Apple Specs > PowerBook (All) > PowerBook (PowerPC)

Update Published November 2, 2024

Every Apple PowerBook with a PowerPC processor is listed below. This includes PowerBook models with PowerPC processors (1995-1998) as well as PowerBook G3 (1997-2001) and PowerBook G4 models (2001-2006), which all have PowerPC processors. PowerBook Duo models are organized separately.

Apple sold PowerBook models with PowerPC processors from 1995 until 2006. The PowerBook was replaced by the MacBook and MacBook Pro in 2006; these replacement lines used Intel processors at the time of their initial release.

Current Apple notebooks include the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro; the current lines use Apple Silicon processors.

Click on a specific model for its complete technical specs, configuration options, identification details, performance benchmarks, original price in dozens of countries, and more.

You may also be interested in All PowerBook models, which includes earlier models with 68k processors (1991-1996); the PowerBook Duo line; and the latest MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models with Apple Silicon processors (2020-Current); and All Apple Macs.

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1 Apple Mac Processor Type PowerBook 1400cs/117 117 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 1400c/117 117 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 1400cs/133 133 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 1400c/133 133 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 1400cs/166 166 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 1400c/166 166 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 2400c/180 180 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 2400c/240 240 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 3400c/180 180 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 3400c/200 200 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 3400c/240 240 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 5300/100 100 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 5300cs/100 100 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 5300c/100 100 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook 5300ce/117 117 MHz PowerPC 603e PowerBook G3 250 (Original/Kanga/3500) 250 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) PowerBook G3 233 (Wallstreet) 233 MHz PowerPC 740 (G3) PowerBook G3 250 (Wallstreet) 250 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) PowerBook G3 292 (Wallstreet) 292 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) PowerBook G3 233 (PDQ - Late 1998) 233 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) PowerBook G3 266 (PDQ - Late 1998) 266 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) PowerBook G3 300 (PDQ - Late 1998) 300 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) PowerBook G3 333 (Bronze KB/Lombard) 333 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) PowerBook G3 400 (Bronze KB/Lombard) 400 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) PowerBook G3 400 (Firewire/Pismo) 400 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) PowerBook G3 500 (Firewire/Pismo) 500 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3) PowerBook G4 400 (Original - Ti) 400 MHz PowerPC 7410 (G4) PowerBook G4 500 (Original - Ti) 500 MHz PowerPC 7410 (G4) PowerBook G4 550 (Gigabit - Ti) 550 MHz PowerPC 7440 (G4) PowerBook G4 667 (Gigabit - Ti) 667 MHz PowerPC 7440 (G4) PowerBook G4 667 (DVI - Ti) 667 MHz PowerPC 7451 (G4) PowerBook G4 800 (DVI - Ti) 800 MHz PowerPC 7451 (G4) PowerBook G4 867 (Ti) 867 MHz PowerPC 7455 (G4) PowerBook G4 1.0 (Ti) 1.0 GHz PowerPC 7455 (G4) PowerBook G4 867 12" (Al) 867 MHz PowerPC 7455 (G4) PowerBook G4 1.0 17" (Al) 1.0 GHz PowerPC 7455 (G4) PowerBook G4 1.0 12" (DVI - Al) 1.0 GHz PowerPC 7447 (G4) PowerBook G4 1.0 15" (FW800 - Al) 1.0 GHz PowerPC 7447 (G4) PowerBook G4 1.25 15" (FW800 - Al) 1.25 GHz PowerPC 7447 (G4) PowerBook G4 1.33 17" (Al) 1.33 GHz PowerPC 7447 (G4) PowerBook G4 1.33 12" (Al) 1.33 GHz PowerPC 7447a (G4) PowerBook G4 1.33 15" (Al) 1.33 GHz PowerPC 7447a (G4) PowerBook G4 1.5 15" (Al) 1.5 GHz PowerPC 7447a (G4) PowerBook G4 1.5 17" (Al) 1.5 GHz PowerPC 7447a (G4) PowerBook G4 1.5 12" (Al) 1.5 GHz PowerPC 7447a (G4) PowerBook G4 1.5 15" (SMS/BT2 - Al) 1.5 GHz PowerPC 7447a (G4) PowerBook G4 1.67 15" (Al) 1.67 GHz PowerPC 7447a (G4) PowerBook G4 1.67 17" (Al) 1.67 GHz PowerPC 7447a (G4) PowerBook G4 1.67 15" (DLSD/HR - Al) 1.67 GHz PowerPC 7447a* (G4) PowerBook G4 1.67 17" (DLSD/HR - Al) 1.67 GHz PowerPC 7447a* (G4)

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