On 2/22/10 12:33 PM, Sheryl Birkhead wrote:
2008 POWERBOOK G3 WALLSTREET 12" Item specifics - Apple Laptops Condition: Used Processor Type: PowerPC G3 Product Family: PowerBook Processor Speed (per Core): 233 MHz Screen Size: 12 inch Processor Configuration: Single Core Operating System: Mac OS X 10.2, Jaguar Memory (RAM): 64 MB Primary Drive: CD-RW/DVD Combo YOU ARE BIDDING ON A USED 2008 POWERBOOK G3 WALLSTREET. I AM SELLING FOR A FRIEND. I WAS TOLD IT WORKS. THERE IS NOT A CHARGER FOR THE LAPTOP. THERE IS A BATTERY AND A CD DRIVE. THE HARD DRIVE IS IN THE COMPUTER. HE SAID THE ONLY REASON HE STOPPED USING IT WAS HE UPGRADED. ASK QUESTIONS. STOCK PHOTO. EMAIL ME AND I WILL SEND THEM TO YOU. Model Family: Powerbook G3 Wallstreet Display/Size: 12" Processor Type: 233MHz Model Number: M4753 Color: Black Factory: Ireland Production Year: 2008 Production Week: 31 (July) Production Number: 40 CK83116ZCWJ SERIAL Hard Drive Capacity: 4 GB *//* Um--er--I thought the Wallstreets were made in 1998 and also were 14"??? I have queried the sellers, but they may simple not know the answers so thought I would check with the, ahem, W\"WallStreet" people!
Yeah, Wallstreets were made from May 1998 through May 1999 (per MacTracker). Definitely not in 2008. I tend to shy away from e-Bay sellers who don't know their stuff. If they get one thing that wrong how much faith can you have in the other info.
Since no power supply is included I would figure on the battery being dead (I'm not saying it is, just figure that way).
Have you looked at Lombard and Pismos on e-Bay? I've had three Wallstreets, all loaded with Panther and a Pismo with Tiger. While I used one of the Wallstreets for a couple of years as my main machine and it served well but the Pismo is a much easier machine to work with. It doesn't require the 8Gb paritition, it can take twice the memory, it can take an Airport card - no PCCard sticking out the side and it will be a faster processor. And while XPostFacto works very nicely, it is a bit of a pain if the computer hangs up or something and you have to go through a bit of a procedure to get it to boot in OS X again. I was recently looking on e-Bay for a second Pismo and the prices on some of them were pretty good.
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