Quote: Originally posted by ATC Ken: <STRONG>hobiecat, I was at MacWorld-SFO and saw the marware (MCE) bags for the iBooks. Very nice. I have a waterfield (SFBa…

I just throw my dual usb ibook into my big red jansport bag with all my other crap when I go to school. The power adaptor's cool too as long as there isn't a spilled can of coke in…

I'm looking into getting this powerbook with a known problem. the trackpad doesn't work. The deal includes him paying $200 for this repair. Other than that, the computer is dandy. …

Which PowerBook is it? If it's one of the later PowerBooks (Pismo/Lombard), you can order yourself a new trackpad/palm rest assembly for under $100. www.pbparts.com

Oops, sorry! It's a Rev. B 550MHZ TiBook with the plain ol DVD Is the trackpad installation pretty easy?

Quote: Originally posted by SuperGroove: <STRONG>Oops, sorry! It's a Rev. B 550MHZ TiBook with the plain ol DVD Is the trackpad installation pretty easy?</…

Well he tried installing a hard drive, and what ended up happening was, he said, him tearing the trackpad cable. He told me that it would most likely cost $80-90. Still a go?

Apple quoted a $310 repair charge for the trackpad cable. Should I still try and get the Powerbook 550? Thanks, Paul

Is it a huge deal? Why doesn't he just get it repaired and sell it for a better price on ebay. Sounds like there might be something else wrong. Unless it's a really good deal... an…

He's giving me full versions of Office for OS9, the version before Office v.X, and a full version of Virtual PC with WindowsMe, and some various games. He's giving me Airport and 1…

Looking to upgrade PowerBook Bronze hard drive to 12/16 gig. What brand and what size / rpm should I look for? Where (online) should I shop? Thanks for the tips...

I have always liked IBM hard disk drives. IBM has recently come out with hard drives that hold 30 gigabytes, if I remember correctly. These drives spin at 5400 RPM, one of the fast…

5400 RPM is one of the SLOWEST drive speeds, not the fastest. more importantly seek and access time would be better numbers to look at if you are going to do any high disk i/o. [T…

"residentEvil", I don't think you've understood. We're talking mobile drives. The standard rotational speed for mobile drives is 4500 RPM. Before you flame another member (sorry i…

nope, it was not a flam and i do read. the question was about mobile, you answered merely as ibm. assumption was mobile, but you said market and to me, thats all inclusive to all h…

I dunno, I think that it was pretty clear that 5400 was in reference to mobile drives (I think 12,000 is the fastest for desktops?)... regardless, sean is right... 5400 RPM is the …

i wasn't saying anyone was right or wrong. i said 5400 is slow. man, people have a complex here. if you say 5400 isn't slow, deskptop or laptop, then the entire point was lost. get…

You might backup your posts with facts, like the difference in speed between whatever and whatever. If mobile hard disk drives were faster, with the technology we have today, they…

While some of sean's claims above were wrong (specifically those about thermally induced noise), he is correct that 5400RPM is the fastest available for notebook drives (4200 is st…

About the searing heat warping the innards, it turns out I was wrong. Drives might require thermal recalculation, but their innards won't warp enough to make more noise.

Whoops, I guess we posted at the same time... http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/biggrin.gif

thank you for letting me rant. thats all i was getting at was it's slowness compared to other drives on the market. i made no claims other than to stick with seek/access times for …

http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/biggrin.gif Delete your account? That would be abuse of power. Most definitely. I just became a moderator today, perhaps right after I said "I do…

no harm, no foul. i'm easy going http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif

Getting back to the original question, I don't think the 5400 RPM drives are available yet. Are they? I just installed an 18 gig Toshiba (standard 4,200 RPM) in my G3 266 Wallst…