Re: TiBook runs only off the battery

In article <u1x2o3ttd.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
cstacy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Christopher C. Stacy) wrote:

> John Johnson <null@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > My first new mac was a G3 Powerbook. I abused that thing
> > for 4 years, after which the CPU failed. I call that fair.
>
> How do you abuse a CPU?
a) "that thing" was intended to refer to the PowerBook in general, but...
b)You put it in a foam-padded sleeve inside a backpack and manage to
wake the sucker up...multiple times.

I believe (without any real evidence) that the cases where the PB was
hot, with a dead battery, or hung with a black screen (also hot) when I
pulled it out of the pack, contributed to the eventual CPU failure. It
only happened when I was still running OS 9 (which is one reason why I
tolerated 10.1 as well as I did ;-), and was _quite_ irritating.

Since I replaced many other heat-sensitive components myself over those
4 years (HD, RAM, added AirPort later), failure of those components was
not so much an issue.

I used that PB pretty much daily for those four years, carting it from
home to school, traveling across the country a couple of times, etc. I
wore out one main battery and was one year into the replacement when the
machine crapped out. All that time, it lived inside a Spire USA sleeve
case, and my backpack.

I certainly wouldn't call that PowerBook "designed for obsolescence." I
wouldn't even say that about the Titanium that replaced it. Apple tried
something pretty bold there: alight, thin portable machine that could
honestly be called a desktop replacement, with a wide screen and a
gorgeous case. For all that, it was a flawed design. That happens
sometimes.

Anyway, none of this gets to the problem of the OP: his TiBook isn't
much use to him just now. I don't know what, if anything, can be done
about that. I believe that buying a new PB or iBook is not necessarily a
bad move. Whether or not it is a good idea depends far more upon what a
person wants out of the machine (performance, durability, etc.), their
tolerance for cost, how long they can afford to go without replacement,
etc. This is to say, whether or not a new Apple portable is a good buy
or not depends on the same factors that affect any other company's
portable machines.

--
Later,
John

johajohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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