Believe it or not, 15" PowerBooks still play modern video formats quite decently, if carefully tuned.
I had mine tuned such that I could play most h264 and MP4 stuff relatively well via VLC on Leopard (I tried VLC on Tiger, but for some reason, I couldn't get video working quite right).
A 12", I don't know. I've never tried.
Actually, I have one of the HR PowerBooks, but it's quite a fixer-upper, and I haven't gotten around to working on it (I think it needs, at a minimum, a battery, top case, and RAM *just* to power it on).
If you don't mind assembling it yourself, you can have it free for shipping.
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I had mine tuned such that I could play most h264 and MP4 stuff relatively well via VLC on Leopard (I tried VLC on Tiger, but for some reason, I couldn't get video working quite right).
A 12", I don't know. I've never tried.
Actually, I have one of the HR PowerBooks, but it's quite a fixer-upper, and I haven't gotten around to working on it (I think it needs, at a minimum, a battery, top case, and RAM *just* to power it on).
If you don't mind assembling it yourself, you can have it free for shipping.
c