Wow but Yikes!!! Was: powerbook g4 15 1.67ghz screen closing not sleeping laptop??
This is a great site but... I have a G4 Aluminum Powerbook that I would like to put a larger HD such as 160 GB or larger. I was appalled at the lousy industrial design in Apple notebooks as opposed to the pro level desktops. Twenty-Two freakin' steps! Might as well be an iBook. Compare this to the ancient laptop, (the one and only), produced by Power Computing in 1997. It took all of six minutes to upgrade the HD in it! Superb industrial design. I can certainly see where Applecare is a must if you buy their laptop. I think that my next one will be a munged PeeCee notebook that will run OS X. At least it will be cheaper... JT artemis wrote: Hey there Jonas - Visit this site: http://www.ifixit.com/info/ID-your-Mac Once you've ID'd your model, they have brilliant downloadable illustrated hi-res step-by-step guides on how to do most things Mac - how to take your Powerbook apart to replace drives, screens, motherboards, power supplies etc - they even list the tools you'll need for the particular task. It'll show you how to access the magnets that Bruce mentioned in his post. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Wow but Yikes!!! Was: powerbook g4 15 1.67ghz screen closing not sleeping laptop??
Andy wrote: Compare this to the ancient laptop, (the one and only), produced by Power Computing in 1997. It took all of six minutes to upgrade the HD in it! Superb industrial design. I agree with you over the older Powerbooks/iBooks,however upgrading the HD in a Macbook takes about 3 mins. Andy Thanks for the update. OTOH, the failure rate of the newer notebooks is higher than the older ones. sigh As a retired process, (manufacturing), engineer, I have little patience when it comes to repair/maintenance procedures. Guess that's why I still drive a (very) old car.. G JT --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Wow but Yikes!!! Was: powerbook g4 15 1.67ghz screen closing not sleeping laptop??
James E. Therrault wrote: Andy wrote: Compare this to the ancient laptop, (the one and only), produced by Power Computing in 1997. It took all of six minutes to upgrade the HD in it! Superb industrial design. I agree with you over the older Powerbooks/iBooks,however upgrading the HD in a Macbook takes about 3 mins. Andy Thanks for the update. OTOH, the failure rate of the newer notebooks is higher than the older ones. sigh As a retired process, (manufacturing), engineer, I have little patience when it comes to repair/maintenance procedures. Guess that's why I still drive a (very) old car.. G JT And while you have that old car, I need not ask you care for it like you would a child. Because the trend now is for us to drive computers...making it impossible for us to change even the oil. As regards Apple's laptops: I consider each journey into them, except the Pismo and Lombard, a challegene against Apple. Sticking it to them as they obviously do not want people in them, based on how they pack 'em. But the zeal is draining...I've now for 4 months been dreading opening up an iBook with the dreaded video problem. And yes, I know about ifixit. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Wow but Yikes!!! Was: powerbook g4 15 1.67ghz screen closing not sleeping laptop??
On Jan 8, 2009, at 1:28 PM, nestamicky wrote: And while you have that old car, I need not ask you care for it like you would a child. Because the trend now is for us to drive computers...making it impossible for us to change even the oil. As regards Apple's laptops: I consider each journey into them, except the Pismo and Lombard, a challegene against Apple. Sticking it to them as they obviously do not want people in them, based on how they pack 'em. But the zeal is draining...I've now for 4 months been dreading opening up an iBook with the dreaded video problem. And yes, I know about ifixit. Y'know, folks, that Apple isn't the only manufacturer on the market that makes fixing laptops more difficult than fixing desktops...it's kind of the nature of the beast. Try fixing a Sony or Toshiba sometime...go ahead...I dare you. There ain't people like iFixit for the Windows world And James...I have just ONE word for you and your old-time manufacturing designs: Kehin My right wrist STILL hurts like hell from that crease on the firewall...8-P -- 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 subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Wow but Yikes!!! Was: powerbook g4 15 1.67ghz screen closing not sleeping laptop??
nestamicky wrote: James E. Therrault wrote: Andy wrote: Compare this to the ancient laptop, (the one and only), produced by Power Computing in 1997. It took all of six minutes to upgrade the HD in it! Superb industrial design. I agree with you over the older Powerbooks/iBooks,however upgrading the HD in a Macbook takes about 3 mins. Andy Thanks for the update. OTOH, the failure rate of the newer notebooks is higher than the older ones. sigh As a retired process, (manufacturing), engineer, I have little patience when it comes to repair/maintenance procedures. Guess that's why I still drive a (very) old car.. G JT And while you have that old car, I need not ask you care for it like you would a child. Because the trend now is for us to drive computers...making it impossible for us to change even the oil. My old Studebaker will run even when the Iranians drop that surprise neutron bomb. Consider that the two ton beast gets up to 25mpg too. Even my gen II Honda Civic can be quickly converted to points 'n condenser and that gets 42mpg in mixed driving. As regards Apple's laptops: I consider each journey into them, except the Pismo and Lombard, a challegene against Apple. Sticking it to them as they obviously do not want people in them, based on how they pack 'em. But the zeal is draining...I've now for 4 months been dreading opening up an iBook with the dreaded video problem. And yes, I know about ifixit. I had a 466 MHz clamshell with a paltry 10GB drive. I was lucky in that I conned a local Mac Guru to change it out to a 120GB. Freakin' HD was the last item in the case access-wise. JT --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
