[G4] G4 Laptop

[jim carbone]

Hello Rick,

Are you looking for recommendations for a new or used PB? I'm not too 
familiar with the new ones, as my older one just won't give me a reason 
to upgrade.

I have one of the earlier G4 Ti 15" Powerbooks--667 mhz, 512 RAM. Came 
with OSX 10.1 and 9.2. I have since upgraded to Panther, and rarely use 
OS9, but it's nice to know it's there to run my old apps when one is 
needed.

The PB has served me very well. Right now it's my portable machine, and 
my backup for when my desktop isn't feeling well. It also works well to 
sit in the corner and chomp on big video files when I have too many 
things going on on the other machine. This was also my main desktop 
machine for several years--getting heavy use about 12 hours per day, 
every day.

It shipped with an Airport card, which I never had the need for until 
just last summer. It was like finding a present I forgot to open. It 
works great--no issues.

I have also been able to hook up to a Palm Pilot, a Magellan GPS and 
various cell phones with a Keyspan USB Serial adapter with great 
success. Kind of a clunky setup with all the wires and all, and I 
suspect that the way to go these days may be a Bluetooth-enabled phone 
and a card/adapter in the PB.

And yes, it is durable. It survived (among other things) the Great Beer 
Spill of New Year's Y2K, and at least one memorable fall from about 4 
feet onto carpet-covered cement. The drop only resulted in a small 
buckle in the metal skin. If I have any issues, it's how loud it is 
when the fan kicks in, but in my eyes, that's a small price to pay for 
such a trusty machine.

Hope this gives you something you can use...

Thanks,
--jim

On Nov 14, 2005, at 9:38 PM, Richard wrote:

> Thought I would throw this out to the group, regarding laptops..
>
> Need a laptop that can run OSX and OS 9,
> must be able to accept some kind of wireless card?
> also being able to faxout using my cell phone?
>
> Looking for some recommendation
>
> TKS-
> Rick
>
> PS: Should be able to handle some bumps.
>
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