What uses less battry life? — #2
Playing from your HD will consume less battery power than playing from your optical drive. Another option though is to purchase an airline adapter from the Apple Store for (I think…
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What uses less battry life? — #3
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Originally posted by mrgaskell
Another option though is to purchase an airline adapter from the Apple Store for (I think) $29.99.
That would be $29.99 for the …
What uses less battry life? — #4
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Originally posted by mrgaskell:
Playing from your HD will consume less battery power than playing from your optical drive. Another option though is to purchase an…
What uses less battry life? — #5
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Originally posted by KraziKid:
Thanks for the help. Can I just copy the DVD to the HDD without decrypting it and will Apple's DVD Player play the encrypted VOB f…
What uses less battry life? — #6
Virtually every American Airlines flight has plugs in coach, been that way for 2 years now. It's definitely the way to go, but even without, using the DVD setting on my TiBook and …
What uses less battry life? — #7
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Originally posted by KraziKid:
I am flying domestically (NY to Florida). I personally have never seen an outlet on an airplane, but that may be because I have al…
What uses less battry life? — #8
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Originally posted by parsec_kadets:
You can usually find that information on the airline's website. Different airlines have different policies. American has the…
PowerBook G4 12" rev. A horror story, sort of — #1
Well, so much I love the PowerBook G4 12", it decided to not return the good karma and it finally broken unusable... Long story short:
1. First months of use, very hot, not as muc…
PowerBook G4 12" rev. A horror story, sort of — #2
sorry to hear that, man. I have a 12" Rev. A powerbook, and I am amazed at how problem free it is. It seems like every rev. A 12" had major issues!
I've had my 12" for a little …
Pismo battery won't charge — #1
I have a Pismo and I replaced the battery about 4 months ago and everything has been fine until the last couple of weeks.
My battery is currently at 39% and not charging. If I unp…
Pismo battery won't charge — #2
I discovered that if I remove the battery, wait a few minutes and reinsert it, it will charge a few percent and then stop. If I remove it once it has stopped charging, the connect…
Pismo battery won't charge — #3
Uh, oh. You have the same problem I have.
My history runs like this:
I have a PBG3 (BK--Pismo) that I've had for years. I upgraded it to 10.2 and then 10.3. I did the 10.3 upgrad…
Pismo battery won't charge — #4
And one other thing... did you ever install that intermediate update? It was... hmmm... 10.2.8 that was released and then pulled and re-released? I did. On this machine. It caused …
Pismo battery won't charge — #5
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Originally posted by Octo:
I have a Pismo and I replaced the battery about 4 months ago and everything has been fine until the last couple of weeks.
My battery i…
Pismo battery won't charge — #6
I see just "f5" in boot ROM version.
And, oops, it turns out I have a Lombard, not a Pismo.
Any further clues would be appreciated.
Pismo battery won't charge — #7
Who did you get the battery from?
Pismo battery won't charge — #8
OK, you're not going to believe this...
I just installed from the original PBG3 restore CD and rebooted. Then I downloaded Battery Reset 2.0 from Apple. (http://docs.info.apple.co…
Pismo battery won't charge — #9
My Pismo reports 4.18f5 and my 'new' battery is a 'Hi Capacity Power Products' B-5899.
I'm going to try rebooting into classic and see what the behaviour is under classic. Then I …
Pismo battery won't charge — #10
I have pretty much the same experience with my pismo. After I got the new battery it did recharge for a while, then the lightning rod over the battery in the menu bar would come a…
Pismo battery won't charge — #11
That's actually my next step here. Granted, the PMUs of the Pismo and Lombard are different and we may be comparing Apples and, um, Apples, but I'll let you know what I find out.
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Pismo battery won't charge — #12
Unfortunately, Battery Reset doesn't work on the Pismo. So we don't have that avenue of hope.
Pismo battery won't charge — #13
Having retrieved my old battery from my office, I tried it. It will charge! (though it only lasts for a few minutes without the AC adapter plugged in). Nonetheless it does charge, …
Pismo battery won't charge — #14
Okay I contacted the retailer that I got my battery from and I was told to send it in to be tested. It turned out to be bad and I got a new battery.
Now after a couple of months o…
Pismo battery won't charge — #15
interesting thread...
i noticed by pismo battery showed a full charge after updating to panther...
of about an hour (about half of what it used to be).
i assumed my battery was dy…
Avoiding PowerBook static shock? — #1
I wear a jacket with fleece lining. I take it off when I get into my room and I *ALWAYS* get shocked when I first touch my PowerBooks. Is there anything that I can do to stop thi…