Re: Mac Hovercraft (death of a PowerBook)

2012-08-04 Thread dc
> > 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

Re: Mac Hovercraft (death of a PowerBook)

2012-08-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
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!

Re: Mac Hovercraft (death of a PowerBook)

2012-08-02 Thread Cameron Kaiser
> 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 Sy

Re: Mac Hovercraft (death of a PowerBook)

2012-08-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
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 pe

Mac Hovercraft (death of a PowerBook)

2012-08-02 Thread Dan
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