My FireWire PowerBook, named Phoenix, burns Pentium notebooks as a daily chore... I've got a really, really cool Photoshopped (by yours truely) picture of a phoenix and FireWire im…

G R E A T ! Thanks alot!

(Thanks to all who gave input on my last post about the power cord...) My next exciting question: Is it a bad idea to carry my Powerbook around when it's in operation? I read so…

Thats correct, The harddrive of the powerbook is much more vulnerable to vibration and impact when it is spinning. If you move or jolt it when its on, you can cause the drive to "h…

While it's true that the HD is more vulnerable while it's spinning, it's still pretty robust. I carry running laptops around our office on a semi-regular basis, mainly because they…

Moving moving computers (sorry - couldn't resist) is one of those things like hot swapping SCSI drives and ADB cables - you shouldn't do it, but I've done it for years. I sometimes…

Pretty much, as long as you don't pretend it's a football, your PowerBook will be fine, even if you regularly move it around while on. Don't sweat it. While it is true that hard d…

I pretend my PowerBook is a football! http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/wink.gif HEHE! http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif

Just look at HD based MP3 car players. A friend of mine has one in his SUV, and he uses it off-road all the time. Now that's a lot more abuse than walking around with your pismo(…

I use my bronze powerbook as an mp3 player in my car, using a cassette adapter. No problems so far, but I keep backups.

Actually, I have an IBM Thinkpad 240 and it sleeps and hibernates perfectly. In fact, it sleeps when I close the lid and wakes up when I open it. The only time I have a problem is…

So, can a PowerBook (or iBook) take the jolts of a car? I never knew they were so sentitive. ------------------ Why 1984, won't be like "1984"

Actually, I'd be more worried about the CD/DVD drive than the Hard drive when moving around. I've noticed that the CD makes rather unpleasant grinding noises if you tilt the Pismo …

I use my powerbook on the train, I have done so for the past 2 years. Sometimes the train shakes so much it is hard to hit the correct key. My powerbook still works as it should. …

Harald_G You obviously use the UK's West Coast line run by Virgin Trains! I do regularly with my Wallstreet and have had no hard disk problems. Delays and cancellations yes, HD p…

I'd like to use my Pismo in the car as an MPEG-3 player. Do you just connect your PowerBook to the cassette player and leave it on the seat, or do you have some sort of mounting th…

Heehee, sean, you make it sound like if you had your own car to mount it in! ;-) tooki

Quiet, "tooki". http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/biggrin.gif (You know that is in a joking tone, because we're friends, right? *ahem* Just making sure everyone else doesn't know …

I'm getting a Pismo and dad has one. What I reckon apple should go back to doing is making docks for powerbooks. A Pismo with a dock containing drive bays, PCI slots would be da bo…

MacNZ, the integration of such ports (PCI, AGP, drive bays) would be quite difficult. The PowerBook's display is connected directly to the graphics card. The only reason they made …

There's a post over at MacDebate (I think) in the Powerbook area that discusses PCI expansion chassis for the Lombard and Pismo powerbooks. It also has a page reference that takes…

Ok, I see, thanks. Yeah, there are plenty of ports on the new powerbooks. Was just wondering whether it could encorporate PCI which the powerbook lacks and maybe full 5.25" size dr…

Hello. I am having a hard time configurating Final Cut Pro 1.0 to work on my 500mhz Pismo w/256 RAM w/OS 9.02 to work correctly. It's very slow and quicktime sounds/movie importe…

There are many updates you should be running: OS 9.0.4 FireWire 2.4 Multimedia Update 1.0 Final Cut Pro 1.2.5 (free update) Set your disk cache to 128k (memory control panel). Sco…

I've heard there are some key combination on startup which can make the PB boot up from firewire connection, bypass checking or some more "secrete" functions. http://forums.macnn.c…