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Enter the serial number for your Mac below and press submit. You can find your serial number on a sticker on your Mac, or by going Apple Menu > About This Mac, then clicking the More Info button. This brings up System Profiler, and on the Hardware Overview that is displayed by default you should see your serial number, and be able to copy/paste it.

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PowerBook G4
12" Aluminium

The PowerBook G4 12" Aluminium covers the entire range of Apple's 12" G4 PowerBooks.

PowerBook G4
15" Aluminium

The PowerBook G4 15" Aluminium was the second range of 15" PowerBook G4s. The 15" Titaniums look fairly similar, but they have a black keyboard, not the silver of the Aluminium. The MacBook Pro also looks similar.

The Aluminium was produced in configurations of 1GHz and upwards, the earlier Titaniums also had a 1GHz model, but nothing higher. The MacBook Pro uses an Intel processor.

PowerBook G4
17" Aluminium

The PowerBook G4 17" Aluminium covers the entire range of Apple's 17" G4 PowerBooks. The 17" look fairly similar, but have an Intel processor rather than a PowerPC G4 one.

PowerBook G4
Titanium

This was Apple's first G4 PowerBook range, and its titanium finish and 15" screen distinguish it from all earlier Apple laptops.

The later 15" Aluminium PowerBook G4 looks fairly similar, but has a silver keyboard as opposed to the black one of the Titanium.

This PowerBook was released with clock speeds up to and including 1GHz, the 15" Aluminiums were 1GHz and upwards.

PowerBook G3
Pismo

The PowerBook G3 Pismo - aka the PowerBook FireWire - was the last of the G3 PowerBooks. It has a very similar case to the PowerBook G3 Lombard, with the same 14" screen and bronze keyboard. The Pismo was released in 400MHz and 500MHz configurations, the Lombard also has a 400MHz model.

The unique attribute of the Pismo in the PowerBook G3 range is the FireWire port on the back, which replaced the SCSI port on the Lombard.

PowerBook G3
Lombard

The PowerBook G3 Lombard has a translucent-bronze keyboard, which distinguishes it from earlier PowerBooks. The case is almost identical to the subsequent PowerBook Pismo. The Lombard was released in 333MHz and 400MHz configurations, the Pismo was released at 400MHz and 500MHz.

The Lombard has a USB port (first PowerBook to do so), but unlike the Pismo it has an HDI30 SCSI port as opposed to FireWire on the later machine.

PowerBook G3
Wallstreet

The PowerBook G3 Wallstreet was the first black PowerBook - earlier machines had been a charcoal colour.

The Wallstreet is all black, including the keyboard. There is a multi-coloured Apple logo above the keyboard.

The Wallstreet has the Apple legacy SCSI and Mac Serial connections, and does not have either USB or FireWire.

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