The $46 PowerBook thread - post pics

[redheeler]

One more pic

You lucked out on that display, what a keeper!

 

[KevinRightWing]

You lucked out on that display, what a keeper!

Just wish others had gotten the same quality machine that I did. Good luck to all of those who have yet to receive their machine.

 

[bunnspecial]

My battery is at 75% after about 30 minutes of use, so I seem to have passed that threshold and that extrapolates to about 2 hours(assuming there are no dead cells).

I really need to get some more memory in this thing. My other 12" PB has the RAM maxed and an SSD, and this one feels slow in comparison. Overall, though, it's not terrible-it's all in what I'm use to.

 

[redheeler]

My battery is at 75% after about 30 minutes of use, so I seem to have passed that threshold and that extrapolates to about 2 hours(assuming there are no dead cells).

I really need to get some more memory in this thing. My other 12" PB has the RAM maxed and an SSD, and this one feels slow in comparison. Overall, though, it's not terrible-it's all in what I'm use to.

I guess I'm the only one with a nearly completely dead battery

How much RAM did yours come with? Mine has 768 MB.

 

[KevinRightWing]

I guess I'm the only one with a nearly completely dead battery

How much RAM did yours come with? Mine has 768 MB.

768mb here. Can someone tell me if it is worth purchasing a 1gb stick to take it up to 1.5 GB? I am only going to be using this computer for the office applications, plus a little web browsing and email. But my iphoto, itunes, and imovie will all be on my 17in MBP. Thanks!

 

[bunnspecial]

I guess I'm the only one with a nearly completely dead battery

How much RAM did yours come with? Mine has 768 MB.

512mb in mine.

I have some 512mb chips lying around that have been pulled from other(upgraded) computers-I'll probably stick one in tonight to get it up to 768. I'm out of 1gb chips, though, so that will have to wait.

 

[redheeler]

768mb here. Can someone tell me if it is worth purchasing a 1gb stick to take it up to 1.5 GB? I am only going to be using this computer for the office applications, plus a little web browsing and email. But my iphoto, itunes, and imovie will all be on my 17in MBP. Thanks!

Yes, upgrading the RAM will always give a machine of that age a speed boost. It will take a 1 GB.

Edit: Up to 1.25 GB with 1 GB + built in 256 MB.

 

[Command]

Wish I had seen this...

 

[bunnspecial]

768mb here. Can someone tell me if it is worth purchasing a 1gb stick to take it up to 1.5 GB? I am only going to be using this computer for the office applications, plus a little web browsing and email. But my iphoto, itunes, and imovie will all be on my 17in MBP. Thanks!

1.25gb is the max with these-the onboard ram is 256mb(this is actually one area where the last generation iBook G4s are superior, as they have 512mb soldered).

With that said, although I have run it with less, I consider 1gb the minimum "comfortable" amount for Leopard-even just for web browsing and other light uses.

Considering that a 1gb DDR SO-DIMM should cost you less than $10, I think it would be money well spent(I had some put back, but went on an upgrade binge last week to max out both my iBook G4 and iMac G4).

 

[redheeler]

1.25gb is the max with these-the onboard ram is 256mb(this is actually one area where the last generation iBook G4s are superior, as they have 512mb soldered).

With that said, although I have run it with less, I consider 1gb the minimum "comfortable" amount for Leopard-even just for web browsing and other light uses.

Considering that a 1gb DDR SO-DIMM should cost you less than $10, I think it would be money well spent(I had some put back, but went on an upgrade binge last week to max out both my iBook G4 and iMac G4).

Yes, I noticed the iBook G4 has 512 MB built-in. Mine has no upgrade installed and is running Tiger on only the 512. I really need to get a 1GB upgrade for it.

 

[KevinRightWing]

1.25gb is the max with these-the onboard ram is 256mb(this is actually one area where the last generation iBook G4s are superior, as they have 512mb soldered).

With that said, although I have run it with less, I consider 1gb the minimum "comfortable" amount for Leopard-even just for web browsing and other light uses.

Considering that a 1gb DDR SO-DIMM should cost you less than $10, I think it would be money well spent(I had some put back, but went on an upgrade binge last week to max out both my iBook G4 and iMac G4).

