Jan 31, 2005
PowerBooks speed up, do new tricks
It’s not the G5 laptop some were hoping for, but Apple Computer’s latest PowerBooks do come with faster G4 processors, lower prices and a couple of new tricks.
The Mac maker on Monday offered updates to its models with 12-inch, 15-inch and 17-inch screens, including a new scrolling TrackPad designed to make it easier to get through long documents. Another new feature is the Sudden Motion Sensor, which helps protect the computer’s hard drive if a machine is accidentally dropped. IBM has offered a similar feature on its ThinkPads for some time, while Apple applied for a patent in June 2003 for its method of detecting falls.
They’re faster, have a new scrolling trackpad, hard drive protection, and they cost less - what’s not to like? 
Get them at www.apple.com. Apple says about getting the G5 in a Powerbook:
“It is fair to say that incorporating a G5 into a notebook as thin and light as the PowerBook is extremely difficult,” said David Moody, Apple’s vice president of worldwide Mac product marketing, in an interview.
It would be lovely with a G5 Powerbook 