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PB2K · Sep 1, 2003, 05:37 AM

What once was the high-end model of powermacs, my powerbook g4 500 revA is now a disgraceful machine. A list of what's wrong with it :

row of dead pixels widescreen at 1/3rd from bottom of screen
bonnet of TFT is loose
keyboardlock can fall off
ethernetport only works when under pressure
whole carbonsection around pcmciaport has broken off
I sandpapered the palmrests once
The DVDromplayer lost it's strength so it cant eject cd's without my help.
heavy scratches in TFT and on left palmrest
bonnet of TFT has a plastic picture on it with my company logo, which is quite a nice job, but makes the machine unsellable, machine is mine to stay

My aim is to make this a horror for maclovers, it should still operate, but the looks may be like this one has travelled the world with a drunken bikergang. I was thinking about taking a screwdriver and punch holes into the palmrests, without damaging the circuitry. any more ideas? like burning a corner off the carboncasing?

Peter · Sep 1, 2003, 09:20 AM

are pure evil

antisonne · Sep 1, 2003, 07:25 PM

No no no... dont do that, here, send it to me man... You are seriously confused about macs, these are not PCs man.

cdhostage · Sep 1, 2003, 07:51 PM

Mmmm

Pull all the slack out of the display cables so they're dangling out the back - I can do this with my Pismo. Cigarette burns are key, with a little twist and leaving the ashes there for a few seconds. Actually, if you take the internals out, you can apply heavy heat to the case for a little while. Blowtorch down the middle of the bottom, and you'll get a long swirl curling out of the middle. The holepunch idea? Fine, but TAKE THE INTERNALS OUT FIRST! You can only break the logic board once, then it's a rock.

antisonne · Sep 2, 2003, 07:46 PM

you people are sick...

lewdvig · Sep 5, 2003, 10:17 PM

I want a well traveled TiBook!

Luca Rescigno · Sep 6, 2003, 06:32 PM

Originally posted by lewdvig:
Desktop 1: Apple PowerMac Sawtooth
with PowerLogix dual CPU upgrade
2x800MHz, 1GB RAM, 160GB RAID 0,
120GB Storage, Superdrive, RADEON
8500, OS X.2.6

Desktop 2: P4 2.4C @ 3.36GHz on a MSI
875P Neo, 2x512MB of Kingmax
PC3200, ATI RADEON 9800 Pro (stock),
Enermax Whisper 365 PSU, IBM
GXP75 46GB HD, Western Digital 80GB
Caviar 7200rpm ATA100 8MBcache,
WinXP SP1

Desktop 3: P4 1.6A, MSI 845E, Saphire
8500LE, 20GB Maxtor, WinXP SP1

Laptop 1: Compaq Presario 2800C
Laptop with ATI RADEON 7500M, 32
mb, 512mb DDR RAM, WinXP SP1,
looking for a PB owner to trade with.

Could you make your signature shorter? It's really, REALLY way too long right now. Make it 1-5 lines or something.

Also, welcome to the boards

And if you'd like an Apple laptop, I'm thinking of selling my iBook 800/Combo/12", but I won't trade it for a PC laptop. Also it's kind of slow so if you're looking for a G4 PowerBook this thing won't cut it.

Of course, maybe you can get this 500 MHz TiBook if PB2K will sell his. Probably like $200 or something

:XI: · Sep 7, 2003, 02:28 PM

Bake it, then drive over it.

Daniel Bayer · Sep 27, 2003, 03:21 AM

.....I still have my ti-400...sort of...I sold it to my girlfriend, she loves it! Has a GB of ram and a 5400 rpm 60GB drive...what more could she want for doing her homework and helping me market stock photography?.......

......Take the left speaker and put a ding in it, then run a small piece of metal tubing from the left to the right speaker....load it up and apply the lighter to the "Tube Fuel" very carefully and take a toke out of the right speaker as itunes is blarring a track of Mr. Marley....