Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / February 2004

I'm trying to help a friend with a Powerbook G3 / 233 bronze keyboard
with OS
(tried with both Panther and Jaguar), 384 MB RAM that refuses
to boot properly

Will get an airport base in a few days.
Right now have an original ibook running Panther, am installing an airport
card (not extreme) in it.
Also have a PBook G4 latest version with A.Port extreme.

A co-worker got a new iBook with Panther. She would like to start it in
9. Possible?
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I've seem some customisation done on the newer IceBooks (mostly painting
the cases), but would it be worth doing someting with a
surplus-to-requirements original BlueBook? I would love to take it all
apart and find some way of putting everything into the smallest

I wanted to post this information because I couldn't find it anywhere
when I needed it.
PROBLEM: G4 15" FW800 powerbook with superdrive (mine) never was able
to tell me how much battery I had left.  It only had a battery icon

I have a 1 year old Titanium G4 Powerbook, and have been worrying
about the hinges for some time now.  The cracking paint I can deal
with, but the monitor casing is starting to come apart slightly (near
a small torx screw on the left bottom side) and the hinges seem tight.

Hi... I have an original IceBook (500mhz/dual USB) bought in mid 2002
(although it says "2001 Apple Inc." on the bottom of the case). It was
bought as an end-of-line discounted product.
Over the last couple of months the screen seems to have become a little

In windows we can access the registry using the following functions:
   RegCreateKeyEx( )
   RegQueryValueEx( )
Are there corresponding APIs on MacOS X to achieve the same? Basically

On my wife's iBook (10.1.4) My kids' Thumbdrive would not mount or only
after many attempts.
On my new Powerbook (10.3.2), a colleague's Thumbdrive also refused to
mount.

I'm having strange problems with my Lombard.
First the battery refused to charge. All four lights are out, even when I'm
running on AC power.
Then the laptop started clicking on momentarily when I plugged it in, even

My hard drive just thru a rod -- clink, clank, crunch, thud.
A Fujitsu, not yet 2 yrs old but out of warranty.  Used only on the
desk, not mobile.
Any recommendations for a replacement -- a more reliable brand?

Why would the 17 inch PB should down, the moment one plugs the Cinema
Display into its ADC port.
It then would not start up again, not by the power button on the
display, nor the power button the PB.

Has anyone had any good (or bad) experiences with a
USB 2.0 PCMCIA Card for a TiBook?  I've found a few
that advertise OS X support, but personal recommendations
are always cool.

Does 10.3 work on a wallstreet 2?
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How do I do that on my G4 Ibook?
Just-in-case stolen, at least it makes the laptop unusable.