(Thanks to all who gave input on my last post about the power cord...) My next exciting question: Is it a bad idea to carry my Powerbook around when it's in operation? I read so…

Thats correct, The harddrive of the powerbook is much more vulnerable to vibration and impact when it is spinning. If you move or jolt it when its on, you can cause the drive to "h…

While it's true that the HD is more vulnerable while it's spinning, it's still pretty robust. I carry running laptops around our office on a semi-regular basis, mainly because they…

Moving moving computers (sorry - couldn't resist) is one of those things like hot swapping SCSI drives and ADB cables - you shouldn't do it, but I've done it for years. I sometimes…

Pretty much, as long as you don't pretend it's a football, your PowerBook will be fine, even if you regularly move it around while on. Don't sweat it. While it is true that hard d…

I pretend my PowerBook is a football! http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/wink.gif HEHE! http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif

Just look at HD based MP3 car players. A friend of mine has one in his SUV, and he uses it off-road all the time. Now that's a lot more abuse than walking around with your pismo(…

I use my bronze powerbook as an mp3 player in my car, using a cassette adapter. No problems so far, but I keep backups.

Actually, I have an IBM Thinkpad 240 and it sleeps and hibernates perfectly. In fact, it sleeps when I close the lid and wakes up when I open it. The only time I have a problem is…

So, can a PowerBook (or iBook) take the jolts of a car? I never knew they were so sentitive. ------------------ Why 1984, won't be like "1984"

Actually, I'd be more worried about the CD/DVD drive than the Hard drive when moving around. I've noticed that the CD makes rather unpleasant grinding noises if you tilt the Pismo …

I use my powerbook on the train, I have done so for the past 2 years. Sometimes the train shakes so much it is hard to hit the correct key. My powerbook still works as it should. …

Harald_G You obviously use the UK's West Coast line run by Virgin Trains! I do regularly with my Wallstreet and have had no hard disk problems. Delays and cancellations yes, HD p…

I'd like to use my Pismo in the car as an MPEG-3 player. Do you just connect your PowerBook to the cassette player and leave it on the seat, or do you have some sort of mounting th…

Heehee, sean, you make it sound like if you had your own car to mount it in! ;-) tooki

Quiet, "tooki". http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/biggrin.gif (You know that is in a joking tone, because we're friends, right? *ahem* Just making sure everyone else doesn't know …

I've heard there are some key combination on startup which can make the PB boot up from firewire connection, bypass checking or some more "secrete" functions. http://forums.macnn.c…

OPTION key allows you to choose any bootable device T key allows you to go into "target disk mode". Happy now? Scott [This message has been edited by slboett (edited 07-14-2000)…

Sorry, Scott, you're wrong about the "T" key. It puts the PowerBook in Target Disk mode, turning into an external HD (either SCSI or FireWire) to be connected to another Mac. The "…

Tooki, the T key doesn't just work on the PowerBooks. Plus, I never stated that the T key booted into Mac OS - if you got that from my post, you misunderstood. Hold the COMMAND ke…

BUT HERE IS SOMETHING NEW!!!!!! I was playing with my Pismo keyboard yesterday when starting the machine and I discovered that, when pressing the Z key on startup, you get a cool b…

Scott: 1. this is the PowerBook forum, in case you hadn't noticed, but you are right, Apple seems to have expanded the FireWire Target Disk Mode to work on all AGP-based Macs. Not…

Suggestion: chill out? Scott

Oops, sorry! I forgot to say that you need to press the Z key a few times as holding the key pressed doesn't do much... Voila!

Can anyone with an SE FireWire iBook give me the mfr and part # of the DVD drive shown in the System Profiler? Thanks, Bill