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and--working myself in PR--that's exactly what i... 2,261 Views / 29 Replies  
and--working myself in PR--that's exactly what i expected. i didn't think steve jobs would or should spend his time answering mail about rubber feet, but it's good and it's enough that there's a...
Posted by penmanila, on Apr 9, 2003 at 08:43 PM, in Mac Notebooks
i'll let your sarcasm pass. it wasn't a battle,... 2,261 Views / 29 Replies  
i'll let your sarcasm pass. it wasn't a battle, but a very polite request, which is probably why i got a prompt and nice response. i didn't write him just to ask for a rubber thingy either, but to...
Posted by penmanila, on Apr 9, 2003 at 11:09 AM, in Mac Notebooks
having worked on many powerbooks, this is most... 1,953 Views / 29 Replies  
having worked on many powerbooks, this is most surely a bad video cable and not the screen itself. would still require a trip back to apple, though.
Posted by penmanila, on Apr 9, 2003 at 04:18 AM, in Mac Notebooks
if your patience is wearing thin and want a... 2,261 Views / 29 Replies  
if your patience is wearing thin and want a brute-force solution, do what i did and write [email protected] got me a little packet of four rubber feet in the mail in no time. write him nicely :)...
Posted by penmanila, on Apr 7, 2003 at 08:31 PM, in Mac Notebooks
this site has already been reported on several... 921 Views / 6 Replies  
this site has already been reported on several boards as a scam. it always amazes me how they continue to attract serious attention, perhaps from people desperately willing to believe that they can...
Posted by penmanila, on Apr 6, 2003 at 01:16 AM, in Mac Notebooks
use a freeware program like pacifist (look for it... 7,445 Views / 159 Replies  
use a freeware program like pacifist (look for it on www.versiontracker.com) to extract only the programs you need from your installer CD or DVD.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by real:
[B]on the...
Posted by penmanila, on Apr 5, 2003 at 07:34 PM, in Mac Notebooks
i'm glad you like your tibook, but having owned... 1,515 Views / 20 Replies  
i'm glad you like your tibook, but having owned one and having bought a 12" albook as well, i really can't see how the tibook hinges can be more solid than the albook's; that's provably the tibook's...
Posted by penmanila, on Mar 30, 2003 at 10:35 AM, in Mac Notebooks
i just stripped those parts (both hinges and the... 674 Views / 2 Replies  
i just stripped those parts (both hinges and the metal "rail" just beneath the screen) clean of paint, using brute force (ie., a fingernail) and a chemical solvent. the hinges shine up beautifully...
Posted by penmanila, on Mar 21, 2003 at 10:15 PM, in Mac Notebooks
stripping tibook down to bare metal 632 Views / 0 Replies  
a few months or maybe a year ago i came across the story of a tibook owner who had stripped his machine down to bare metal; there was even a picture of it posted somewhere on the web. does someone...
Posted by penmanila, on Mar 21, 2003 at 09:37 PM, in Mac Notebooks
this is unsettling news indeed, but don't despair... 2,528 Views / 33 Replies  
this is unsettling news indeed, but don't despair too much; if i remember right, the delivery of the 12-inch albooks (i have one) was also hit early on by an "unexpected supply delay", which was...
Posted by penmanila, on Mar 21, 2003 at 09:29 PM, in Mac Notebooks
i'm quite happy with the $39 powersleeve12 from... 1,601 Views / 20 Replies  
i'm quite happy with the $39 powersleeve12 from booqbag--perfect fit, since it was especially designed for the albook and not the ibook. minor quibbles are that the pocket in the back is a bit tight...
Posted by penmanila, on Mar 20, 2003 at 03:02 AM, in Mac Notebooks
i got a great deal on an apple store refurb a... 891 Views / 9 Replies  
i got a great deal on an apple store refurb a year ago--a tibook 400 for $1299, half the original price. if i hadn't been told it was a refurb, i would never have known. it served me wonderfully, and...
