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Will Apple Laptops Drop in Price post-MWSF? — #1

I wonder if the current PowerBook and iBook lines will drop in price after the Macworld Expo in San Francisco this week. I guess it depends on whether new models are announced that…
MacNN Software by selowitch

ucontrol vs SideTrack — #1

I was wondering what user's thought about this. I want the scrolling ability, and ucontrol's seems nicer with the whole touchpad being a scroller with the fn key depressed. The o…
MacNN Software by KraziKid

oh no! wobbling and warpage on 12" — #1

Shoot. I bought a rev. A 12" 867mhz powerbook a month ago.. It was perfect then.. but now I am noticing the wobble, and the aluminum right next to the latch-release button has po…
MacNN Troubleshooting by kertong

Battery Problem with 17" PB — #1

I've just recently had a problem with my battery. Sometimes after putting it to sleep hours later the computer will just shut off and not see the battery until I pull it out and pu…
MacNN Hardware by TheGreatButcher

Beware of recent LimeWire — #1

I installed the latest LimeWire the other day, and didn't notice until just now that it also installs something called LimeShop. I couldn't find details on it, but it's some sort …
MacNN Software by wataru

How To.....??? — #1

Lets say I am driving around downtown in my car with my laptop on and suddenly get the urge to log onto the net and surf. I have heard it's possible using the airport card but how?…
MacNN Networking by DUDE 007

DVD+R support? — #1

Rather na�vely I bought my 12" RevB PB with Superdrive assuming that any blank write-only DVD media would work fine. I went out and bought a box full of blank DVD+Rs, only to lear…
MacNN Troubleshooting by mintcake

Powerbook 17" harddisk spinning like mad — #1

This powerbook of mine has the tendency to let the harddisk rev up a couple of times (3 minutes) while I play Ghost recon. It also revs up when the rainbow-ball rolls. It revs up a…
MacNN Peripherals by PB2K

Powerbook and GPS — #1

Has anyone ever hooked up a GPS to your powerbook? I want to see if I can hook up my Magellan to my 12" and run Route 66. Anyone ever done this? If so with which GPS
MacNN Software by typoon

Trouble re-installing 10.3 — #1

I want to do a archive and install of 10.3 on my PB 1.25 since the computer is running flaky and its time to tidey up. I qualified for the 10.3 upgrade program so I got the upgrade…
MacNN Troubleshooting by poppa kristof

Universal Stop symbol on startup?!? Help!! — #1

I am trying to find any information about the meaning of the stop symbol on startup when the machine refuses to boot. Is it a bad RAM symbol or bad boot blocks on the drive? This i…
MacNN Troubleshooting by ecrelin

Big Time I-Pod trouble, along with I-Tunes... — #1

Hey all, I screwed up royally! I was minding my own business when a buddy calls to tell me he's purchased an "open box" 40G Ipod from BB. He can't get it to work so he wants to com…
MacNN Software by orsadude2

Managed User-changing access limitations — #1

I just set up a separate machine for my wife and daughter (G3 box running 10.3.2). I created an admin account for myself and managed accounts for them. During setup I selected cert…
MacNN Troubleshooting by jtice

12 in powerbook battery — #1

for those who own a powerbook..12 in. how long does your battery last? mine seems to suck 1% every minute or 30 secs. sucks
MacNN Software by rowelld

Alert Sounds — #1

Grr. Maybe it's already supposed to be this way, but, I'm about to kill somebody over this. There are 2 settings for volume. 1. Alert Sounds which I have set at 25% 2. Overall S…
MacNN Software by sodamnregistered2

12" powerbook and external monitor — #1

Hi all, Running FCP onmy 1ghz 12" PB and can't seem to get it to recognize the s-video out. I am running the mini-dvi connector and FCP won't let me set it to preview video out t…
MacNN Hardware by tommyp

MacWorld news - soon?? — #1

I have been looking for MacWorld news... so far saw a cool DUAL G4 EMAC with a gig of RAM, 80 Gig HD, and 4X superdrive - $989 at www.smalldog.com ... and the Apple Web site store …
MacNN Troubleshooting by brewskij
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