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Apple's Sparking Power Supply Lawsuit Settled (Verdict: They're Paying)
The class action lawsuit brought against Apple for PowerBook and iBook power bricks with the potential to spark has been settled. If the final approval for the settlement goes through, Apple will pay $25 to $79 to customers who "bought an adapter made by Apple or another company to replace a failed one." [LA Times, photo from Don Ramsey]
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Laptop Accelerometers Used to Study Earthquakes, Desk "Bumping"
Seismologists at Stanford are learning from their roommates over in the biology department and rigging up a distributed computing system to gather quake data from laptops with accelerometers. It's used to save resources for scientists by using assets (your laptops) that are already deployed in a widespread area. They're rolling this out primarily in quake-heavy areas like SF and LA, but should be spreading to other zones later. More »
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Old, Beaten PowerBook Reborn as Shiny, New Desktop
If your otherwise perfectly functional PowerBook has fallen apart from rough handling, many would either pay big bucks for a new screen or just replace the computer outright. But one modder had a better idea: gut the components to create a sleek desktop system. More »
12:00 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Mark Wilson
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30 comments
Latest by Thanatos: Im so going to do this with a Vaio laptop i just got with a broken screen. Hopefully it turns more »
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World travelers will undoubtedly be thrilled with "The Continental Companion" and its ability to help Apple users utilize different power outlets without having to carry around a bulky power brick. The set includes four AC plugs (with a 12" whip) and it requires the portable power adapter that ships with the MacBook Air, MacBook, MacBook Pro, iBook and PowerBook G4. You can also use it with the iPod and iPhone USB adapter as well as the iPod FireWire Power Adapter. The Continental is available for $34.95. [incipio via Crunchgear]
Traveling Apple Users Cheer "The Continental" With a Glass of Champagna
World travelers will undoubtedly be thrilled with "The Continental Companion" and its ability to help Apple users utilize different power outlets without having to carry around a bulky power brick. The set includes four AC plugs (with a 12" whip) and it requires the portable power adapter that ships with the MacBook Air, MacBook, MacBook Pro, iBook and PowerBook G4. You can also use it with the iPod and iPhone USB adapter as well as the iPod FireWire Power Adapter. The Continental is available for $34.95. [incipio via Crunchgear]
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The minimum requirements for Apple's OS X Leopard are an 866Mhz G4 processor and 512MB of RAM. I happen to have an aging but still nice 1Ghz Powerbook with 768MB of RAM. Loading Leopard on it should tell us just how accurate those minimum specs are.
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How Fast is Apple OS X Leopard On Old Macs?
The minimum requirements for Apple's OS X Leopard are an 866Mhz G4 processor and 512MB of RAM. I happen to have an aging but still nice 1Ghz Powerbook with 768MB of RAM. Loading Leopard on it should tell us just how accurate those minimum specs are.
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Really like reddit.com? Buy the two Apple G4 PowerBooks that helped code it so you can lick the keyboard and hope some of their juice rubs off onto your own project. [eBay]
disaster averted
Justin Stangel, Head Writer/Producer of CBS's Late Show with David Letterman was innocently writing hilarious comedy in his New York office, when an ominous odor wafted from the adaptor of his Powerbook. You can actually see sparks and smoke coming out of it. Thank goodness cooler heads prevailed! Somebody opened a window.
Letterman's Producer Survives Sparky, Smelly, Smoky Powerbook
Justin Stangel, Head Writer/Producer of CBS's Late Show with David Letterman was innocently writing hilarious comedy in his New York office, when an ominous odor wafted from the adaptor of his Powerbook. You can actually see sparks and smoke coming out of it. Thank goodness cooler heads prevailed! Somebody opened a window.
peripherals
MacTruck Laptop Case for Clumsy Apple Fanboys
So, Lord Steve of Jobsworth carries his Lenovo in leather does he? Cough. I reckon he's more likely to use this, the MacTruck case (not that I am saying that you are clumsy, your Lordship, oh no, I am waiting for a SF ballet company to debut Black Turtleneck, the story of Jobs told through the language of contemporary dance). More »
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FastMac Truepower Indestructible iBook and Powerbook Charger Hands-On
We got our hands on FastMac's replacement AC adapter for Apple iBooks and PowerBooks and can say that they're pretty much as good as the standard. Ignoring the dubious benefit of being able to be kicked and run over by an SUV (which you can see after the jump), they actually work quite well. More »
4:00 PM on Wed Apr 4 2007
By Jason Chen
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16 comments
Latest by MacBandit: Can anyone say if the their Powerbook will wake from sleep with one of these power supplies? My wife more »
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Apple To Debut Sub-Notebook At WWDC: NAND, No Optical Drive?
Apple will launch a new sub-notebook computer at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference, which is scheduled to start on June 11. Well, so says those rumormongers over at AppleInsider. The sub-notebook looks to be Apple's first to come with NAND solid state flash drives instead of a traditional hard drive. This translates to faster boot ups and smaller size, in addition to reduced power consumption. The sub-notebook might also be without an optical drive, but that's not set in stone yet (as much as rumors can be "set in stone"). Think of the computer as the spiritual successor to the PowerBook 2400, pictured here. More »
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The Melted G4 Powerbook: Part 3
Once was a stretch. Twice was a coincidence. Three times? It's an epidemic. Reader Angus apparently had the same (melted) problems as our other two readers. More »
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Pimp My Ride Tech-Loads a Celica Like a Newbie
Last night Pimp My Ride tricked out a 1990 Toyota Celica with big wheels, flashy paint, 2 terabytes of space, a 17" Powerbook, iPod nano,7" touch screen, & a Tr o 650. Yawn...what, no WiFi access point? Newbs. More »
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Powerbook Laser Etching Revisited
Our sister from a different motha, Gina over at Lifehacker, got her Powerbook etched with a celtic knot this past weekend at the MAKE headquarters as part of the FOO Camp. She was nice enough to make a video of the very boring process in action. More »
11:19 AM on Wed Aug 30 2006
By Travis Hudson
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Latest by jdevlin: I've seen these on the internet for some time now and have been very interested in doing it too, but more »
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The Frankenstein PowerBook
MacRumors forum user Baxterbrittle was obviously feeling a bit jealous of the new MacBook Pros, so he decided to hack a hi-def 1920 by 1200 screen into his old G4 Powerbook. He describes it as the frankenbook, and claims that the hacks took only a couple of hours and cost only a couple of hundred bucks. More »
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DIY PowerBook e-Book Reader
Sony Reader, Schmony Reader. Who needs one of those devices when you can turn your Powerbook into an e-Book reader. Sure, even reading this text could be considered reading an e-Book, but does your laptop or desktop machine look like an actual book? No, so stfu! More »
4:20 PM on Mon Aug 14 2006
By Travis Hudson
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Latest by Rask: Would doing this cover any air intakes? more »
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