Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / April 2004

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I'm having a serious problem with my 500 Mhz Pismo  Powerbook.  I've
chosen to post the question here, as I haven't found any descriptions
of previous problems with this machine, which would be similar to

My 12" PB has been very sturdy, but last week the hook that holds the
lid shut fell off it. I still have the hook, it's the axle the hook
swings on that must have broken or worn down. The PB is out of warranty.
After reading up on the net, I see some horror stories that Apple ...

Hello to all.
I have 2 256MB SODIMM.
I runs on MacOs 9.2.2
The Apple system tells me that i have only 256 MB (128 down and 128 up)

I have been thinking of getting a 15" Power Book. But on reading up on it,
they mentioned that there were some "quality control" issues with it. That
came out of Macworld.
I would appreciate it if someone could tell me what those issues were and

I'm a lurker who needs help with a TiBook 400 mHz.  It's been a good,
solid machine ever since I got it.  Recently, I upgraded to 10.3 and
replaced the hard drive with a 60 gig.  At about the same time, I started
to have sleep problems with the machine.

I'm new to Mac OS X.  I'm using Panther 10.3 on my AlBook 12".
One thing I'm used to from years of using PC notebooks is having
seperate power management profiles for when the system is running from
battery power vs. when the system is running on AC power.  I don't

I've recently upgraded my pismo (that's a G3 400 MHz firewire)
powerbook to panther and I find that DVD player does not start
anymore. Well I can start it and I can see its menu bar but then it
shows a message saying that an initialization error has occured (the

OK, here's my problem...
After years of being able to highlight multiple documents in a folder or on
the desktop and printing via "Apple P", in OS 9. I am at a loss with OS X.
Is there anyway to print several documents at once via Finder in OS X?

      Is it possible to make my my Ibook G4 with Panther into a mini
server. The reason why I ask, having an inbuilt Modem and not in use. I
would like to add my Atari TT030. So my I book will become a server.
regards john

Anyone have any recommendations for a replacement internal hard drive for a
Lombard Powerbook G3? I'm concerned about the height issue -- some reports I've
read indicate that some of the IBM drives might not fit.
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Newbie here, but haven't found a consistent answer to this on the net:
I, like a real genius, spilled a drink on my Powerbook G4 keyboard
last night.  It was gin (no mixers, no ice) that I spilled, about an
ounce, right into the upper-right of the keyboard.  Followed by a

I have a powerbook 1GHz 15" which has started, much to my chagrin, to
exhibit characteristics of the memory effect, which makes no sense.
However, I have been using an application called X-charge to monitor the
batteries charge and discharge patterns, and it quite clearly will

Dear folks,
  Just moved up to used iBook g4, Airport Extreme base, and Airport
Extr card in iBook via purchase on eBay.  The previous user did a clean
install of the OS 10.3 on the iBook, but may have forgotten to reset the

Looking to buy LATEST OS9/OSX Powerbooks/iMac/iBooks...
Hello,
I'm looking to buy the very last and latest made models of the
Powerbook, iBook, and iMac that STILL BOOT BOTH OS 9 AND OS X.

Does an Airport extreme hub require an extreme card in the TiBook too?