it? It really was something to use if you could afford the almost $3200 retail price. Oh well, maybe some other life.