Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / September 2005

My iBook screen after a few minutes of use goes black. It does not turn
off, the backlight is still ON.
I press keys and move the mouse and nothing happens. I have to remove
the battery and reboot the machine. The same thing then happens again

Hey, i'm thinking on buy a new laptop (powerbook), although, i dont
know if i should buy the actual g4 or wait for the new powerbook
(when it is predictable to go out ? ) ... can anyone give me some
tips ?

recently i got on broadband
and apparently ive already used 3680MB in a month!!
thats a lot! is that even possible?
how could this be??

I want to know if it is safe to uninstall from my PC all iPod Updater
software other than the most recent.
Apple releases new iPod updater software every few months and I install
the latest version (iPod Updater for Windows). Every time the software

I currently use a combination of Linux and RISC OS on my home
office LAN for all my programming and web development work.
I'm planning to move everything I do onto an Apple 12" iBook.
This will be my first time as a Mac user and I feel a little

Question for all of the Mac gurus out there.
I am in the market for a new G4 Powerbook. Say I go ahead and buy one
now with a powerpc processor and then the intel transition takes place.
If, for whatever reason, the powerpc processor goes bad, will I be

Hi Group,
Just tried to power up my old 400 Mhz G3 laptop to retreive some data
and discovered that the power supply is no longer charging the
computer.  Assume I must have damaged the adapter recently when my kid

I am trying to creat a cheat sheet for my dad for an old iBook computer
I am giving him for his birthday. I was hoping to be able to print our
screen shots, not just documents, e-mails, or web pages. This means
being able to include tools bars or menus. Please reply if you know of

I have been having problems ever since I installed microsoft word on my
12" dual usb ibook.  First it couldn't find an os so I had to reinstall
from the system disc (I think it was os 10.2 but am not positive) and
in the process wiped out my entire itunes library - still don't know ...

A friend is in the market for a Powerbook and said he was thinking of
purchasing a 17" here:
http://www.best-computer.net/item.php?cid=31141435&id=99317180
I know Apple's pricing policy doesn't allow large variations in retail

The DVD/CD drive in my tiPB 400 died and a replacement from apple service
centre here in Australia
is around $700!!!  Anyone know of an alternative source or have a PB they
have

I have already replaced the motherboard to no effect, and just finished
replacing the entire lid/display unit, but still have no video.  My
backlight works, and I reset the Power Manager (I know it's not called that,
but I can't remember what it IS called) with

Looks like people went a little nuts waiting in line to buy $50 used
iBooks:
  <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050816/ap_on_re_us/computer_frenzy>
Paul

Wegener Media is still in business. The Matshita DVD drive that I
ordered from Powerbookguy was drop shipped from Wegener. I forgot to
ask if I needed a new module end bezel and have been trying to order
one from Wegener for two months now. I never get any answer to my

I recently made the great switch, PC to Mac, and am mostly delighted by
my long delayed decision. As I work in a tiny home office, I've always
relied (in my PC days) on some sort of multifunction (fax, print, scan)
machine and currently have a Brother 4420C. Alas, it doesn't work as ...