The title kinda says it all. It's suspicious because both batteries took major dives in battery life at the same time, yet they are not contemporaries. One battery won't take or …

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…

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…

Hello Everyone, Ive have been using apple products for about a year so far and I love it compared to windows. Im really wanting a laptop so that im not stuck in a room whil…

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 …

Looks like we are in for some new goodies. http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...ts/AppleStore/

Hi all, I'm having a problem with my Tibook. If I tell it to sleep it goes with no problem, but if I leave it running on battery power, it won't sleep. In energy saver I have the …

http://www.apple.com/xserve Dual G5 2.0 1U 750 TB hard drive storage 8 GB ECC memory support <-- This is key IMO. From Macminute: G5 Xserve announced today. Has two front air…

Hi all, If I purchase a Powerbook today, through say Amazon.com, will I be able to get a copy of iLife '04, if I goto the apple store and show my reciept or if I call Apple.com? O…

"There were no new G5 PowerMacs MWSF 2004!"

Ok, so I waited for MWSF and no price drops, do I wait till late Jan. when Apple is notorious for updating computers, or do I throw caution to the wind and go get one right now, or…

Hi, PHP on Panther on my PB was running happily some time, but now always when I try to test some php file localy, it jumps to the file in finder and doesnt procces it. I tried to …

Hello this is my first question on this forum, which I admire very much Thank you! I have af question: After the last upgrade 10.3.2 my 12" fan is turning everytime the temperatu…

can anyone tell me if a notebook with the same specifications will run slower than a desktop with the same specifications? i heard from a few computer mags that this is true, but …

i'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet. since the mini ipods are anondized aluminum in different colors, could alum powerbooks in different colors (pink?!) be in the not-to-di…

Well, the G5 2.0 Xserve launch included one fact that some have overlooked. It uses 90 nm G5s, not the 130 nm G5s in the Power Macs. That means IBM's 90 nm process is going pretty…

Me = negative: 1. Expected / wanted G5 updates and/or price reduction. 2. Expected lower prices for iPod Minis. 3. Can't get excited by XServes - sorry, majority of us won't e…

My 3 month old 12" PB is dimmer on the left side. I know this is a problem with the 15", but was wondering if any 12" PB owner is experiencing the same problem.

Once or twice before, I lost sound from my PB (speakers and headphones). Adjusting the volume did nothing, it didn't even make that clicking noise when the volume is adjusted. To…

I'm wondering if anyone else has seen these symptoms and, if so, what the cause was: 1. On an intermitten basis (say once every three to four weeks) my PB G4 667 will completely l…

like the iPod mini? could happen, but maybe this is a baaad idea.

I recently (november) did a clean install of panther on my PB. I have put a lot of programs on there that are pretty big (final cut, dvd studio, other creative apps) and the compu…

I am looking into some external Hard drives and was can't remember if I have USB 2.0 or not, how can I find out? Thanks!

I am in the market for an external Hardrive with around 160GB +- either Firewire or USB2.0, and was looking at SmartDisk (non-firelite) and La Cie. Anyone have any of these produ…

Hey, I have a new 15" Al PB that won't charge when plugged in. Its fully plugged in and is only about a couple months old. I'm not sure why its not charging. I haven't tried much c…