I have just got this powerbook from a friend to check whether in working condition. I havent dealt with Mac before and as dumb as it sounds am therefore not able to locate the powe…

Quote: Originally Posted by sudiptrivedi I have just got this powerbook from a friend to check whether in working condition. I havent dealt with Mac before and as dumb as it sou…

Quote: Originally Posted by Voch It's the upper-rightmost key on the keyboard, isn't it? Press it and hold it down until you hear a startup chime. It's been a while... EDIT:…

Quote: Originally Posted by sudiptrivedi thanks a lot that was very helpful... Cool. Does it work? Nifty old notebook, isn't it? Voch

Well, this morning a glass of water got spilled into the pro keyboard for my G5. Brilliant maneuver right? It spilled all over the desk, all over a bunch of things. I quickly…

stupid pro keyboard dead? or stupid pro, keyboard dead? just joshin' good luck

Sigh. I don't think Applecare covers spillage. I refurbed an old pro keyboard from the G4/400 and removed the old keycaps, cleaned the mess up and put newer keys from a keyboard …

I'd wait a while longer. Maybe by Monday you will be back in business. I had an older pro keyboard that i got from a friend that barely worked due to chocolate, soda and a variety …

doubled!

So is it a "Pro Keyboard" or just "Keyboard"? (Look on the back.) G5's all shipped with the non-pro one. Anyhow, 10 hours isn't anywhere near long enough for it to dry out to the…

I second tooki's suggestion. Practically all keyboards sold today use capacity switches (including the Apple Keyboard and the Pro Keyboard) -- and water or moisture might render th…

what about pouring some silica gel into the keyboard? Maybe it'll help absorb the water sooner, and after a few days just shake the balls out

New ones are dirt cheap, even here in 'Rip Off' England. If it doesn't work after a couple of days, just buy a new one. Its no biggy.

I ended up buying one out of the refresh bin at the Apple store for $19 over the weekend. IF I'm lucky the old one might dry out enough to use it for my old G4 - it was in pret…

Quote: Originally Posted by OreoCookie I second tooki's suggestion. Practically all keyboards sold today use capacity switches (including the Apple Keyboard and the Pro Keyboard…

For old Macs with limited RAM/Processor speed, which Web/Email apps are best? I'm running a Wallstreet with 256MB RAM, OS 10.4.4 Firefox seems to use 10mb less RAM but slightly mo…

Mutt and Pine (the only two text-based email clients I can think of) both support IMAP and Gmail (which is just POP3).

And for older Macs running older System / Mac OS versions you can rely on the iCab browser.

redhot, how in the world did you get Tiger to run on a Wallstreet? Isn't that essentially impossible?

Camino could be a good choice of browser to use, Gmail works well in it too if you don't mind using the web interface.

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Mac redhot, how in the world did you get Tiger to run on a Wallstreet? Isn't that essentially impossible? I used XpostFacto to get Tiger run…

Quote: Originally Posted by redhot_nyc I used XpostFacto to get Tiger running on Wallstreet. It runs much more reliably than 10.2 ever did (and that was "supported"!) It was…

I wrote extensively about my experiences installing Tiger on a Wallstreet. I think Tiger is the best OS for these old machines, bar none. As for which browser to use on a Wallstr…

Since you're running Tiger it's not a big deal, but one thing to consider is that ealier versions of OS X came with earlier versions of Safari, which are obviously not as widely co…

That's really amazing. . . If so many are running Tiger well on their Wallstreets, it really inspires me to get a larger drive for my iBook 466 and upgrade to Tiger as well.