Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / April 2007

Is there a way I can configure the Macbook Pro to stay running when i close
the lid? I have an old windows laptop that has an option in the system
preferences, but i can't find anything like this on the macbook pro.. is
there a third party program that lets you do this with the mac ...

I am considering buying a laptop. I come from a windows background. I
have never used mac computers before. I heard that I can install
Windows and Linux in MacBook. Is that true?
I need a laptop for graphics and web design (Photoshop, dreamweaver,

I have inherited a couple year old g4, and i got it with 2 batteries.
I assume on is the original and the second purchased later.  First i
noticed that one(the original i presume) had problems.  It would be
charged to 100% and i would start working off battery power and it

I have a PowerBook G3 Wallstreet II (300 MHz), currently running Mac OS 9.2.2.
Just wondering what was the last Apple supported version of Mac OS X to
run on this particular machine (without any third party software mods)....
.....was it Mac OS X 10.2.8  ?

any good nntp clients for mac os x?

I'm a longtime windows user who recently acquired a battered yet still
working Wallstreet/292 running on OS 9.2.2.  Because I saw that the
machine had an ethernet port seemingly identical to the one on my PC's
NIC, I thought I could just plug it in as I had on several other PC's,

I work at a restaurant, and we've had an ipod 30gb model in our lost and
found for several weeks.  No one has called to claim it.
If the owner doesn't come forward, will we be able to give this device to an
employee to use, or is it specifically registered to the owner?

If you have been looking ways to save your laptop batteries, you might
have come across many articles online. The articles are always written
in detail for users like you and me to easly understand. But having
this demonstrated via a video recording makes it even more easier to

What's up with the thin bright vertical stripe that has appeared on my
powerbook 17 screen? It's about 85% to the right of the screen, and is
super high intensity but still shows variations according to the
image.

I have a nice "brand new" 1400c/166.
Just picked up a Glibal Village Platinum card with 10base ethernet.
Can't seem to get the damn thing to connect in Netscape 3.
TCP/IP settings aren't right, but maybe you have some thoughts for me?

Can anyone tell me how to set up the control panels
on my 1400 PB so I can switch between a wifi card and
a dialup modem without having to reconfigure my control
panels every time? I'm running OS 8.5 on the Powerbook.

My neighbor bought the old G3 laptop (made in 1998,
so it's a Wallstreet? I don't know...) that she used
as a schoolteacher, when the district went to PC's.
She's got a printer that has a USB plug. Is there any way

Can I use Mac OS 9.0.4 imac DV install cd as oppose to its Software
restore I want to Reinstall OS 9 And I have Macos 9.0.4 on Imac DV
install (not restore) discs.