Posted by penmanila, on Mar 19, 2003 at 11:44 AM, in Mac Notebooks
you'd be surprised how widely the selling price... 666 Views / 8 Replies  
you'd be surprised how widely the selling price of applecare packages can vary. they vary by product, of course (APP for ibooks is a lot cheaper), but even for the same product, you can pay full...
Posted by penmanila, on Mar 19, 2003 at 11:17 AM, in Mac Notebooks
hmm, that's kind of odd... i'm working abroad... 1,761 Views / 12 Replies  
hmm, that's kind of odd... i'm working abroad right now, but i have a michigan billing address and a virginia shipping address (my sister)--i used these to order my 12" from the apple store and it...
Posted by penmanila, on Mar 19, 2003 at 07:32 AM, in Mac Notebooks
hmm, if i recall right, it's just a little more... 675 Views / 4 Replies  
hmm, if i recall right, it's just a little more complicated than getting a USB PC card; you'll need to enable cardbus on the 3400c (there was a software fix for this on the web, some time ago--i know...
Posted by penmanila, on Mar 16, 2003 at 02:21 PM, in Mac Notebooks
i've used a pc card holder for my compact flash... 768 Views / 13 Replies  
i've used a pc card holder for my compact flash card to download oictures from my digital camera into my tibook. it's cheap and fast. i don't think the pc card is ever really flush with the case--a...
Posted by penmanila, on Mar 12, 2003 at 01:05 AM, in Mac Notebooks
was just wondering, what do you need a pc card... 910 Views / 6 Replies  
was just wondering, what do you need a pc card for? our circumstances may be slightly different, you being in turkey and i in the philippines, but we both use GSM and GPRS and nokia and ericsson, so...
Posted by penmanila, on Mar 9, 2003 at 12:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks
just a word of caution, from someone who... 839 Views / 6 Replies  
just a word of caution, from someone who successfully applied a firmware hack to his tibook 400: this operation is hazardous and could void your warranty. (it killed a friend's dvd drive.) the first...
Posted by penmanila, on Mar 8, 2003 at 12:00 PM, in Mac Notebooks
my tibook 400 was an apple store refurb and it... 851 Views / 9 Replies  
my tibook 400 was an apple store refurb and it was perfect in every way--and i got it at half the original price (for $1299!). it carried the same one-year warranty, and i never had a problem with it...
Posted by penmanila, on Mar 7, 2003 at 08:11 PM, in Mac Notebooks
just to bring more perspective into the issue, we... 4,266 Views / 63 Replies  
just to bring more perspective into the issue, we could ask if any revision was ever perfect, and free of its own little set of problems. of course, rev A products tend to have perhaps more...
Posted by penmanila, on Mar 7, 2003 at 04:12 AM, in Mac Notebooks
i've owned and used a rev A ibook, rev A tibook,... 4,266 Views / 63 Replies  
i've owned and used a rev A ibook, rev A tibook, and now a rev A albook. only the tibook had a problem (the flaking paint, which i already knew about when i bought the machine). they've all worked...
Posted by penmanila, on Mar 6, 2003 at 11:53 PM, in Mac Notebooks
i've also moved from a tibook to an albook, and... 1,030 Views / 9 Replies  
i've also moved from a tibook to an albook, and miss absolutely nothing. the albook is more solidly constructed, and should handle and wear better over time.

someone mentioned HD swaps--there...
