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12inch and 17inch Powerbooks Released

As you all know, in an (almost) surprise move, Apple introduced new Powerbooks at MacWorld Expo SF 2003:

12" Powerbook

867MHz PowerPC G4

256MB DDR 266 SDRAM
40GB Ultra ATA/100

NVidia GeForce 4 420 Go
32MB DDR video memory

Airport Extreme Ready

Bluetooth built-in

17" Powerbook

1 GHz PowerPC G4

512MB DDR333 SDRAM

60GB Ultra ATA/100

Superdrive

NVidia GeForce4 440 Go
64MB DDR video memory

Firewire 800

Airport Extreme Built-in

Bluetooth built-in

Identification of the laptops was revealed at the last minute Monday evening. Powerbook updates were not expected so soon after their recent update on November 6, 2002.

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