Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / July 2004

Hey next week is macworld Boston, yeh!  Been waiting for it to go back to
Boston , I HATE NYC with a passion and refused to go to the expo whil eit was
there even though it is alot closer to me than Boston.
So who is going?  

I hope someone might be able to help. I used to really enjoy the fact
that, comapred to PC colleagues, when I plugged my powerbook (550Mhz,
with ATY, Rage M6, running 10.3.4) into an LCD projector for
presentations it would always automatically configure. I then tried to

I bought a 12" 1 GHz iBook (2004 model) earlier this year and now regret
not getting the DVD-R/W option. Oh well, such is life.
Anyway, I'd like to upgrade the current CD-R/W drive with the DVD
writer. I have found a few places on eBay who can sell me the bare slot

No G5 iMac, no G5 PowerBook, no new iPods, no killer apps, no killer
consumer appliances, no flying cars? *Nice displays*, mind you, but
nothing that'll make me want to junk this one
<http://www.davidillig.com/cinema.shtml> -- yet.

Hello.  I am having some trouble with a Powerbook 500.  Upon loading
Panther, the battery will not retain a charge.  So the Powerbook has
gone from a portable to a desktop.  A lot of people have had success
if they completely discharge the battery using a PC fan, then charging

I have an old problem.
Just installed a new 60gig drive (IBM Travelstar 60GN, IC25N060 ) in my
TiBook.
All is well, except that the hard disk gives an audible "plink" every

I have a NEC Versa 6220 laptop with a 200mhz Intel pentium processor,
3gig hdd with 128 meg of ram currently running Win98 and was wondering
if it will run any mac os and if so which versions?
Thanks

I have a Lombard with 10.3.3. Sometimes when starting up or waking up,
the mouse (touchpad, really) freezes even though the keyboard works.
Rebooting cures it for a while, but is there anything else to do?
Alan

My Pb5300cs suddenly quit displaying video.  I was working at a restaraunt,
shut it down to come home, and when I brought it back up it had no video.
I've replaced the logic board and complete lid/video assembly (including the
brown cable that goes up into the lid) with no change.  ...

How to install Yellow Dog Linux or Mandrake Linux on a PowerBook G3/233 MHz?
I can't boot from the cd. Works fine on my PowerMac G3 but not on the
PowerBook. What to do?
Please help. =)

I've been an SGI user for many years (and continue being so). I'm
considering other alternatives, due to the fact that SGI is now
focused in HPC+Linux+ATI and doesn't show any symptoms of true
commitment to computer graphics (which is what their company name is

Since a long time we know the pismo is quite difficult to upgrade
because its processor schematics is Apple proprietary, so not free. But
solutions do exist today and it’s nomore needed to send your complete
computer to the companies.

My iBook serial number and manufacture date are within the logic board
repair program.  But my Book is running just fine, with no issues, and
it is slightly over a year old.
Should I be taking it to an Apple Store for a check up?

I wonder if anyone has a solution to this one. My reliable Wallstreet II G3
has suddenly started stalling at the "Welcome to Mac OS" screen - even when
I try to boot from a CD-ROM, and even when I've plugged in a different hard
disk.

I still have the original 128mgs RAM that came with my 400mhz TiBook.  I  
think it is time to upgrade.  I am looking for recommendations and
advice.
DealRam.com lists a 512MB module from 18004MEMORY.com for $100 with no