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brentandkelley
Feb 23, 2003, 02:43 PM
I have a powerbook G3 1999 Bronze 333mhz. I am running OSX. When I put in a DVD disk it doesen't automatically start and when I go open apple dvd player it won't open it because it says that I don't have the required hardware. I put the pc card in the front slot so I don't know what hardware I'm missing. Does anyone have any idea what it could be?


FelixDerKater
Feb 23, 2003, 02:48 PM
Are you using Jaguar?
brentandkelley
Feb 23, 2003, 03:45 PM
No I don't think I am. I just got this powerbook from my uncle so I'm not sure if I am or not. I'm new to Macs too. How can I tell if I am or not?
alex_ant
Feb 23, 2003, 04:18 PM
You can tell which version of OS X you have by going to the Apple menu (the icon of an apple in the top left corner of the screen) and clicking About This Mac.
Bear
Feb 23, 2003, 05:25 PM
Actually the question is what type of optical drive does the machine have? It might've been a cdrom or a cd-rw. In which case it won't play DVDs.
brentandkelley
Feb 23, 2003, 06:30 PM
It has a DVD drive. But it just won't play it.
iJon
Feb 23, 2003, 06:31 PM
Originally posted by alex_ant
You can tell which version of OS X you have by going to the Apple menu (the icon of an apple in the top left corner of the screen) and clicking About This Mac.
an even easier way i tell people isi have them tell me if the apple in the corner is blue or a rainbow. people seem to understand that a little bit better.

iJon
mnkeybsness
Feb 23, 2003, 06:39 PM
Originally posted by iJon
an even easier way i tell people isi have them tell me if the apple in the corner is blue or a rainbow. people seem to understand that a little bit better.

iJon

they are talking about which version of OS X (10.1 or 10.2)...not OS 9 vs. OS X
iJon
Feb 23, 2003, 07:07 PM
Originally posted by mnkeybsness
they are talking about which version of OS X (10.1 or 10.2)...not OS 9 vs. OS X ah i see, read to fast. but none the less thats the way to ask people.

iJon
steeleclipse
Feb 24, 2003, 06:43 PM
Brentandkelly:

It is nice to see people stand up for their faith.


Sorry, I don't know anything about your powerbook :)


steeleclipse
ftaok
Feb 25, 2003, 02:20 PM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the pre-pismo PowerBook use hardware DVD decoding and therefore won't work with OS X's DVD player?

Maybe that's the problem here.
steeleclipse
Feb 25, 2003, 05:45 PM
Originally posted by ftaok
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the pre-pismo PowerBook use hardware DVD decoding and therefore won't work with OS X's DVD player?

Maybe that's the problem here.

yeah that sounds right... I think your best bet is to speak to a mac LAPTOP specialist, but that looks like the case