I'm waiting for the iPad to replace my Pismo. Then, my "old buddy" is going to my parents as an on-the-go supplement to the iMac G4 800 15" I bought them (and I sometimes use). I just ordered a 512 MB RAM card to bring the total RAM on this thing up to 768 MB, as well as a new battery to boost its daily time between charges (I currently have a 6600 mAH battery, now down to 5320 mAH after a little less than a year—now I see why the lifespans of the new MacBook batteries are so impressive). The reason I'm getting an iPad instead of a MacBook (MacBook Pros are popping up everywhere on my campus) is the fact that I'm around powerful desktops (14x iMac 2.66 GHz 10.5.8, 1x HP Pavilion a6400f @ 2.2 GHz and Win 7 64 Ultimate) most of the time and only need something mobile to write, surf the web, and email with. The 10-hour battery life really won me over, along with the new iWork suite. Heck, I knew that the iPad would be my perfect match the moment I saw it (man, I really need a girlfriend).
Thanks, FFF On Feb 8, 5:25 pm, PM7500 <[email protected]> wrote: > As good as the Pismo is, it may be time to start thinking about a > replacement. Titanium G4 Powerbooks are getting cheap these days and > you can even start to get really good deals on aluminum models now. > That the Pismo has managed to remain relatively up to date compared to > other G3 Powerbooks is a testament to it's design, but the design is > still old and there are much more powerful technologies available for > little money so keeping it going as anything but a backup machine > makes little sense. I'm still attached to my Wallstreet but concede > that I could have much better for an affordable price and accumulating > Wallstreet parts for the inevitable day when something breaks is going > to be wasting money. > > On Feb 7, 1:48 pm, Austin Leeds <[email protected]> wrote: > > > OK, my Pismo is dying. It's having troubles starting up (first time-- > > press power button, HD spins, everything sounds like it's going, no > > screen, no HD activity; second time--boots as normal), going to sleep > > (either shuts off or kills screen when I close the lid--no sleep), and > > is releasing an unpleasant odor on startup. > > I'm prepared to sell the thing for parts on eBay (after posting info > > on LEM swap), but before I do, does anyone have any suggestions? I'm > > in the process of stripping the RAM and HD out to upgrade an iBook > > clamshell and perhaps a desktop. The only thing that seems at all > > burnt is the CPU, but I haven't gotten in very far. I haven't seen the > > PMU yet, and since the smell seems to be coming from that direction, > > that may be a likely candidate. I'd rather buy a new MacBook White > > (just got some scholarship money), but I want to know if it would be > > worth it to keep this thing running. > > > Thanks, > > FFF -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
