[Ti] Titanium Life Expectancy

[Kaskudoo]

i bought my tibook g4 400 in later 2001
i used it 80% of the time (meaning that it ran day and night)
last year (summer) all of the suddon i didn't get any more picture -  
ext. monitor works fine .... turns out to be the logic board :(
i still have it, but i don't use it anymore ... got myself an imac to  
replace it, but i still believe that is was 'snappier' than the newer  
imac (g5) ....
i guess at some point i will replace the logic board ... but not  
anytime soon, sincei really don't have the spare money for it :)


On Feb 20, 2006, at 9:48 AM, William Scammell wrote:

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> On Feb 20, 2006, at 8:58 AM, FWPHOTO wrote:
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>> I've got an 800MHz TiG4 PB that I got 9/2002. I *love* it but it's  
>> starting to show signs of getting older.
>> [snip]
>> I guess I'd just appreciate any opinions as to whether spending  
>> the $s on this PB is a good idea or just throwing good $s after  
>> bad. Also, is there anything I'm not thinking about like somewhere  
>> that takes trade-ins or some place that does a reasonably  
>> inexpensive overall refurbishing?
>> Thanks,
>> Frank Wiewandt
>
> F:
>
> I added an Alum 1.5 to my trusty Ti500 last summer. The Ti is now  
> my backup and that has proven to be a very good thing as I had to  
> send the Alum in for a new motherboard as it was only recognizing 1  
> stick of RAM. My plan is to wipe the Ti's drive at some point and  
> have a dual boot 9/X system.
>
> I'd recommend you get on of the last PPC Alums. Try dealmac.com or  
> smalldog.com for starters.
>
> Consider all advice from this list of course, and decide what best  
> fits *you*. Duh.  :)
>
> b
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> William Scammell
> Creative Director