Thanks for some reason I thought 512mb was on board. Either way, I will probably up the ram since that seems to be the consensus here.

 

[bunnspecial]

Mine hit 12% at about 11:15 this evening, and then shut off due to a low battery. That's nearly an hour an a half since my post at 9:52 this evening, and probably about 1:45 of continuous(plus the few hours from when I turned it on until I actually used it.

I was primarily browsing the web(actually a fairly CPU intensive task on these computers) using Leopard Webkit.

While that's far from what the nearly new NuPower battery I have in my other 12" PB will do, I'd still call that decent and definitely a workable amount of battery power.

 

[jbarley]

Well my powerbook seems to be on it's way, sort of.

So far eBay tracking shows it started in Santa Clara Cal. then had a stop in Illinois, this morning it says it is in Ellesmere Ky.
Little wonder why I was given a delivery date of jan19-feb09, there are still 45 more states to cover.

If nothing else, it is going to set a record for most miles covered.

 

[Gamer9430]

Here's the first one, in stunning 6000x4000 resolution.

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This is doing wonders for my phone's data plan hahaha

 

[KevinRightWing]

Guys, is this ram ok for my 12in powerbook g4?

http://www.amazon.com/PNY-OPTIMA-PC2700-Notebook-MN1024SD1-333/dp/B000AY3E9U/ref=pd_cp_e_2

 

[bunnspecial]

Yes, but you can get it for about half that on Ebay.

I just bought this for mine

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221671159449?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

(No connection with seller other than being a recent buyer)

 

[KevinRightWing]

Thanks man, I like that price a lot more!

 

[bunnspecial]

You can save a few more bucks if you don't mind waiting for it to come from China or Hong Kong...

With that said, I generally try to buy RAM from domestic sellers as the difference in price is usually small and it's a lot easier to deal with if you have problems. I've never had issues with Ebay RAM(and I've bought a LOT) but-it's always something to keep in mind.

 

[Gamer9430]

There is no set date that these machines will die. I have Macs dating back to 1999 without issues and I have had machines from 2005 die completely (LCS failure). What is going on with your mid-2010 Mac?

My 512ke is for the most part working with the acception of the floppy drive and my 20 year old Power Macintosh 6100/66 still works flawlessly

 

[redheeler]

Received Response from Seller

Ok, so a couple days ago I did receive a response from the seller regarding the issues of the backlight bleed and basically dead battery. Here is the part that really stood out to me:

As with the problems you listed, we find that they're too severe to offer partial because it would be more then the actual price of the laptop itself to be reasonable.

For this issue, you can return the PowerBook and you'll receive a full refund.

It was nice of them to acknowledge these issues as being relatively severe, but it would have been nice if they had offered a partial refund of maybe $10. I now need to decide whether to keep it or return it.

 

[KevinRightWing]

Ok, so a couple days ago I did receive a response from the seller regarding the issues of the backlight bleed and basically dead battery. Here is the part that really stood out to me:



It was nice of them to acknowledge these issues as being relatively severe, but it would have been nice if they had offered a partial refund of maybe $10. I now need to decide whether to keep it or return it.

Good resolution. You going to search for another one?

 

[jbarley]

It was nice of them to acknowledge these issues as being relatively severe, but it would have been nice if they had offered a partial refund of maybe $10. I now need to decide whether to keep it or return it.

They're playing with your head, especially if you have to pay for the return postage.

 

[Altemose]

Ok, so a couple days ago I did receive a response from the seller regarding the issues of the backlight bleed and basically dead battery. Here is the part that really stood out to me:



It was nice of them to acknowledge these issues as being relatively severe, but it would have been nice if they had offered a partial refund of maybe $10. I now need to decide whether to keep it or return it.

I am sure you can specifically ask for a $10.00-$15.00 partial refund. After all then they don't lose it all.

 

[redheeler]

I am sure you can specifically ask for a $10.00-$15.00 partial refund. After all then they don't lose it all.

Good idea, I'll try that.

 

[Jessica Lares]

Whatever you decide on doing, I'd still leave feedback stating all the problems with the machine.