Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / February 2006

I will be buying a MacBook Pro for my daughter and I know Apple memory
is expensive.  Is it possible to add memory myself to this model?  I've
done it many years ago for the old G3 Powerbook, but Chip Merchant is
gone (I think) and I don't know if the new MacBooks can be upgraded ...

I love the newer Powerbooks and iMacs that allow you to scroll
vertically by moving your mouse up/down the very right edge of the
touchpad/trackpad.  I am running OS X 10.3 on my Powerbook G3
Lombard ("bronze") and I was wondering if it was possible to do the

My daughter has a tangerine iBook. We purchased it used. There was always
a problem with the AC adapter jack.You always had to fiddle with it to get
it to make a good connection. Loose jack right? So I repair medical
imaging equipment for a living and I decided I can fix this.Found ...

In my previous memo, I stated that the newer system (7.0 or 7.1) was
needed to put Clarisworks 4.0 on my toaster Mac SE.
CORRECTION: Clarisworks 4.0 requires a more abvanced processor than the
one on the Mac SE. I meant to write that I need System 7.0 or 7.1 to

I am a fan of the OLDER Mac laptops, especially Powerbook 170 and
Powerbook 180.  These are cheaply available on E-Bay, because all of the
old Ni-Cad battery packs are totally gone---- won't hold a charge.
(I run mine off a car battery, with 12v DC adaptor; it gets 20-25 hours

I am aware that this topic has popped up once in a while on this
newsgroup,  and I appologize if this might be innapropriate to bring
it up again,  but I was wondering if there was any new development
on the issue;