A Powerbook G4 is barely fast enough to run a large language model
A software developer has proven it is possible to run a modern LLM on old hardware like a 2005 PowerBook G4, albeit nowhere ...
Software Engineer Runs Generative AI on 20-Year-Old PowerBook G4
In a blog post this week, software engineer Andrew Rossignol (my brother!) detailed how he managed to run generative AI on an ...
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The 8 Best Looking Apple Computers Ever Designed
In comparison to those, the PowerBook G4, the last Apple laptop to use a PowerPC CPU, looks almost impossibly sleek and understated. It's a masterclass of design that lives up to the Power part of ...
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Forget the M4 Air, I want Apple to bring back the plain ol’ MacBook
In my younger days, I lugged around a 17-inch PowerBook G4 with pride ... What I really want is for Apple to revive the 12-inch MacBook. Thanks to Apple silicon and modern-day components, a ...
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MorphOS: A Modern Operating System For PowerPC
When it comes to modern operating systems for PowerPC-based systems like pre-Intel ... [Michael MJD] decided to give MorphOS 3.17 a shot on a Mac G4 Cube. Although installing MorphOS went ...