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 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 …

How do I determine which rev I have?

Quote: Originally Posted by klamyfeat 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 t…

I have a rev. C 12" PB and a 20" ACD and the fan runs all the time, and the PB is on an icurve. It doesn't bother me a bit, though. I just crank up iTunes. How can anyone give u…

For those wondering, it doesn't appear as though the graphics chipset/controller can be upgraded on the powerbooks: See http://www.everymac.com/systems/appl...expansion.html for m…

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I also would be interested in anybody's experience with a Rev D Powerbook 12 and a 20 inch cinema display. I plan to buy one, but if the fan is on all the time...

i have the Rev B 12" as well and get the fan noise as well... but when i could sacrafice performance, i just set energy saver to better battery settings reducing the processor spee…