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Apple has posted details of its 15-inch PowerBook G4 Display Repair Extension Program, which offers replacement of LCDs that show faint white spots on the screen of certain PowerBooks. The issue affects both Aluminum and Titanium 15-inch PowerBooks that were manufactured from July 2003 through November 2003. To qualify for the repair program, your PowerBook serial number must fall between one of two serial number ranges: V7334xxxxxx to V7345xxxxxx or QT331xxxxxx to QT339xxxxxx.

Hundreds of 15-inch PowerBook G4 owners are complaining about a flaw that causes white spots to appear on the laptop’s LCD display. Apple said in a statement on Friday that it is looking into the problem: “The new 15-inch PowerBook has been a big hit with customers since its introduction last month.

Bare Feats has published a performance comparison between the recently introduced PowerBooks and Power Mac G5s. “Steve Jobs asserts that laptops will soon replace desktops. I assert that ‘heavy lifting’ will continue to be done by desktops, especially ones with dual processors,” reports the site. “The PowerBooks lag significantly behind the newest desktops. If you need a ‘professional grade’ computer that can get things done in a hurry, you better hope the PowerBook isn’t your only computer.” Read More

“After Apple introduced its innovative PowerBook G4 with a 17-inch screen earlier this year, it was only a matter of time before other PC makers got hold of wide-screen panels,” writes Bill Howard in PC Magazine. “HP and Toshiba have recently introduced such models.

Several readers point out that Apple today lowered prices on its 12 and 15-inch PowerBooks by up to US$300. The Aluminum 12-inch PowerBook now starts at $1,599 ($200 drop), while the Titanium 15-inch PowerBook now starts at $1,999 ($300 drop). The price of Apple’s 17-inch PowerBook remains unchanged at $3,299.

Apple today announced a major upgrade to its Titanium PowerBook G4 notebook line with PowerPC G4 processors running at up to 1 GHz, what the company says is the industry’s first slot-loading SuperDrive for reading and burning both CDs and DVDs, the fastest mobile graphics processor, the ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, and integrated 802.11 wireless networking. Pricing for the new PowerBook starts at US$2,299. Complete configuration and pricing information is available in the press release.