Time Machine status bar option not available ... ?

I have two Mac laptops ... one is a newer MacBook Pro and the other is a 12" Powerbook. Both went through an upgrade from Tiger to Leopard a while back and came through unscathed.
Now I am in the process of configuring backups with Time Machine, and noticed one oddity. On the MacBook Pro, I have the checkbox option to "Show Time Machine status in Menu Bar", but on the PowerBook, the option doesn't show up.
Is there something about the older PPC machines that keeps this from being an option?
Jake

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