Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / February 2005

Late 2003 iBook G3 800 MHz.  While I have no difficulty playing DVDs
using my laptop as the monitor, I have run into problems with
displaying output to a tv.  I have purchased 2 sets of video &

The specs I read on the web state that this iBook has "1 memory expansion
slot".
Does this mean that the 256 MB the iBook comes with is soldered-in, and
whatever SIMM that is installed in the expansion slot is added to this? Or is

My PowerBook 17 is coming up on 2 years old and I've been thinking about
replacing it. I went to the Apple Store this weekend and took a close
look at the new PowerBooks, as well as the iMac.
I decided that neither computer is a significant enough upgrade from my

Does anyone have any instructions on replacing the optical drive in a
current model ibook.  I am looking to replace the combo drive with a
superdrive.  There is no option to buy such a configuration from Apple
in Australia.

Hi. I have and old blue iBook, G3. I used it primarily as an- internet
machine so I can sit on my couch and surf . It is networked to my G4.
The problem is that I came home one day to a black screen. The machine
works, I can still see the hard drive my my G4, but I can't get the

I have two questions which are motivated by having bought a new battery
for my power book.
The first is a question regarding the old battery.  It still seems to
have a bit of life in it, though it no longer holds nearly the charge

I have a 15" PowerBook G4 (not the newest type) with an AirPort Extreme card.
The computer (and the card) is about 1 1/2 years old.  Tonight, suddenly,
the AirPort card appeared to suddenly stop working while I was connected to
a hot spot.  I thought it was their problem.  When I ...

Still holding on to my pismo, awaiting the PBG5, so it may have to last
a while ;) ... however ... lately it started whining, the disk that is
... I recall some reference to soundfiles of pismo-disks getting bad,
but the urls turn out to be 404 these days ... anyone have a copy to

I'm considering getting the 15" 1.67 GHz G4 PowerBook, with 1 GB RAM,
and 100 GB hard drive, and a 20" cinema display. I'd like your opinions
on:
o Is it worth upgrading the video from 64 MB RAM to 128 MB RAM?  I

I have read that you are never to use windex, ammonia, isopropyl
(rubbing alcohol) alcohol, ethanol or other strong solvents to clean a
laptop screen.
Usually it is recommended to simply use a few drops of water on a soft

If I need a mini-drive that can do a lot of data-writing and re-writing,
then should I go with an IBM micro-drive over a USB FLASH... since the
IBM 1" Micro-Drive is an actual 1" mini-harddisk?
Are they safer than Flash?

Powerbook G4
How can you burn part of a song?

Please could someone let me know if the "built-in" 256mb RAM in the
new G4 powerbooks (namely 12" with superdrive) is actually built-in?
Or is it just another removable but more tricky to get to?
There is supposed to be 256mb built-in and 256mb removable, so maximum

I have a powerbook G-3 Wallstreet that I want to hook up and use my SOny
828 Cybershot camera with. The problem is that witht the wallstreet, there
are no dedicated USB ports. I have a USB 2.0 Cardbus Interface card (made
by ADS technology) that will recognize jump drives, but when ...

Just added Mac OS 9.2.2 to my G4 iBook that was running Panther.  Now when I
run a program requiring "Classic", the display becomes half size.  How can I
get it to be full screen?