Running a Tibook 550 512/48gig/combo I have been doing all my Photoshop work in Sys 9 untill PSD 7 came out... I figured that since it was going to be optimized for OS X then the …

That's strange. The beta was pretty good even though it was slow at rendering filters. Can you please do some benchmarks so I can see the speed differences. I have the same laptop…

My lovely PB G4 400 cannot play DVD after I upgraded to OS X 10.1.4. So I think there is problem with the DVD-ROM. However, I found that it is still working when I insert music CD …

Not sure what to tell you except that my 400mhz Pismo still works fine after the update, so it is not a universal problem. It may just be that your drive is malfuctioning and that…

If the problem happened because you installed new software, then CLEARLY it's a software problem. Post your question in the Mac OS X forum AFTER searching it to make sure that nobo…

i was trying to fix this guys Lombard today. He has a VST DVD drive and hardware decoder card. They originally worked fine but he wierd his hard drive clean (he had 8.6) and inst…

Older DVD drives and software were finicky with certain DVDs - the Matrix was notorious for causing problems. Newer drives and software such as your Pismo fixed the problem. Vers…

Well, after upgrading to OS 9.1, I opened the powerbook password security control panal, set a password and shut down. NOW it will not restart, I get a blank screen with the cursor…

I have the same problem. My 2 year old Lombard is dead (or seems dead). However if MacOS9.1 is to blame I don't now. Heres what happened: 1) Im sitting on my sofa surfing, when th…

Guys.....please tell me this is not a MAJOR lombard problem, I just bought one off of ebay. I'm definetely going to be using OS X 1.0 on it when March 24 hits, and if 9.1 is causin…

I upgraded the Lombard I use at work to OS9.1 when it was first released and I've not had a single problem. I use Communicator, Office 98, Eudora, Firewire 2 Go , and a KeyspanUSB…

by chance did you guys try booting off of a CD? i dont know if this will work, but maby you can reinstall OS 9, or maby even OS 8.x? just an option?

I am the East Carolina Apple Campus Rep and I downloaded OS 9.1 for all my mac's. I put it on my PowerBook G3 Bronze, ibook and older 333mhz imac. I have had no problems with mine …

problem solved!!!!! disconnected the harddrive, booted off CD "would not even smile with the HD on", reconnected the HD just after it started booting, Ran Disk warrior, disabled th…

call me stupid...i haven't yet upgraded to 9. i'm still stuck on 8.6. but i remember reading that the password security control panel will *seriously* mess things up under OS 9. …

yeah I guess your right, but why did apple put it there in the first place, why no warning about it, I was about to send my computer to the shop, which would have charged me for a …

Found this at www.lowendmac.com in an article about the Pismo: ---------- Apple Issues Warning That Pismo PowerBook Not Compatible With OS 8.6 Password Security Wednesday, Mar…

While my hard drive acted like it was totaly dead I was able to resuce it and all the data was safe, Disk warrior did its work off course, but my version of Password control panal …

Finally received my Lombard today. After running Disk First Aid and backing up the hard drive, I wiped it clean and reinstalled OS 9. Then came the juggernaut; the OS 9.1 update. H…

9.1 worked fine with my Lombard. Password security is specifically prohibited for Pismo, not Lombard, although it did cause some moderate problems for me after the 9.1 upgrade unti…

I have not had this problem, but on another site, i have heard of one fix. You have to reset the entire computer. Remove the batteries, CD drive etc, and unplug everything from the…

Lombard owner running 9.1 here. No problem at all and I crash my computer all the time while developing software. I find It's much more stable. I don't know it it's Palm Desktop or…

I've been using 9.1 on my PISMO for a while now and not only is it more stable but not much problems with Multi user. have you run Norton or Techtool Pro on your disk? that mught…

I have a Lombard 333, and OS9.1 No major problems. The article MB refers to clearly states that Pismo (G3 firiwire) PB is incompatable with the 8.6 version of Password security. …

400 MHz Lombard machine here... Upgraded to 9.1: absolutely no problems. MacOS X Public Beta works like a charm on the machine as well.