The new PowerBook’s sense the ambient light to turn on and off the backlit keyboard when it decides that’s a good idea. That’s all fine and good, but a lesser talked about feature is the display’s “Automatically adjust brightness as ambient light changes” option. The goal is to dim the display as the surroundings get [...]

Likes: Backlit keyboard: It’s useful, but really it’s just fun to show off. Performance: Feels much snappier than my iBook. A lot of that feeling probably comes from the beefier graphics card as well as the faster G4. Display: the 1440×960 display is excellent. Some complain of visual lines. If these lines exist, I don’t [...]

I’m fortunate enough to own a new 15″ PowerBook. I’ve been working on a mini-review pointing out some likes and dislikes of the PowerBook, but I thought it might be fitting to first explain how I got here. I’ve owned a total of five different Apple computers (not including the mini @ work) but have [...]