Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / February 2004

Its just so much faster!
I booted Word v.X and had to double check that it wasn't already running
hidden in the background, same with Safari. And the font menu scrolls
like it should.

Anyone else experiencing problems with OSX 10.3.2?
Since I did the download upgrade I have been getting occasionall system
lockups when using MS word or MS Entourage.
What happens is I go to highlight something for correction, cut, paste, etc.

I just got my brand new PowerBook and unfortunately I find the hard drive
quite a bit more noisy than my previous iBook. In particular, there is
this buzzing noise that goes on and off all the time. It's not
particularly loud but quite anoying when working in a quiet room. Now, I

I need to get a new battery for my wife's trusty old 3400.  Should I get a
NiMH, or a Li-Ion?  Which is better?  What's the difference as far as how
and when to charge or how far to run it down?  They're both pretty cheap
these days.

I'd like to buy an extra power adaptor for my PowerBook G4 (800mhz, 2
USB ports model). It uses Apple's m8482 adapter. I've seen some 3rd
party versions of this model for sale, and would like to know if any
of you have had good/bad luck with them. I can't seem to find any

I'm off to Australia for a year pretty soon to have some fun learning
to skydive and go hang gliding.
I want to take a DV vidcam and a mac with me so I can document the
antics and put together DVD's to send to my friends. Also keep my

I've been given a mostly-functional PowerBook G3 Series laptop. Its got
a missing internal modem, it has 64 MB of RAM, 13.1" screen and
otherwise works fine with 9.2.2 except for the fact that the LCD screen
is having problems.

At work we're planning to buy a few wireless access points so different
laptop users can connect at the same time (both Mac and PC users). I'm
hoping to hear some advice of any of you who have had experience with
802.11g access points (without router) from other brands than Apple ...

I just bought a Sony Ericsson T616 cell phone and have service through
Cingular.  I was wondering how to set it up so my Aluminum Powerbook G4 can
use the phone via bluetooth to connect to the internet.
My DSL-ISP provides back-up dial up access.  I would like to be able to

Hello NG,
now I have the third PB 400 on my table where the internal speakers are
switched off while the sound works over the headphone jack. My first
thoughts where that it might be the onboard amplifier chip  - I changed it

I've just bought an Iomega 48/24/48 USB 2 CD writer and I
cannot get Toast (or Jam) to see it. I know the solution to the problem
will probably lie in some combination of extensions (USB authoring, USB
Toast A,B & C etc) but I just cannot find that combination. Maybe there

My Powerbook G3 400 (no firewire) was called a Lombard to differentiate
it from Pismo (had firewire) which made descriptions easy.  Now I have
an iBook 800/30G and wonder if it has a name also.   Thanks..TRR

Can I change start up drives via a keyboard command upon startup? I have 2
drives in my Mac and I set it to open with the other drive. Well I can't find
the passwords to get into it now. How can I get past the password protection or
switch back to my other hard drive? Thanks in ...