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17" Rev B Tech Issues
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Can we dedicate this topic to discussing any technical issues surrounding the Rev. B 17" PowerBook? Which issues (if any) have experienced and how have you solved them?
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Middle / East TN
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Just so no one thinks that th 17" is full of problems and hesitates to buy one, I would just like to say mine's perfect 
Now, that doesn't mean there are problems with other machines.
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Dual 500 G4 :: 576mb :: 180gb (120+40+20)
17" PB G4 1.33 gHz :: 1gb :: 80 gb @ 5400rpm
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Aug 2003
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no tech troubles but my powerbook jumped off the desk and tried to run away from me
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Colorado
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Mine is nearly perfect, except, CDRs don't always eject properly. They attempt to come out and get stuck and remount. I'm hoping the problem will solve itself and I won't have to send this otherwise perfect machine in for repair.
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Senior User
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: London, England
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LC 16Mhz • LC 475 25Mhz • Centris 650 25Mhz • Performa 6200/75Mhz • G3 266Mhz • Snow iMac DVSE 500Mhz
G4 QS 733Mhz • 17" Powerbook 1.33Ghz • 15" MacBook Pro Core Duo 2.16Ghz • Mac Pro 8-Core 3.0 Ghz
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Senior User
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Upwind from Quebec...
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Mine is absolutely flawless in all respects save for one, it has not arrived yet.
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people ruin everything....
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2003
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From the first reviews i´ve seen, it seems like the 1.33 Powerbook runs hotter than the 1.0 version and the fan comes on more frequently. Does anybody have both of them and can give a comparison?
Joerg
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Sep 2003
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mine runs perfectly also, just to point out this is my first mac
and it doesn't get hot. I don't understand it's a computer it's bound to get warm come on guys. Electronics and heat come together
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Toronto
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Finally got mine today and I must say I'm in love...LOL.
No problems as of yet....I hope it stays that way.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Oct 2003
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I am a proud owner of a Rev B Powerbook 17' for a week now, and the issues i have with it are :
- sometimes when i write to the hard drive through a network connection a get a high pitch noise. I get the same kind of noise when accessing a https page through safari.
- when plugged in the mains, i get a very light noise coming from the middle of the keyboard, which sounds like a hard drive accessing information. I think it is some kind of static but it is annoying when you can hear it in a very quiet environment. This noise goes away when you unplug the mains.
- my keyboard looks slightly warped on the left hand side.
Otherwise i love it. I get 3 and a half hours battery life, its fast as a rocket compared to my Ti 1ghz with 1g RAM and the screen is fantastic with no dead pixel or white spots.
And its built like a tank.
Happy mac owner over here 
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