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Best Long life Powerbook?
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Salt Lake City, UT USA
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I've had my Sawtooth for 7 1/2 years now, heck a little bit longer. When I think back along Apple's product lines, I can't think of a more versatile machine. Obviously there are faster machines, better technologies, but few products have actually lasted so long for so many people. It can't do everything, but I'm running 10.4.10 with no problems...
Is there a powerbook like this? One made 5-7 years ago that's still kicking, and running well for lots of people?
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2008 iMac 3.06 Ghz, 2GB Memory, GeForce 8800, 500GB HD, SuperDrive
8gb iPhone on Tmobile
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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I have a Lombard, repaired many times, used every day for almost 8 years.
Daystar G4/500 upgrade, 512 MB Ram 60GB 7200 RPM HD
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Memphis, Tn. USA
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Originally Posted by brucejy 
I have a Lombard, repaired many times, used every day for almost 8 years.
Daystar G4/500 upgrade, 512 MB Ram 60GB 7200 RPM HD
I wouldn't go that far back! The Pismo was a better choice it has firewire & usb native.
You can get a great deal on a G4 PB 15. They will be much snappier than a G3.
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: The land of evil: Redmond
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I've been using my 12" powerbook for over 4 and a half years now. I'm just now starting to look at a possible upgrade. If the macbook only had a video card...
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12" PB 867 *Retired :( *
2.2 Ghz 15" Macbook Pro
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Zuerich Switzerland
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I have used a Pismo for almost seven years practically on a daily basis.
In the last months some strange L2-cache issue came up and I assume the frequent rebootings finally killed my hard disc.
Apart from this I had never have issues. But no USB 2.0 was quite annoying, though. I am looking forward to a new computer, now. I will give the Pismo a second try with a new HD and freshly installed OS (maybe it wasn't a hardware issue at all).
Felix
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2007 MacBook Pro 2.4 4 GByte RAM 320/7000 HD
2000 Powerbook Pismo G3 500 MHz, 640 MByte RAM, 40 GByte HD, Airport, NewerTech Battery, integrated DVD/CD-R(W) running Mac OS 10.4.11
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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I've had a powerbook for 5 years now. Love the thing, though I use my newer ibook more.
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