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AirPort Extreme (1st generation) and PowerBook G4 Aluminum (12")

Apple announced two products on 7 January 2003: AirPort Extreme (1st generation) and PowerBook G4 Aluminum (12"). The day spanned Mac and Networking.

It was the 1st of 7 dated moments the archive holds for 2003, 133 days after the previous one, 27 August 2002.

AirPort Extreme (1st generation) product photograph

Raimond Spekking · CC BY-SA 4.0

What Apple announced

AirPort Extreme (1st generation)

Networking · AirPort Extreme

AirPort Extreme is a discontinued line of residential gateways made by Apple Inc. that combine the functions of a router, network switch, wireless access point and NAS as well as varied other functions. The latest model, the 6th generation, supports 802.11ac networking in addition to older standards. Versions of the same system with a built-in network-accessible hard drive are known as the AirPort Time Capsule.

Apple discontinued its wireless routers in 2018, but as of 2023 continues limited hardware and software support.

PowerBook G4 Aluminum (12")

Mac · PowerBook G4 · discontinued 16 May 2006

The PowerBook G4 is a series of notebook computers manufactured, marketed, and sold by Apple Computer between 2001 and 2006 as part of its PowerBook line of notebooks. The PowerBook G4 runs on the RISC-based PowerPC G4 processor, designed by the AIM (Apple/IBM/Motorola) development alliance and initially produced by Motorola. It was built later by Freescale, after Motorola spun off its semiconductor business under that name in 2004. The PowerBook G4 has had two different designs: one with a titanium body with a translucent black keyboard and a 15-inch screen; and another in an aluminum body with an aluminum-colored keyboard, in 12-inch, 15-inch, and 17-inch sizes.

Between 2001 and 2003, Apple produced the titanium PowerBook G4; between 2003 and 2006, the aluminum models were produced. Both models were hailed for their modern design, long battery life, and processing power. When the aluminum PowerBook G4s were first released in January 2003, 12-inch and 17-inch models were introduced first, while the 15-inch model retained the titanium body until September 2003, when a new aluminum 15-inch PowerBook was released. The aluminum 15-inch model also includes a FireWire 800 port, which had been included with the 17-inch model since its debut nine months earlier.

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Sources

  1. AirPort Extreme (1st generation) · Wikipedia
  2. PowerBook G4 Aluminum (12") · Wikipedia

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