Will this enclosure work for the hard drive on my G4 laptop.

I am looking for an enclosure that will all me to connect my G4 Laptop Hard drive...will this work?
http://www.sourcingmap.com/brown-usb-sata-hdd-aluminum-external-hard-drive-enclo sure-case-p-18880.html

Pre-September 2003 Powerbook G4s without a PCMCIA slot will be limited to USB 1.1 speeds with this enclosure.
PCMCIA and Post September 2003 Powerbooks can use the hard drive with reasonable speed as USB 2 if there are no other USB 1.1 devices connected to the USB port. PCMCIA powered USB adapters exist that can be used for those Powerbooks with PCMCIA.
Neither series Powerbook will be able to boot Mac OS X from that enclosure. A Firewire enclosure would be needed to boot the the drive as an external drive, and know you have a reliable clone, if your purpose is to make a clone backup.
Note, you posted this question in the iBook G4 forum, yet your profile indicates you have a Powerbook G4. We can ask a moderator move your thread if your question is regarding Powerbooks. No iBook has PCMCIA slots. Look beneath your screen on the screen's frame, but above the keyboard to determine which machine you have. Powerbooks can be identified here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88248
iBooks here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88039

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