Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / August 2003

I have an 867Mhz tiPowerbook.  I have lost the rubber foot next to the
battery compartment.  Does anyone know where I can get a replacement.
Terry

Was updating from 9.1 to 9.2 on my Tibook.  It had about 2 minutes to go
when it hung up.  After 16 minutes and no change, I restarted. I get a
picture of a folder with a question mark that alternates with a folder
with a Mac icon.  Inserting a system 9 CD or Norton Utilities CD ...

I have two batteries for my PB G4 17".  I would like to be able to charge
one while using the other, but my Google searching has not turned up
anything.
Anyone know of an external charger that will work with the PB G4 17"

Hello:  I am seeking  a fast  Mac notebook computer with CD burner.
It must be problem free and ready to go.
Thanks .
Matt 703-527-5660 in NoVa.

I'm trying to buy a PowerBook G4 on Ebay. I have my eye on a 12"
with superdrive, but the listing is written so badly that the
seller clearly isn't a Mac user. So that means either it was an
unwanted gift ... or a stolen Mac.

I'm about to buy a 12-inch Powerbook as a replacement for a Titanium
G4 400 that I currently use.  I have a couple of questions before
taking the plunge, however:
- I have three power adapters for my current PB, one yoyo-style and

My girlfriend is looking at getting a Mac.  Her main purpose is to run
Final Cut Pro on it, for two movies she doing in grad school.  Of course
she'll also use it for productivity apps, internet, etc.
I have a 15" PB G4 of very recent vintage, and I love it for my stuff--

I have been on Macs since the 128 back in the early 80's. I have always been
into the newest system and software upgrades but now I live in Mainland
China and there are no Macs here. It is also difficult to get product
upgrades and many of my primary applications will not work with ...

I  have upgraded an iBook (2001/10) CDR to CDRW-DVD using a Toshiba SD-R2002
slave unit. I  had to order the bezel separately and insta;;ed it as well to
match the original Apple. The drive can read and write fine. However, it
will not stay shut unless there is a CD/DVD inside. If I ...

I've written 2 scripts that help me automate the purging:
http://homepage.mac.com/gnarlodious/EntourageCompactDatabase.sit
I have a schedule run once a week to compact, and the second script to
delete the old databases could theoretically be scheduled also for totally

I have one of the lovely 17inch powerbook's, however one of the draw backs
is the limited battery life one gets on them.
Does anyone have any suggestions to improve battery life (external battery
packs, etc) and opinion if they are worth the expense.

I fail to be able to have IR syncing nor serial syncing working with my
Palm V and Palm Desktop 4.1 on my Powerbook G3/266 aka WallStreet II
that is running on Mac OS X 10.2.5. I put the Palm V in syncmode as per
instructions in the Palm manual and nothing happens with IR syncing. ...

I just had the best experience ever upgrading the original 30Gb HD to a 80Gb
HD.
I have been using Powerbook computers as my primary work computer of choice
eversince the Wallstreet came out.  Before that I used a 520 notebook as a

I was about to buy an iBook for my college-bound daughter, an iMac for myself,
and an iSight webcam, so we can keep in touch via iChat.   Unfortunately, her
boyfriend (who will be going to college in another state) just bought a PC (a
Hewlett Packard Pavilion Desktop), which ...

Sorry if I posted to wrong news group. But, I have to ask. I want to buy 12"
iBook or PowerBook. But, since Apple launched G5 series i dont know if I
shuold wait till winter for prices to go down on those two notebooks. I need
it basicly for writing, music, net, just ordinary stuff. ...