12" PowerBook = G4 iBook?

[Charles Martin]

> is there a work around for booting 9 yet. that is why i got the ibook
> instead. should be able to put a superdrive in there eventually?

There is not, nor will there EVER be, a "trick" to booting OS 9 in a 
machine that can't. I mean, sure, you could redesign you own 
motherboard, located old ROM chips and add them to the mix, write your 
own BIOS drivers, move over all the other components and SOMEHOW make 
it work maybe ... but you'd be redefining "fool's errand" in the 
process.

It's a hardware thing. It ain't going to happen. PARTICULARLY when we 
move to 64-bit Real Soon Now.

Time to move on.

_Chas_

Lee Gomes of the Wall Street Journal, 24-Jan-03 , commenting on Apple's 
growing arsenal of hardware, OS and software that is clearly superior 
to anything in the Windows world: "It's like someone forgot to send 
them the Resistance is Futile memo."