Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / April 2005

I have a bronze powerbook running OS X. Does anybody have any
suggestions as far as games that run and play well(any genre) for this
setup? Preferably something that doesn't absolutely require a mouse
though. Seems like most newer games for OS X just don't want to run well

We need to get an old Mac laptop (3400) working on a network. We have
a
mac-compatible PCMCIA ethernet card, but the Mac doesn’t mount it. We
have

I've been carrying my lovely new Powerbook around in a zipped shoulderbag,
but that's proving to be a somewhat less than optimal solution. However, an
initial look at purpose made cases has shown a confusing range of
alternatives - some pretty expensive!

Could you please tell me where is Airport card installed on PowerBook
17inch, 1 Ghz ?
System preferences shows no Airport card details... I have a card,
which I bought separately and would like to install it myself, however

People have noted for months that the 12" PBs seem to run their fans just
about continuously.  Having just bought a 12" I can verify this claim.

to be a common desire.  My interest is in knowing whether ...

When you sell a computer, are you legally obligated to erase all the
commerical software off that computer?  People almost never do, and I was
just wondering how this is generally viewed?  It's not just a matter of
bending the law, I'm honestly not even sure what the strictest ...

Just a reality check has anyone else here experienced problems with
using TechTools Pro 4.0.3 or DiskWarrior 3.02 after upgrading to OS X
10.3.9 on an AL 1.66 PowerBook? Since I upgraded from 10.3.8, I'm no
longer able to boot from either TechTool Pro or DiskWarrior CD --

Would it be possible to use a G3 Powerbook as monitor and keyboard for a Mac
Mini and how would one set that up.  I'm looking for a portable recording
solution and the G3 (Pismo) I am currently using isn't quite up to the task,
I can't afford a G4 powerbook and a traditional ...

According to Apple's tech' support, there exists a bug in recent
shipments of Apple's G4 Mac 17" powerbook.
(_Not_  in earlier shipments of the 17" powerbook)
Apple engineers are working on the problem.

Never thought it would happen but the local phone company is going to
try to get DSL out to my waaaay rural location. If they succeed and I
want to get wireless access going for the 4 computers in the house,
what do I need? Do I need to dedicate one computer to serve as a base

Apologies for barging into this group like this, but I'm thinking of
getting a new I book, and was hoping to upgrade from 30GB to 80.
However, I'm wondering if this will have a largely detrimental effect
on the battery life (i.e more than an hour). When I'm working away from

I think my Titanium PowerBook wall adapter is failing, and googling for
more information about getting a new one, I have found quite a few other
complaints about Apple's adapter.
I hear lots of crackling noises coming from the adapter (from the prong

I'm looking into buying a Mac laptop for my graphic design courses. I
would like to go with the 15" Powerbook but the price is more that I
wanted to pay. Is there much difference between the high end iBook
and the low end Powerbook? Any recommendations...?

My 1.5 year old AirPort Extreme base station is having problems. It
seems to stop transmitting fairly regularly. I know it isn't my
PowerBook because I have tested it with other computers and they dont
get any signal either. The only remedy seems to be shutting it off for a

Hey all,
I just got a PowerBook (15").  I have an Airport Express at home
hooked into my wired network, and I can surf wirelessly on my
PowerBook at home with no problems.  I have a DHCP server set up, and