First-gen 12 PB G4 867MHz with 1GB RAM?
According to this article[1], these[2] 1G SODIMMs will work in the original 12 867MHz PowerBook G4 (like the one I bought in August, just before the new ones came out). Has anyone tried it? They're still too expensive for me to buy; mine works pretty well maxxed out (officially, anyway) at 640MB, but after bumping my G5 at work to 1.5GB, I've become a memory hound. :-) [1] http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=1697 [2] http://www.crucial.com/store/PartSpecs.asp?imodule=CT12864X265cat=RAM -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Static discharge and the PowerBook
On Jan 8, 2004, at 12:00 PM, Mark Kippert wrote: Anyhow, I'm planning to replace my iBook with a new 15 PowerBook. However I was wondering about problems related to static electricity and the aluminum body. Anybody know of, or experience issues, related to this? I routinely zap my 12 PB. I'm not proud of it, but it hasn't had any problems. :-) -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Is an external Hard Drive a good solution?
On Dec 18, 2003, at 10:26 PM, Les Riess wrote: I am thinking about getting a portable external firewire drive, 40, 60, or 80 GB, mainly for backing up my important files and also for moving data between the 2 computers. I'm about two keystrokes away from pulling the trigger and buying an OWC Neptune 120GB external drive. Its under $160 (barely) and looks to be a good no-frills drive. My PowerBook has a 40GB drive which I've just about filled to capacity, mainly with my MP3 collection (and I ain't done rippin' yet!). I looked into upgrading the hard drive in my PB to an 80 gig Toshiba (?) drive that matches the specs of the OEM one in terms of size and RPM, but that's an expensive proposition. ~$280 for the drive, another $90 for a portable (bus-powered) enclosure (for the old drive), and then I'm figuring another $100 to have Apple do the upgrade, since I've got Apple Care on this 'book and don't want to void the warranty. So that's close to $500 to double my storage capacity. I *will* do it, but not right now. The smaller, portable bus-powered enclosures and the 2.5 drives typically used with them are more expensive than their larger wall-wart-powered brethren, and that's what's motivating me now. In answer to your question, yes, I think they are a good idea. More storage is always a Good Thing(tm), as are backups (and I'm sorely lacking on both fronts). Hope that helps... -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
12 PB G4 HD u/g
Hrm, sorry, got carried away with the acronyms. :-) I've got an 867MHz 12 PowerBook G4 that I bought from the Apple Store with a 40G hard drive. I'm down to about 2G free (most of it is taken up with MP3s...) and I'd like to upgrade it to something bigger. I see on xlr8yourmac.com that Toshiba makes an 80G drive that should fit. The problem I've got is that I bought AppleCare on this computer and I don't want to void my warranty so soon. :-) Does anyone know if the Apple Store would put the new drive in my PB for me (for a fee, I'm sure), or am I SOL unless I want to do it myself? Thanks, B -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
sound issue on 12 G4
Morning, all. I've had my 12 G4 PB for about a month, now. I'm very happy with it, even though my battery life has become questionable with the 10.2.8 update... I've noticed that, when running on battery, it seems the sound subsystem gets turned off, but wakes up when a sound event gets played. For example, just now, after not having any sounds played for a while, I went to iTerm and hit ^G to cause an alert to trigger. I heard a bit of disk activity, a slight pop from the speakers, and finally the alert sound. It took about 2-3 seconds for the alert to finally sound. If I trigger another alert soon after, it'll play again with no delay. If I wait a minute or two, the delay will happen again. Is this an energy-saving feature? It doesn't seem to happen when running off the AC adapter... Thanks, B -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Battery drain while asleep
Good morning, all. What's considered normal battery drain for a 12 PB G4 while asleep (suspended)? Between about 9pm yesterday and 5:30am today I lost about 10% of my charge, according to X-Charge. Thanks, B -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Battery drain while asleep
On Friday, September 19, 2003, at 06:29 AM, Raymond Wiker wrote: That's a lot better than I see... I think I lose 13% or so just from 1700 to 0900 the next day. This is with 640MB RAM, which would eat more battery than 256MB. Having the Bluetooth port active may also reduce your battery life in sleep mode (not sure!) Sounds like you're doing better than me. You lost 13% in 16 hours, I lost 10% in 8. :-) I've also got 640MB, BT active, but AirPort off. Anyone have a battery status logger they like? X-Charge is ok, but doesn't remember its data plot between instances... -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: The new 15 G4
On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 03:18 PM, Jim Eddy wrote: The old 12 Al-books are $1200 refurbished at the Apple Store. They're that much new with an educational discount... -- __ / / / __/ Brian Lalor / _ \/__ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_.__// http://bravo5.org/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
