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- PowerBook G4 display manufacturing defect coverup
- PowerBook G4 display manufacturing defect coverupAnd yet Apple is rated highest ........ in customer satisfaction. Go figure!Ah yes, the give and take of adult conversation...... as people use logic, facts, and evidence to debate and explore the issues of the day. Perhaps if we listen in, we can...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- PowerBook G4 display manufacturing defect coverup (updated)
- Apple appears to be censoring discussion of a display manufacturing defect in the PowerBook G4 17-inch and have not acknowledging that the defect even exists. Notebook computers, especially 17s, are an expensive investment to have just go belly-up shortly after they come out of warranty. Some people have had their...
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- Apple Aluminum PowerBook 15 1.1 (Mac)
- The PowerBook G4 Battery Updater improves the performance of batteries that may develop short run times. The update process will take about 15 minutes and must not be interrupted. To upgrade the firmware on your battery, read through the instructions below. When you're ready, click Update. The PowerBook G4 Battery...
- Software downloads 2008-02-04
- Apple battery fiasco
- Hours after posting yesterday that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC determined that substandard batteries for Apple's 15-inch MacBook Pro "didn't pose any safety threat" the same organized notified the public that Apple would be recalling 1.8 million Lithium Ion batteries sold for the PowerBook G4...
- Blog posts 2006-08-25
- Apple announces 17-inch MacBook Pro
- Without the fanfare of a keynote address or even a media event, Apple yesterday announced the MacBook Pro 17-inch. The new large screen Intel Core Duo-based Apple portable replaces the PowerBook G4 17-inch leaving the 12-inch as the last remaining PowerBook G4 available at the Apple online store.Specs on the...
- Blog posts 2006-04-25
- Tempmarks: MacBook Pro versus PowerBook G4
- One of the most popular questions about the new MacBook Pro is about its temperature. Users of previous PowerBook G4s (especially the 12-inch model) are very conscious of the ambient heat generated by their machines. It's difficult to use on your lap after running for as little as 30 minutes....
- Blog posts 2006-03-15
- MacBook Pro benchmarks: launch times
- The MacBook Pro is unquestionably faster than the PowerBook G4 it replaces, but exactly how much depends on how you use it. Apple sells the MacBook Pro as "up to four times the horsepower of the PowerBook G4" but that's purely based on the SPECint and SPECfp benchmarks from...
- Blog posts 2006-03-06
- MacBook Pro's crazy new LEDs
- MacBook Pro's crazy new LEDsTasteful touchPowerBooks have always been a pinnacle of 'understated elegance' and it is always nice when that is cranked up to include 'useful'. That is the ONLY thing missing from my 12" G4 PowerBook I wish I had. Oh, well.SlickSlick. Very nice.I can't take it...
- Discussion threads 2006-03-01
- MacBook Pro's crazy new LEDs
- The devil, as they say, is in the details. And the MacBook Pro is no exception. When I turned out the lights to go to bed recently I discovered something new about the MacBook Pro that was quite surprising. Apple has cranked up the keyboard backlight on the new notebook...
- Blog posts 2006-03-01
- PowerBook G4 defects
- PowerBook G4 defectsTake A ValiumApple product buyers are the biggest whiners on the planet. Whether it's whining about sealed batteries in an ipod or not playing 4x dvds or whatever, they seem to feel they have an entitlement to extort from Apple using the threat of a public fuss.Don't...
- Discussion threads 2006-01-26
- PowerBook G4 defects
- Apple is having some serious, documented issues with the 15-inch PowerBook G4s that were released in October 2005 (a.k.a "High-Resolution" or "Double-Layer SD") and it appears that they are ignoring them.1. There are profound issues with audio: it skips and stutters randomly. Apple has posted a Tech Note on the...
- Blog posts 2006-01-26
- Apple DVD Player Update PowerBook G4 1.0 (Mac)
- This Mac OS 9 DVD Player update is for PowerBook G4 systems that feature either a 550 MHz or 667 MHz G4 Processor. It fixes an issue issue that occurs when using the DVD Player for extended periods or while using it simultaneously with other applications that use the graphics...
- Software downloads 2002-02-27
- Apple PowerBook G4 Firmware 4.29 (Mac)
- The PowerBook Firmware Update 4.2.9 will only run on 550MHz or 667MHz PowerBook G4 computers running Mac OS 9.1 or later from a local drive. If you are using Mac OS X you must boot from a local Mac OS 9.1 writeable partition (not a CD, or network disk) prior...
- Software downloads 2001-12-21
- Apple PowerBook G4 DVD-ROM 1.0 (Mac)
- The PowerBook G4 Titanium DVD-ROM Update improves support for the insertion and mounting of optical media. The DVD-ROM Update places new firmware on the Apple DVD-ROM drive installed in PowerBook G4 Titanium computers. Updating Your DVD-ROM Firmware To update the firmware on your DVD-ROM drive, follow these steps:...
- Software downloads 2001-06-05
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- Dell: A few examples of what's wrong with your tech support
- The on-site tech support tech was obviously in the U.S., but ....it sounds like the "other end" of the line is somewhere half way around the planet (maybe also taking orders for "Shammy Wows") while reading off a scripted Q&A screen.Kinda like "cloud tech support"?What really hurts is that this...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Battery preservation and 'Desktop Mode'
- In The correct way to use your MacBook's battery I wrote that Apple techs recommend that you regularly charge and run down the battery in its notebooks for maximum battery performance and lifespan. In other words â€" don't leave your MacBook plugged in all the time. In...
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- Midnight 1.1.1 (Mac)
- When it's time to leave your Mac for a while, you want a nice quick way of putting it to sleep and a little bit of flexibility in how you do it. Midnight can either put your Mac into its standard sleep mode or into hibernation mode (also referred...
- Software downloads 2009-08-15
- Who here has ever needed to replace the battery in their notebook?
- Who here has ever needed to replace the battery in their notebook?Not personallyI have never replaced a battery in a notebook that I owned, but my girlfriend tends to keep computers for a long time, and I just replaced the battery in her +/- 5 year old G4 Powerbook recently....
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
- Mac users suffer Safari 4 woes
- Mac users suffer Safari 4 woesNo Mac issues hereIt works well.Now on Windows, Safari is a PIG - memory, CPU, etc.Works great on my MacNo issues to report here. Nice and fast. The new UI changes here and there take a little getting used to. Overall, I'm very satisfied.RE: Mac...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-26
- I challenge you to ask yourself: Will not-new technology do?
- While the rest of the tech world works itself into frenzy over the strange yet fabulous union of Oracle and Sun Microsystems, I've been contemplating a much more mundane but potentially far-reaching issue for IT manager sorts. That is: whether or not your organization should be considering refurbished systems as...
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
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