Posted by penmanila, on Mar 3, 2003 at 09:10 PM, in Mac Notebooks
in fact, you can get them off ebay for around... 681 Views / 2 Replies  
in fact, you can get them off ebay for around $220 or less--subtantially less than the $349 apple is asking for in the US. (of course, if you're in the UK, then you'd buy from UK sources, since US-...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 27, 2003 at 12:19 AM, in Mac Notebooks
FYI, the 12-inch "white-tip" adaptors are 45... 1,023 Views / 9 Replies  
FYI, the 12-inch "white-tip" adaptors are 45 watts--it says so quite clearly in the specs and on the adaptor itself. it's the 1-gig tibook that needs and uses a 65-watt adaptor, which even then is...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 26, 2003 at 10:23 PM, in Mac Notebooks
i also have a chiclet ibook that came with a... 1,023 Views / 9 Replies  
i also have a chiclet ibook that came with a silver-gray-tipped adaptor end, so i switched the two around and now have perfect color-matched 'books and adaptors. i think they look much better this...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 26, 2003 at 12:30 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: PB 5300 OS Question 621 Views / 4 Replies  
not necessarily. some system updates might even have improved battery life. the drain would generally be on the memory, as newer systems required more RAM and hard disk space. but older systems also...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 26, 2003 at 10:16 AM, in Mac Notebooks
yes, but not easily. it involves disassembling... 497 Views / 2 Replies  
yes, but not easily. it involves disassembling practically the whole laptop, and there's a fragile video cable underneath that center clutch cover that might be the cause of the problem as well. i've...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 24, 2003 at 11:44 PM, in Mac Notebooks
well, i'll be... it is the combo drive! listened... 697 Views / 7 Replies  
well, i'll be... it is the combo drive! listened more closely, and it's definitely coming from there. i guess not to worry, then?
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 24, 2003 at 05:06 AM, in Mac Notebooks
hmm, that's interesting, never thought it could... 697 Views / 7 Replies  
hmm, that's interesting, never thought it could be the cd/dvd drive--i hope it's just that. i'll listen more closely, thanks. i'd be really worried if a week-old powerbook's hard drive began showing...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 23, 2003 at 10:57 PM, in Mac Notebooks
hard drive whirr on wake-up 697 Views / 7 Replies  
does anyone else's hard drive (in my 12-incher's case, a fujitsu 60) make a strange, clearly audible, and somewhat disconcerting whirr when waking up from sleep? never had this in any of my previous...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 23, 2003 at 07:28 PM, in Mac Notebooks
i have a 60 gig fujitsu as well, and as the... 877 Views / 8 Replies  
i have a 60 gig fujitsu as well, and as the others have said, it's very quiet. (i'd put a 60 gig hitachi in my previous tibook and that wasn't bad, either. i think these things just keep getting...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 22, 2003 at 09:25 PM, in Mac Notebooks
12" battery not showing full 100% 967 Views / 9 Replies  
this used to be a "feature" of a later generation of tibook batteries, and i'm seeing it again in the 12" battery: despite being plugged in, the battery level on the menu will be stuck at, say, 97%...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 20, 2003 at 06:29 PM, in Mac Notebooks
thanks very much for the replies, folks. i've... 1,958 Views / 4 Replies  
thanks very much for the replies, folks. i've since gone over the fine print of the applecare docs and somewhere there they tell you to write an address in texas with details of your machine,...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 18, 2003 at 07:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks
transferring applecare to new owner 1,958 Views / 4 Replies  
hi, folks, sorry to raise this question here, didn't know where else to stick it, but it's still marginally related to powerbooks since i sold my old tibook to get the new 12". how do i transfer the...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 17, 2003 at 03:41 AM, in Mac Notebooks
hmm, i just got my shipping notice for the 12"... 778 Views / 3 Replies  
hmm, i just got my shipping notice for the 12" powerbook battery. interestingly enough, it still originates in taiwan!
