Re: Mac Hovercraft (death of a PowerBook)
Just got She Who Must Be Obeyed a shiny new iPad3 for her birthday and she's pleased as punch with it, just terrified of handling it 'naked', so I'm investigating a seriously armored cover like an Otterbox or something. I'm open to any and all suggestions. I'm a big fan fan of the Otter Box. A few months ago my wife laid her iPhone down on our driveway... black driveway, black iPhone, black Otter Box.. and then she got upset when I ran over it with my truck. She calmed down when she found the iPhone still worked. When we took the case off the phone still looked brand new, although the Otter Box needed a little scrubbing to get the tire marks off. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Mac Hovercraft (death of a PowerBook)
In g3 ibook cd drive ejects Dan wrote: A G6 ?! Akin to this: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/610326/PowerBook%20G5.jpg and Bruce replied: You needed to show it hovering above the table via the exhaust of it's fans. It's a laptop! It's a personal hovercraft! 8-P sigh. My housemate's 1.5-GHz PowerBook G4 -- purchased in Sept 2004 -- bit the dust late last week. It got HOT then froze. Did the norm diags, resets, etc... It runs great in a heavily air conditioned room, with a fan on HIGH blowing directly under the case and across the top/ upper right quadrant of the keyboard. But if you back off on the fan in any way - the PB quickly gets boiling hot, then freezes. Going to open it up shortly. Kindof hoping the problem is just that the fans are clogged with cat fur. But given the age of the beastie, it's probably something more serious. (No data loss, of course, as we have good backups). My housemate celebrated the macdeath by driving to the Apple Store in DE. She bought a new 13 2.3-GHz MacBook Pro i5 and an iPad 2. She's having a blast with it, learning iWork and Bento. And playing Angry Birds on the iPad. :) - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Mac Hovercraft (death of a PowerBook)
On Aug 2, 2012, at 12:43 PM, Dan wrote: In g3 ibook cd drive ejects Dan wrote: A G6 ?! Akin to this: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/610326/PowerBook%20G5.jpg and Bruce replied: You needed to show it hovering above the table via the exhaust of it's fans. It's a laptop! It's a personal hovercraft! 8-P sigh. My housemate's 1.5-GHz PowerBook G4 -- purchased in Sept 2004 -- bit the dust late last week. It got HOT then froze. Did the norm diags, resets, etc... It runs great in a heavily air conditioned room, with a fan on HIGH blowing directly under the case and across the top/ upper right quadrant of the keyboard. But if you back off on the fan in any way - the PB quickly gets boiling hot, then freezes. Going to open it up shortly. Kindof hoping the problem is just that the fans are clogged with cat fur. But given the age of the beastie, it's probably something more serious. (No data loss, of course, as we have good backups). My housemate celebrated the macdeath by driving to the Apple Store in DE. She bought a new 13 2.3-GHz MacBook Pro i5 and an iPad 2. She's having a blast with it, learning iWork and Bento. And playing Angry Birds on the iPad. :) Look closely to make sure that a pencil wasn't accidentally hammered through the CPU or something on the old one to kind of 'help it on it's way humanely':-) Just got She Who Must Be Obeyed a shiny new iPad3 for her birthday and she's pleased as punch with it, just terrified of handling it 'naked', so I'm investigating a seriously armored cover like an Otterbox or something. I'm open to any and all suggestions. Even something like this might work: http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Book-like-iPad-Case-Dodo-Moleskin-style/ http://www.instructables.com/id/Recycle-a-Book-into-iPad-Stealth-Case/ (Mine, protected only by it's Magic cover, took an unfortunate tumble off the top of our car while we were on vacation and it's currently hors de combat, awaiting the new wifi antenna cable to replace the one I tore getting the shattered digitizer and glass off... Here's hoping fixing the thing I broke fixing the thing I broke doesn't break something else ... There was an old Mac geek who repaired his iPad... to the tune of There was an old lady who swallowed a fly) Also, I don't know when this change was made, but Applecare for the iPad now offers accidental damage coverage: 2 incidents with a $50 co-pay. Definitely worth the peace of mind! -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Mac Hovercraft (death of a PowerBook)
Just got She Who Must Be Obeyed It's probably because the only creature I must share the house with purrs and has four legs that I get to keep all my lovely old computers and Macs. -- personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com -- I'd love to go out with you, but I'm rethreading my toothbrush bristles. - -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Mac Hovercraft (death of a PowerBook)
On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:56 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Here's hoping fixing the thing I broke fixing the thing I broke doesn't break something else ... There was an old Mac geek who repaired his iPad... to the tune of There was an old lady who swallowed a fly) It lives! http://www.flickr.com/photos/35245797@N00/7702319546/in/photostream That was the hairiest repair I've ever done, and that includes fixing broken mass spectrometers and the like. Yeesh! iFixit calls this 'extremely difficult' and they ain't lying... -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
