Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / December 2004

I've got a 1Ghz AlBook with a combo drive.  I've seen superdrive
upgrades for TiBooks, but can't seem to find one for the AlBook.  
Anybody know of a company that does this?  Or where I could find the
part (at a reasonable price) that I can install myself?

Where can I get one? I found one website that is now sold out, I
don't wan't to buy it from Apple if I dont have to as I now live in
Florida and am trying not to pay sales tax.
Its just 30 GB is to small, I am almost tempted to replace the 30GB

From a friend I have received a pismo with a defective cd-rom. I cannot
start the pismo, because it asks for a password and my friend doesn't
remember it, because it was given to him,too. So I started the pismo in
target mode, connecting it to my wallstreet and that worked well. ...

Looking for a Mac-Compatible PDA that has....
NECESSARY:
1) text-to-speech,
2) color screen,

I just returned back from a trip and we forgot to turn her PowererBook off
before she put it in her bag. After a couple of days being home I went to
pull her PB out and I noticed it was pretty hot. Yikes!
Now it wont power up/boot no matter what I do. No typicall start up sounds

I have a PowerBook G4 with one external monitor. I am wondering if
there's a way to hook up more than one external monitor? If so, what
hardware (other than the monitors) would I need?
Thanks,

I've seen some reports here that after 10.3.6 is installed, battery readings
are incorrect (and in fact cause the computer to inappropriately sleep/shut
down).  Is this problem widespread?  In other words, is it generally safe to
download and install it?  (I have a 15" aluminum G4.)

Should I bid on this Powerbook?
Thanks for your advice.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5734676194&ssPageName=ST
RK:MESE:IT

Hi Gang:
According to reports in the Dutch media, IBM wants to sell its PC Making
division for between 1 and 2 billion dollars.
That is the best recommendation for Apple, ever.

My PowerBook is still under the 12 month original apple warranty.
However, I recently dropped it from a 5 foot height onto concrete.
Amazingly, the only functional damage (other than severe case bending
and the latch being broken) is that the backlight has failed.

Which software do you use for an infrared connection between a Powerbook
(G3, OS 9.2) and a cell phone?
Thanks,
Dennis Jansen

I've got a G3 dual USB ibook w/ a 10gig hard drive... I'd like to
upgrade the hard drive myself if possible.  Any sage words of
practical experience?  TIA
PS, Has anyone replaced the CD rom drive (the pop out one) with a CD

      I have a tangerine iBook, 300 MHZ, with 160 meg memory (ie quite
old now, but its all i have and i love it!).
 I have a problem with the power supply / battery. The battery itself has
been pretty dead for many years now. So, I only ever use the machine

Hi everybody! I recently bought an Apple iBook, my first laptop ever.
It works great and hard. I've been asking friends and reading some
web sites about technical affairs, but I haven't found yet anyone to
explain me what to do with the batterie when I'm using the power

After updating to 10.3.5, my snow iBook (dual USB) modem would no longer dial
my ISP.  The AOL program acted like it was dialing, but never did (I listened
on the phone).  The little telephone icon at the top of the screen would start
to indicate dialling, but would quickly revert ...