Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / April 2006

Short story: After using my G4 for less than three years, usually 3
hours a day, it seems to be on its death bed. Is this normal?
Long story: I used it a lot with imovie and idvd creating movie
reviews, burning to DVD. For that past year it has been mostly just

My new 15" Mac Book Pro shows a hardware error as reported by Apple
Hardware Test. This can happen.
I called Apple Service. After 30 Minutes on the phone, third person ...
everything went ok: they'll collect it via TNT, and send me a new one.

I own a ibook G4 laptop and just bought a new USB headset with
microphone from Logitech. I use Skype to talk to my family members and
friends. Without the headset, my ibook G4 works just fine because it
has the build-in microphone and speaker. The problems is when I plug in

A group of which I am a member recently acquired an iBook G3, only to
find that it doesn't work.  However, the screen seems to be intact.
How can we attach the screen to an arbitrary video source, for example
a basic desktop?

i have a powerbook g4 with a 15" apple monitor and wireless mouse and
keyboard, a very nice setup.
now that I have started looking at tv shows, "trailer park boys," etc.
on my computer, it seems like it would be nice to have a bigger nicer

I recently updated an aging Icebook to 10.3.9. Since then, it's been
plagued by the dread Frozen Cursor, which locks up the whole machine,
and can only be 'cured' (temporarily) by a forced restart. Which is a
pain.

I haven't really paid much attention to this problem until recently as
this is my first laptop, and first encounter with wireless Internet
access as well, so I thought wireless simply was crap.
But having recently compared with other people using the same networks

Could anyone give me a few ideas on software that can do hardrive
encryption for the G4 ?
I can't seem to find one for the iBook or Powerbook.
Thanks

My HD is really becoming full... can I replace it with a larger one ?
PowerBook G4/667 "Gigabit Ethernet", came with a 30GB HD (there was an
option for a slower 48GB model).
Can I replace it with a larger one, like 80GB ? Any compatibility issues ?

I just bought a used iBook G3 (600mHz I think - don't have it with me
at the mo') with 60GB harddrive and 1MB RAM running Tiger.  I've quit
my job and will be taking a year off to travel and intend to use it for
email, blogging, booking flights, hotels, etc so i think the G3 will be

Anyone had success running this combination or might I as well sell my
card? I don't remember using it under Tiger, and now when I need it, it
doesn't seem to work. Any suggestions?
Best regards

I'm extremely interested in switching to a MacBook or some other Apple
portable...  but I've hit a snag.  I can't seem to find any method
other than a PCI card for connecting my Logitech 5.1 speaker system.
Please let me know if you're aware of a solution to my surround sound

Can I move my new PB 17" drive (120 GB ST9120821A)
into any iBooks or smaller PBs?

After my 17" G4 Powerbook has been stolen, I need a replacement within
one month latest (arriving) I should say.
Switching to Intel I'd loose Classic (FrameMaker), Final Cut Express
(temporarily?) and Virtual PC (but there is dual boot -

iBook G4/800 12
The main symptom is the battery icon (and energy saver) flashes back and
forth between the battery and adapter when the adapter is plugged in.
The battery won't charge more than a few minutes and the iBook won't run