Spray your jacket with static guard. The spark might still be there, but not as bad.

Quote: I *ALWAYS* get shocked when I first touch my PowerBooks.[/b] Think of all the money you'll save on shock therapy.

That cant be good for the PB is it?

What if I get a humidifier? Would that decrease the static electricity due to the humidity in the air?

Quote: Originally posted by selowitch: Think of all the money you'll save on shock therapy. LOL

this has happened to me twice this winter... went to open my pb, a small shock, and... kernel panic! had to restart. now i just touch everything else first... (before going near …

I find that you can usually discharge yourself by touching one of the screws on a light switch. I usually do that, or just make sure that I touch my PC first. And yes, a humidif…

I had a fleece jacket once but I kept getting shocked too. I ditched the jacket. Meh!

Yeah, I have a 15" and my fan comes on all the time. I stop using it. . .

Anything that runs your CPU at full is going to make the fan come on. That's normal. I've got fah going on my Tibook right now and it's fine.

I think what it does is improve the signal over any interference, but at the cost of the distance you can be from your base station.

As seen in Apple's Help Viewer (Cmd+? in finder). ------------------------------------------------------------ Minimizing interference in an AirPort network You may experience net…

Now there's a good first post.

Quote: Originally posted by C.J. Moof: Now there's a good first post. Wow, yes! Here, here...

I should've known to come here to find out. Had to google it. Defintitely helpful!

In this case, the Rev A 17" is 1 GHz and the Rev B is 1.33GHz, so you have a Rev B. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Quote: Originally posted by rprata: In this case, the Rev A 17" is 1 GHz and the Rev B is 1.33GHz, so you have a Rev B. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. For the o…

Normally, when there's a speed upgrade in the PB, it's consider another revision... the rev.A 17" PB was 1GHZ, the rev.B is 1.33GHZ. And also because if a new product has some pr…

Return the unit to CompUSA and they should exchange it for you. They even exchanged my 400 Ghz Ti for a 500 Mhz with no penalty; just the difference in price when I only claimed I …

I used to work at CompUSA. They can be hard asses about taking returns without restocking fees, regardless of the reason. If you want my advice, you should more or less bypass the …

Quote: Originally posted by mdc: i thought that powerbooks are supposed to have 10.3 installed? or at least 10.3 in the box so you can upgrade it? this has neither. a…

Quote: Originally posted by PowerMacMan: I used to work at CompUSA. They can be hard asses about taking returns without restocking fees, regardless of the reason. If you…

all done. i called compusa this morning and spoke to the manager, i explained the situation with it being bought 24 hours ago and the speaker, and he was totally cool. i told him…

Just so you know. If you had kept that computer you could have gotten Panther from Apple for $25 shipping and handling.

wow!! nice move!! when u dont wanna wait i would do that too