Well, while I never managed to drop the iBook I had a few years back, it was essentially ruined one week to the day after I got. Long story short, I walked out of the room and wh…

Quote: Originally posted by ibook_steve: I'm sorry this happened, and people have given you some good suggestions, but I've got to know: why the heck are you trying to p…

Quote: Originally posted by mintcake: You know Steve, I've been asking myself the same question all day... I think the answer is a combination of (a) I didn't expect to…

Quote: I think I'm going to learn to live with it. Must look into better protection than the Tucano second sleeve though. Oh, and thanks for the support/suggestions everyone.…

Quote: Originally posted by typoon: No It doesn't cover accidental droppage Got my Pismo covered on household insurance when I knocked it off a table. New case, ne…

I'm all for believing in the toughness of the powerbooks :-) but I was just wondering, does anyone know how the powerbook or ibook measure up against the other wintel notebooks in …

Why won't apple fix the "accidental dropped notebook" through apple care, but they will replace the LCD screen with it?(and from what i heard, even "dropped" lcd screens"

Ack! What can I do? I got my Al 15" literally 4 days ago and the latch is failing. It won't stay closed anymore... even when it's just sitting on a desk. Is there anything I ca…

Quote: Originally posted by j718a: Is there anything I can do myself to fix it? Yes someone here posted the instructions Apple gave him to fix it himself. The threa…

Quote: Originally posted by gif32: Welcome to the forum and don't underestimate the power of the "search" function -gif [/b] Thanks for the link to the thr…

I have determined that the best way to transfer my songs from my Powermac to powerbook is the 800 firewire target mode. (if this isnt the best way please let me know) My question…

You can use Applescript folder actions to automatically add any songs you drop into a certain folder to your iTunes library. You can find them on Apple's website - search for iTu…

i was cleaning my 12"pb keyboard earlier (with the power on) and must have hit the magic key combo. when i typed, *ONLY* the 10-key pad worked--the other keys produced no output. …

You pressed Num Lock. It's one of the F-keys (press it without holding down Fn). It should be lit. tooki

You hit the numlock on your F6 key. The light under that key goes on when you do. It disables typing other than the keypad. Steve

Hello, my 20 inch cinema display has arrived some days ago. I connected it to my 12 inch Powerbook (1GHz, 768 RAM, cpu speed is set to automatic) and now the thing gets significan…

Hmm - mine (1 GHz, 768 RAM) never comes on when hooked up to an external monitor. Unless I play games etc., of course ... do you leave the book closed? If you do, open it that shou…

Quote: Originally posted by effgee: ... do you leave the book closed? If you do, open it that should help. I would have liked to run it closed. But it gets too hot…

I'm having the same extact trouble with the same exact machine (also with 768mb) except I have a 17" Apple LCD. Mine is on an iCurve but it doesn't seem to help much. The fan wil…

Quote: Originally posted by Doug78: My expensive solution.. I have a G5 on the way. The heat wasn't the only issue that pushed me to buy a tower, but the uncertainty th…

The problem is NOT the Cinema Displays. It is Apple's. If you upgraded to 10.3.2, the fan settings were changed so that it would come on at a MUCH lower temperature 52 rather than …

Quote: Originally posted by macintologist: The problem is NOT the Cinema Displays. It is Apple's. If you upgraded to 10.3.2, the fan settings were changed so that it wou…

I have a 12" PB as well, and I hooked up a new 20" Aluminum Cinema display I just bought the other day. My fan won't stop spinning at full speed. Needless to say it's loud. I'd be…

Quote: Originally Posted by valeski Unfortunately, this will likely lead to me returning the display to Apple; I can't live with this fan noise, that's for sure. fools! just…

Does anyone have a Rev C or Rev D 12" PB hooked up to a 20" ACD? Does the Rev D 12" PB still have trouble? I was thinking about getting the 12" PB and the 20" ACD but if the the …