The Macintosh, nowadays known as the Mac ... In comparison to those, the PowerBook G4, the last Apple laptop to use a PowerPC CPU, looks almost impossibly sleek and understated.

In January 2006, the first Intel Macs were announced. We’ll deal more with that anniversary in a year, but for now, it’s worth walking through the final full year of PowerPC Macs. Transitions happen ...

followed by the iBook (169,000 units), Power Mac G4 (167,000 units, including servers) and PowerBook (94,000 units). Apple's earnings for the quarter were $32 million, or 9 cents per share ...