Pages Tagged “PowerBook”
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- Netbook, Laptop or Smartphone?
I briefly considered doing a fresh install on the old PowerBook to see if it could be used as a second laptop, instead of just wiping it to recycle, but quickly remembered that the reason we replaced it was a hardware problem. Still, it would be nice to have two portable computers for when we […]
- Power Down
Subject: An old G4 PowerBook laptop which locks up after several hours of use. Goals: Test the memory so that, if it’s good, we can resell it instead of recycling it. Wipe the hard disk so that we can recycle the computer. Tools: Tech Tool Pro 4 disc Tech Tool Pro 5 disc Mac OS […]
- Culprit Identified
The problem with the PowerBook has been confirmed to be the RAM upgrade I put in back in 2004. It hummed along fine for 3½ years, but I guess it finally went bad with the laptop getting so much more use the last few weeks. Better something modular and easy to get at (well, except […]
- Powerless
After nearly 4 years of faithful service, our G4 PowerBook has crashed. This machine has been rock-solid through 2 OS upgrades, a RAM upgrade, and a battery recall. On Sunday, the hard disk finally gave out. We only lost a few recent files. I had a chance to grab them on Saturday, but unfortunately I […]
- Leaped to Leopard
The new Mac OS X disc arrived in today’s mail. I opened it up to make sure everything was there, and was surprised to see that Apple has really cut down on packaging. Instead of the ~8×10″ box with folds to keep the disc and manual in place, they’ve gone to a small box the […]
- Assault via Battery?
Received the replacement battery for the PowerBook yesterday. It was shipped out via DHL, with a prepaid return label for shipping the old battery back via regular mail. Last night I drained the old battery, plugged the new one in, and packaged up the recalled one in the box. At lunch today I went to […]
- Spec Check
I’ve been thinking about adding memory to the PowerBook for a while now, and for various other reasons we ended up at Fry’s last night. I figured, we’re here anyway, why not at least price the RAM? Well, here’s a big fragging “Why Not:” I couldn’t remember the exact specs required. There was, however, a […]
- Aye, there’s the hub!
A few weeks ago I noticed that our network hub was getting disturbingly hot, so I started turning off the power strip when we weren’t home. After returning from San Diego, the first time we turned the computers back on, the hub started buzzing. However, it stopped after a few seconds. So I should have […]
- Shipped!
The delayed PowerBook has shipped, and is scheduled to arrive on Tuesday! Woo hoo!
- Power Outage
It looks like it wasn’t quite the perfect time I thought to order a PowerBook. I received confirmation today from TerraSoft that the delay is due to the changes in the PowerBook line (which were half the reason I chose now to order it). It seems they’re still waiting for a shipment from Apple! Presumably […]
- Power on its way
Last night’s mutual cyber-binge after only two days away from the keyboard was the kicker: If we’re going anywhere for two weeks, we’ll want to bring a computer along. And so tonight I finally ordered a dual-boot PowerBook from TerraSoft. We’re splitting the cost as a combined wedding and belated/early birthday present to each other. […]
- Good Timing
Sometime early last year I decided I’d like to get a PowerBook. Ideally, one dual-booting Mac OS and Linux. I spent several months saying “I don’t really need a laptop,” but I really started to like the idea after a while, and Katie started to like the idea too, and this January I went so […]