[iBook] Anyone need most of an iBook G3/500?

[G Henry Taylor]

On Oct 25, 2006, at 7:55 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote:

> Hi y'all,
>
> I've been sort of lurking...
>
> Anyway, about a year and a half ago, I got an iBook dual USB off eBay, 
> mostly because I wanted to play with Tiger generally and Voiceover in 
> particular. Well, as it happens, this machine's just a bit too slow 
> running Voiceover and what-not for me to comfortably use; which is to 
> say, I'll be getting a faster one sometime. Meantime, If anyone needs 
> the better part of one of these, I'd let this one go pretty cheap, 
> including a copy of OSX Tiger (full DVD).
>
> The reason I say most of a system is this, and why someone could get a 
> good deal. The track pad doesn't seem to click. The button presses, 
> but while the mouse cursor moves, it ddoesn't seem to click. I suspect 
> it has something to do with the fact that the lid doesn't latch, 
> either. Both of these things did work, but now they don't. Probably 
> easy for someone, but not for me, and I really didn't notice until I 
> thought about unloading this thing and having someone check. Since I'm 
> blind (which is why I was using Voiceover), I had no reason to use the 
> mouse or complain about its unresponsiveness.
>
> That said, this machine's got 320 MB RAM, a 20GB hard drive, combo 
> drive ($X CD burner/24X CDROM/I dunno what speed it plays DVD's at), 
> Airport card, ethernet and modem. Also an after-market battery 
> charger, and the battery, last I used it, lasted well over three hours 
> with the power savings set to "better energy savings". Mind you, this 
> is with the audio going nonstop (because it was talking).
>
> Of course, the case has some rough edges from the previous owner. 
> Also, the i key feels a bit crooked, but all the keys work anyway. Far 
> as I can tell, and I'm typing on it now, those (with the latch and the 
> mouse button issue) are the only gotchas with this thing.
>
> It will come to you with a fresh install of OSX, so you don't have to 
> deal with all the junk I had on it. Else I can just wipe the thing and 
> let you do your own install. Whichever.
>
> Knowing how much of a show stopper the whole mouse thing can be for 
> people, I was looking to get around $150. Well, maybe *way* around. 
> Not sure how unreasonable this is, so someone can feel free to make an 
> offer if you need pieces and parts. Since it seems to be a big deal on 
> eBay for some reason, I cound two rubber stoppers on the LCD panel and 
> four rubber feet on the bottom.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Buddy. if you still have the iBook, I'd like to get it.

Henry Taylor
henrytaylor at att.net