Today Apple has given their portable line a boost by upgrading both iBook and PowerBook models, while even trimming costs on some. This is great news for gamers on the go, as both series feature more powerful ATI graphics chips, as well as faster CPUs.

The iBook has reached an important price point, now starting at under $1000. That model you will get a 700MHz G3 with a 16MB ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 chip. The other 12.1" version features an even better 32MB Mobility Radeon 7500, along with a 800MHz G3 and combo CD-RW/DVD drive. Here is a rundown of the iBook models:

iBook with a suggested retail price of $999 (US) includes:
• a 700 MHz PowerPC G3 processor with 512K on-chip level 2 cache;
  
• a 12.1-inch (diagonal) active-matrix TFT display;
  
• ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 graphics controller with 16MB RAM;

  iBook with a suggested retail price of $1,299 (US) includes:

• a 800 MHz PowerPC G3 processor with 512K on-chip level 2 cache;
  
• a 12.1-inch (diagonal) active-matrix TFT display;
  
• ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 graphics controller with 32MB RAM;

  iBook with a suggested retail price of $1,599 (US) includes:

• a 800 MHz PowerPC G3 processor with 512K on-chip level 2 cache;
  
• a 14.1-inch (diagonal) active-matrix TFT display;
  
• ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 graphics controller with 32MB RAM;
  

The PowerBook G4 is now aggressively priced at only $2,299 (US) and includes:
• 867 MHz PowerPC G4 with 1MB DDR level 3 cache;
  
• Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) optical drive;
  
• ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 with 32MB DDR SDRAM graphics memory

  The $2,999 (US) PowerBook G4 includes:

• 1 GHz PowerPC G4 with 1MB DDR level 3 cache;
  
• SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW) optical drive;
  
• ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 with 64MB DDR SDRAM graphics memory;

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