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 13, 2003 at 11:56 AM, in Mac Notebooks
thanks for the info. i just thought it was kind... 778 Views / 3 Replies  
thanks for the info. i just thought it was kind of odd that spare batteries should be back-ordered, given how some resellers are offering them as freebies--unless they also give you some kind of...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 12, 2003 at 07:23 PM, in Mac Notebooks
you'd be surprised..... i certainly am, by the... 4,878 Views / 53 Replies  
you'd be surprised..... i certainly am, by the number of people who should see the warning signs all over the place (i'm no longer talking about this particular posting or website) and yet, for some...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 10, 2003 at 03:10 AM, in Mac Notebooks
12" battery backlog? 778 Views / 3 Replies  
hi, all--i just ordered a spare battery for my 12" from the apple store (i know, shoulda ordered it along with the albook, which has already been delivered), and was surprised to see shipping set for...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 10, 2003 at 01:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks
it wasn't a hard case (i prefer soft but sturdy... 2,232 Views / 25 Replies  
it wasn't a hard case (i prefer soft but sturdy ones), but i used a case logic neoprene laptop case--and also a case logic neoprene sleeve, both of them very handsome and understated--for my tibook....
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 8, 2003 at 11:11 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Powerbook G5 Picture Leaked ! 4,878 Views / 53 Replies  
i'd give this a wide, wide berth if i were you. not only does the product and the fact that someone is taking orders now for something apple hasn't even released sound fishy--this website has been...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 8, 2003 at 10:19 PM, in Mac Notebooks
justin--at the risk of belaboring what seems to... 2,179 Views / 27 Replies  
justin--at the risk of belaboring what seems to be obvious (but then again maybe not), i'm going to ask what it was you installed just before your powerbook tanked. you said that you reinitialized...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 5, 2003 at 10:19 AM, in Mac Notebooks
set-up questions 2,851 Views / 59 Replies  
i think my 12" albook has just arrived at my sister's door in virginia, even as i write this from 8,000 miles away... now i need to ask you guys who already have yours--the first time you turn the...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 4, 2003 at 01:02 PM, in Mac Notebooks
same here! let's see who gets his or her albook... 2,851 Views / 59 Replies  
same here! let's see who gets his or her albook first today!

On FedEx vehicle for deliveryWEST SPRINGFIELD VA 02/04/2003 07:58 _
Arrived at FedEx Destination LocationWEST SPRINGFIELD VA...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 4, 2003 at 11:05 AM, in Mac Notebooks
same here! just hope they didn't use dog sleds to... 2,851 Views / 59 Replies  
same here! just hope they didn't use dog sleds to get them down to us (that baby of mine is going to take another looong trip back to asia, where i am right now, from falls church, virginia--to think...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 4, 2003 at 01:43 AM, in Mac Notebooks
ack, i don't believe this! our powerbooks have... 2,851 Views / 59 Replies  
ack, i don't believe this! our powerbooks have now been frozen in alaska for exacly 44 hours, not moving one inch eastward. someting is seriously fouled up. i think the least we can do is ask apple...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 3, 2003 at 07:48 PM, in Mac Notebooks
mine's destined for falls church, va--not that it... 21,556 Views / 314 Replies  
mine's destined for falls church, va--not that it seems to make a difference. only reason i can think of for no movement at all over the past two days is that it was a weekend--but i didn't think...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 3, 2003 at 12:45 PM, in Mac Notebooks
anything yet from alaska? 21,556 Views / 314 Replies  
has anyone in our 2/01 alaska regulatory clearance delay batch heard anything from fedex or seen any signs of recent movement?:mad:
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 3, 2003 at 12:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks
i think all we can really establish from this... 3,776 Views / 52 Replies  
i think all we can really establish from this discussion is that people have different tolerances to heat. i've had more than a dozen powerbooks and ibooks all the way from the original 100 to the...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 3, 2003 at 02:52 AM, in Mac Notebooks
nope, i see (from the part number) that you did... 1,774 Views / 39 Replies  
nope, i see (from the part number) that you did get the old airport card, so you should be okay. sorry for whatever confusion i may have caused.
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 2, 2003 at 12:24 PM, in Mac Notebooks
uhm, you didn't order the new airport extreme... 1,774 Views / 39 Replies  
uhm, you didn't order the new airport extreme card, did you? because if you did, it's not going to work with your tibook--it's of a different size; the ABS extreme will work with an older airport...
Posted by penmanila, on Feb 2, 2003 at 11:56 AM, in Mac Notebooks
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