Haven't played with it yet. No space on the bench to set it up. Leopard. Now there's a thought. I have a pre-loved 10.5 DVD, but I don't think the machine has the RAM. It'd be …

Haven't played with it yet. No space on the bench to set it up. Leopard. Now there's a thought. I have a pre-loved 10.5 DVD, but I don't think the machine has the RAM. It'd be…

Did you end up getting it to boot? How's the performance with the G4 upgrade? I know there have been reports of people successfully installing 10.5 on the beiges with G4 upgrades!…

I've noticed that there seems to be ALOT of ebay sellers with powerbook g4's that were used as only desktops. Click to expand... I think there's a lot of people in general, Mac…

Nice score. I'd like to get my hands on a 17" powerbook one day.

I've noticed that there seems to be ALOT of ebay sellers with powerbook g4's that were used as only desktops.

Congrats in the Al-PB, an excellent machine! May you and the PowerBook enjoy "peace and long life" I enjoy the 1701A bit in the username

The 17" is portable... I bring it places, I had a 15" and same thing it portable. The 12" are nice but a bit too small for me. now there was a HP with, I believe a 21 inch screen…

My games work well under the mac mini, as I sold the G5 on ebay for 750.00 + 35.00 shipping. Given the fact that the G5 was a good computer it was also huge and no-a-days I'd like…

Yes, NCQU, I would like to see some pictures too! :approve:

Turn off your caps lock please. Congratulations on your success. If you could put up some photos and details of the modifications you had to make, that would be terrific.

SUCCESS !!!!! I REPLACED THE MOTHER BOARD AND IT ACTUALLY WAS NOT THAT BAD I JUST HAD TO MOVE THE HEAT SINK OVER A LITTLE AND I WENT TO HOME DEPOT AND GOT SOME SHEET METAL CUT IT U…

It's the early 2005 model... But I was really shocked that it doesn't have any dents or scratches on it... I saw the pictures on ebay but you cannot tell or I really do not go by …

Is it the last model with the high resolution screen or the previous model?

AlBooks Nice one mate. The AlBooks still have plenty of life left in 'em. I still use mine as my main laptop. That said, I'd never want a 17", as I can't look at one and say "O…

VERY nice score, comrade!

ALL of them are bad? On mine only the orange Rubycons (Fake ones) are dead.In that lot of iMac's you got do you happen to have a good PS? I would buy one from you. Click to expa…

will you please pm me the site were you saw the mod please?

involving glue and duct tape. Click to expand... no no no no no!This topic has actually been covered in mod guides just so you guys know.

ALL of them are bad? On mine only the orange Rubycons (Fake ones) are dead. In that lot of iMac's you got do you happen to have a good PS? I would buy one from you.

I count 25 motherboard capacitors to replace, and then I get to work on the power supply!

thats what i feared ha-ha that i didn't want to have to do that but i guess its the only way thanks for the help.

about the only surefire way to tell is to pull it apart and hold the 2 motherboards next to eachother, notice mounting differences and clearance issues

well i only paid 30 bucks for that mobo do you think its worth doing???? the imac g3 dv graphite that i have is is excellent condition i bought it from the original owner with wa…

It means a lotta nasty hacking, involving glue and duct tape. Yes you could use your current heatsink but its not 100% guaranteeed to work.