Apple 17-INCH manual Overview of PowerBook G4 17-inch, PowerBook G4 17-inch Features

CHAPTER 1

Overview of PowerBook G4 17-inch

This chapter outlines the features of the PowerBook G4 17-inch computer.

PowerBook G4 17-inch Features

Here is a list of the features of the PowerBook G4 17-inch computer. Each feature is described in a later chapter, as indicated.

●Processor The computer has a PowerPC G4 microprocessor running at a clock speed of 1 GHz. For more information, see “PowerPC G4 Microprocessor” (page 18).

●System bus The speed of the system bus is 167 MHz.

●Cache location and speed In addition to the L2 cache, which is internal to the processor IC, the computer also has a 1MB 5:1 L3 cache. See “Level 2 Cache” (page 19) and “Level 3 Cache” (page 19).

●RAM The computer has two standard PC2700 (333 MHz) DDR SO-DIMM expansion slots for SDRAM modules. The computer comes with 512 MB of SDRAM installed in one slot. See “RAM Expansion Slots” (page 53).

●ROM The computer has 1 MB of boot ROM used by Open Firmware at startup. For information about the ROM, see “Boot ROM” (page 20). For information about Open Firmware, see “Open Firmware” (page 60).

●Hard disk storage The computer comes with a built-in hard disk drive with a capacity of 60 GB. For more information, see “Hard Disk Drive” (page 33).

●Display The display is a 100 dpi,17 inch wide-screen TFT with a resolution of 1440x900. See “Flat-Panel Display” (page 44).

●External monitor The computer supports an external video monitor, using the DVI connector for a digital video display and an S-video connector for a PAL or NTSC video monitor. Included with the computer are a DVI-to-VGA adapter and an S-video-to-composite adapter; a DVI-to-ADC Apple Display Connector adapter is available separately. See “External Monitors” (page 45).

●Graphics IC and memory The nVidia GeForce4 440 Go graphics controller operates on the AGP-4x bus along with 64 MB of DDR video SRAM. For more information, see “Video Display Subsystem” (page 20).

●Battery bay The computer has a single battery bay. The battery uses lithium ion cells and provides 55 watt-hours at 10.8 V (nominal) for up to 4.5 hours.

●Power adapter The computer comes with a 65 W power adapter with safety ground.

●SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW drive) The computer has a built-in DVD-R/CD-RW SuperDrive drive. For more information, see “SuperDrive (DVD-R /CD-RW)”(page 37).

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