Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / February 2006

HELP!!  Why Won't My DVD-R Drive Work????
I have 2 separate Powerbook 1GHz G3 Powerbooks with OS 9.2.2 and OS
10.3.9.
I have BLANK DVD+R Discs made by Sony and Verbatim. 4.7 GBS, 120 minutes.

When I'm running on battery power and don't touch the trackpad or
keyboard for a while, three things happen: 1) the screen dims after a
couple of minutes; 2) my screensaver starts running a couple minutes
later; 3) the display goes to sleep after that. I have found the

I just bought a brand new 14" iBook, and it is just superb.
However, I want to get something else I can take on the road. Something
that could take a beating. A whipping boy for my iBook if you would.
Do you think a Powerbook g3 would be good? what tricks could a

What 120 GB HD is inside the new Powerbooks?
I need to buy just the 120GB 2.5" HD, and need to know the best one to
get and possibly where to get it.
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I'm trying to bring up a PowerBook 1400cs without a CD drive. It has a
corrupted installation of 7.5.3, which means I can only start up the
machine with extensions turned off.
I've got a full set of floppies to install 7.5.3, but it doesn't have the

A while ago I posted the post below about buying a Mac vs. a Linux / XP
laptop or desktop and got lots of useful advice. Many advised to wait
until the release of the new Intel Macs.
I've managed to use a borrowed desktop and laptop for a couple of

I have an iPod mini which recently on the loss of battery (low
battery symbol displayed) has died. I cannot get any reaction when
it has been put on an AC adapter, USB and FireWire port on both a
Mac and a Windows XP PC. I've owned the iPod since August 2005, and

I have powerbook 5300cs and I have a problem installing linux on it
because of low memory - 8mb

are many laptop masters, who deal with pc laptops.

I almost inserted a small CD (like used by some photo cameras) into the
CD drive of my power book. Then hesitated... what if I never saw it
again? What if it got stuck in the drive?
Does anyone know whether one can put these small CDs (size of mini-disc

hi, I have a 5th gen video ipod and want to convert all my tunes from
it onto my old g5 (which im now using for storage, and my ibook as my
main working comp). my problem is that my itunes is set to update
automatically when an ipod is connected to the mac. so the second i

Being a student and bringing my computer (Powerbook G4 running MacOS
10.4.4) to the school library often to do my homework it's essential
that I have audio turned off. I've solved the startup sound issue by
installing the freeware "Startup preferance pane"

I'm new to the forum and hoping to get some help in my decision
making process.  I'm looking to purchase a laptop (this will be my
main computer).  If I told you guys what I'm using now, you won't
believe it!  A five-year-old iMac still using the 8.6 OS.  I'm dying

This is coming to you from my brand new 15" Powerbook G4.
So far I am very pleased with my purchase -- The screen even seems
sharper than it had looked on the store display models (probably more
an issue of lighting and positioning than anything.)

My son's clamshell iBook developed a video problem.  The display froze
then corrupted, gradually becoming white.  By tilting the screen I could
get it working occasionally.
Sometimes it would boot with just the blank white screen from the start.

I am a song collector; I get all my songs from various sources.  It's
almost impossible for me to regather all the songs I just lost.  This
is what happened: I was trying out this new thing: PODCASTS.  I
downloaded certain podcasts to my ipod and unpluggged my ipod when I