Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / October 2007

Although new to PowerBooks, I'm a subnotebook fan, and really like
what I've read about the old PB2400c...
Being in the UK, I'd like to know about such things as 240V-mains
adapters and British-layout keyboards (with £-sign etc.) - that's if

Kinda wish I got an ibook...
What are my options for covering the aluminum with a something less
slippery and that offers more protection?
It would be best if it were removable without leaving gummy residue if

Disappointing series of problems...
PowerBook G4/667, 1GB RAM, 100GB HDD 7200rpm (Hitachi, 1 year old)
Since a few weeks, I have had more and more problems with applications
and with the Finder. Application hanging or refusing to quit, Finder

I am planning to purchase a 15' MacBook Pro later this year (once
Leopard is released) and I wanted to hear some opinions about these
computers. Are all the issues that people are reporting (i.e. melting
batteries, screen warping, discolouration, extreme overheating,

Hallo NG,
I ask myself it is possible to use a iSight of a dead iMac.
I wonder how it is connected or better how it is bus-powered normally.
It has a 4 Pin FireWire female connector in which you can plug a 4 to

On my Powerbook G4 (1.67 Ghz PPC) one of the USB ports does not
recognize my mouse anymore. However, it works with a powered USB hub,
only plugged in directly, ie without an extension cord.
All this seems inexplicable...

Yay!
I installed 3GB ram in the MacBook - flying!
hc

I have been thinking about getting a macbook or macbook pro. I have a few
questions starting with the dumbest:
1. Say I open up a blank Word document and start to type. The font is tiny
and my 61 year old eyes can barely see it. So how do I increase the font

We are publishing a directory of free wifi hotspots that people can
load on their PCs and PDAs for when they are offline trying to find a
place to go online.
We've made it easy for additional sites to be added to our next update

As of today, my MacBook Pro will no longer latch. I can see the two small
latches come down from the lid as the laptop is being closed, but they don't
quite latch it shut.
Any suggestions for how to fix this?

I have a 1GHz iBook G4, and I'm trying to watch TV episodes on abc.com.  
Unless I set the size to Mini, every 5-10 seconds the playback stops for
a second or two.
Is this normal?  Does their player depend on hardware assist that this

My daughter busted her pink razr that I used isync to upload her address
book.  She's wanting to replace the Razr with LG Chocolate phone.  It
appears based on searches that I've done there is no way to sync the
Chocolate to her Mac.  Anyone aware of any ways to do this?

iPod devices that are equipped with video players must have the
movies from their original format converted to one that can be read
and played by the iPod movie player system...
http://personaltechinfo.googlepages.com/what_you_need_to_know_about_ipod_movies