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just got it New 12 inch powerbook!
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Komisar
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Sep 3, 2004, 02:05 PM
 
Tottally maxed out it is a great computer any suggestions on taking care of it btw its a 60 gig harddrive i would have to order it from the apple store.com if i wanted the 80 1.256 ram superdrive and the woorks!
     
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Sep 3, 2004, 03:54 PM
 
Yeah, reinstall the OS before you start playing with it. People have mentioned that the system from a clean install runs much more smoothly. Run the battery all the way down, till it goes to its final sleep and then charge back to 100% to get your battery calibrated (this should be done at least once a month to keep your battery meter accurate). Also download Onyx and make sure to run your cron scripts at least once a week, and don't forget to verify and repair permissions everytime you download software. Also if your interested in upping your ram, theres a thread in this forum where outpost.com is selling a one gig RAM stick for 149 bucks (very good deal). Have fun with your machine!
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Sep 3, 2004, 05:37 PM
 
Why would you reinstall the OS if the computer is new?

Would you wipe the drive and pop in the the Install CD 1 and reinstall the OS and the other programs too?
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Sep 3, 2004, 05:53 PM
 
yeah... pop the osx disks in and do a clean install. you can get rid of apps that you won't use freeing up hd space.
     
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Sep 3, 2004, 09:17 PM
 
Just trust us on this one. It seems pretty useless I know, but give it a whirl and you'll see a slight difference.
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Komisar  (op)
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Sep 3, 2004, 10:11 PM
 
thanks guy i'll do it.... man this compuer runs like a dream!
     
   
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